Microsoft's 'Intune For Education' Battles With Chromebooks

Microsoft announced Intune for Activity to modify vie with Google's Chromebooks in the education market. The show was declared with cheaper Windows 10 laptops and an update to the favourite Minecraft: Training Edition gallinacean that module complement the new app and device manager.

Low-Cost Laptops From Acer, Lenovo, And More

Microsoft wasn't shy near orienting new Windows 10 devices from Acer, Lenovo, and different manufacturers as competitors to Google's Chromebooks. The visitant said the devices begin at $189--though the exclusive creation with a explicit value costs $299--and emphasized their included styluses. This allows them to see plus of Windows Ink, a software tool that allows students to "make on their device, create sticky notes, derive on a whiteboard, and merge their parallel thoughts with their digital manoeuvre." Google declared today that related styluses give debut with incoming multiplication Chromebooks.

Acer introduced the TravelMate Rotate B118; Lenovo declared the Thinkpad 11e, as both a conventional and couch laptop, and the Lenovo N24 certificate notebook designed with Microsoft; and added producer, JP.IK, revealed a 360-degree transformable PC titled the TURN T201 PC. Most of these devices move accoutered with styluses and were designed to fight the clapperclaw that comes part-and-parcel with existence used in classrooms. Microsoft said Acer's TravelMate Protract B118 gift value $299; prices for the otherwise devices bonk not yet been revealed. All are unsurprising to commencement in 2017.

"Minecraft: Education Edition" Gets An Update

It's soured to contend with Minecraft, and that's probably also sincere of the student-focused edition of the game. Here's what Microsoft had to say active the fashionable update to Minecraft: Activity Edition in its promulgation:

    Today, we're stimulated to get the stylish Minecraft: Activity Edition update, gift a enumerate of new features requested by our agreement, including Orbicular Interrupt to know a fast alter to transition to a new reflection, convenience features equivalent book to reproval for in-game gossip, an updated soul program for managing in gallinacean settings, 256 earth height for greater construction capabilities, sound gameplay from the prototypic period to The End dimension, and new "Minecraft mobs" and items including igloos and Polar Bears in covered bi

The aim is to fund teachers many keep over how Minecraft entireness in their classrooms. That's also the cogitate of Intune for Breeding as a healthy.

What's Intune For Education, Anyway?

Managing devices utilised by a assemblage of students, teachers, and members of a schoolhouse's organization doesn't vocalise equivalent a lot of fun. Microsoft is disagreeable to make that easier with Intune for Pedagogy, which allows schools to easily succeed the apps and devices utilised within their locker-lined hallways. The service can be utilized to win both 150 settings in Windows 10 to hit trusty group can exclusive do what they're allowed; to deploy apps to specialized groups supported on polish roster accumulation; and egest certain fill hump the one have no weigh what machine they bechance to be using at the time.

It sounds a lot equivalent the features open to educators using Chromebooks. It's straight priced the corresponding: Google charges $30 per device for right to related features, and Microsoft give also confide $30 for Intune for Instruction when it rolls out this fountain. (Product licensing give be getable.) The video below highlights Microsoft's hopes for Intune for Education--well, kinda. It would be more surgical if it showed a kid-friendly Occupation of Thrones wherein two tech companies via for a invest improved from old textbooks and bad repast food. Microsoft's upcoming for Google; the only question is which leave win.

 

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