All students get access to Cloud resources and Azure credit. student must register at Microsoft Azure for Student and verify their identity through their verified educational institutions. If an institution is not listed on the available list, the user may manually verify their student status by uploading a proof such as an ID card. The Microsoft student developer tools programme was announced by
Bill Gates as DreamSpark on February 20, 2008, during a speech at
Stanford University. It is estimated that up to 35 million students will be able to access these software titles through this program. The service was renamed to Microsoft Imagine on September 7, 2016, to better align with the annual
Imagine Cup competition hosted by Microsoft. and renamed to Azure Dev Tools for Teaching and Azure for Students in June 2018.
Repacked as Azure Dev Tools for Teaching The Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching on February 13, 2019, with Cloud services for students using the
Microsoft Azure cloud and incorporating Microsoft Learn online learning resources. ==Verification==