Getting a Windows Product Key
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Students
Created: 04/20/2016 Last Updated: 04/23/2025
In order to obtain a Windows Product Key (e.g., Windows 10 or Windows 11) you will need to access the Microsoft Azure Education Portal.
Please click this link: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/students and click Start free, then follow the steps below:
- Please click Sign in options then Sign into an organization.
- Please put stonybrook.edu under domain name then click Next.
- Please enter your @stonybrook.edu email address then click Next Please enter your NetID password where it says "Enter password" then Next.
- Please provide information in the academic verification form then click Verify academic status.
- Please provide the information requested in the next form then click Sign up.
- Please authenticate with Duo.
- Once you are logged in, on the left-hand column under Learning Resources, click on Software. NOTE: you may need to click the down arrow to expand.
- Click on Search in the middle column and type in the Windows version you need.
- In the search results click on the Windows version name.
- You can now view your product key by clicking the View Key button on the bottom right.
- You may also download the selected version of Windows by clicking the Download button on the bottom right.