Microsoft Azure Dev Tools - How to install Windows using your download
STEP I - Download Windows
Login to Azure and Get Windows 10
Login to Microsoft Azure Dev Tools
Use one of the following
yourUCINetID@uci.edu
UCInetID@personalmicrosoftsoftware.uci.edu
Look for "Software"
Find Windows 10 (consumer editions), version 1903 or more recent - DVD
If you are asked to pay for Windows, then you have not created your account correctly or you have not logged in correctly.
Click the "view key" box on the right. Copy the serial number to a text file in case you cannot open the page again.
Click on "Download" on the bottom right to download the software.
You'll have Windows installer media in ".iso' format.
NOTE
Sometimes the download fails with Safari so use Mozilla Firefox or Chrome.
Contact Lisa Preble, lpreble@uci.edu if you have issues obtaining Windows 10 Pro using the Azure for Dev Tools website.
STEP II - Create your installer media.
Do this step if you are updating a PC or a laptop OS. This is not required for Fusion or a VM.
- Now you will create an installer media using your downloaded file. To do this, download and install the Windows 10 Media Installation tool
- Follow the instructions on the Windows 10 Media Installation Tool page - expand, "Use the Tool to Create Installation Media"
- Once you install the program and run it, you'll be prompted to find the ISO that you downloaded before. Navigate to find it.