Regarding School / Work account privacy questions, etc..

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I purchased a new laptop. As I am a university student. Now my question has to do with me also assigning a school/work account on my laptop as well.

I was told that when I do this, my university can easily access not only what I do online while logged into my universities systems, but also what is on my laptop. Is this true? If so, would it make them harder to track what I do on my computer if I instead were to log into the school system from a secure browser via VPN instead of keeping the school acct tied to my computer which it is? I want to make it difficult for them to always "know what i am doing on my computer" here is a screen shot that I attached so you can see what ai am referring to.

Now i did download a student license of Microsoft office since it a free service they provide but again I don't want them to know every time I am accessing Microsoft office either. don't care if ai lose access to Office because ai can always purchase it. I know it says I can disconnect from that account, but I want to know if there is a way to remove it. It says I can't do that, and I don't understand why I can't remove that school acct None the less, my goal is to not have my school track everything I do whether I am logged into their systems or not and I want to know if it's better to just "disconnect from that school account and instead, if possible, to log into their system instead? That's my goal.

Please advise. Thank you

Thank you

Hi Demetrios,

I am Dave, I will help you with this.

When you add a school account to your PC for installation of software like Microsoft 365 and to access the school domain that means they can access your data stored on their domain using that school login details, they do not have access to your laptop or to the data you store on your private laptop or to your browsing history, that is just not true, they cannot monitor or track your day to day activity on your laptop, that is private to you and no one else.

Hello David:

So when you say the can access you data stores on their domain using the school l Login details, what does that mean.? So, if you tried to be dishonest while taking an exam, by looking up information while taking the test, can't they see where you went to look up that information to use on that test? Or is the only way they could do that is if you had to install some Proctor monitoring software, or browser that they have to make you install?

last questions I have is in regard to how I set up my School profile, did I set it up correctly meaning that it doesn't share my regular Microsoft account? as mentioned above, I don't want them to know what I do or where I go in general.

See it look like in the screen shot below that my school acct is tied to my Microsoft acct? Or am I not, correct? If it is tied into my acct is there a way to keep it separate? Or if I can remove it and just when I have to log into my school's system i just log in via a web browser like I usually do.

I just want the most privacy and security.

Okay so then maybe it's just better to not associate a school account and just remove it . So if I need to log into my schools system I can just do it via a web browser?

When I tried to click "remove" this acct it would not let me but there is a way to do it still correct?

Or do this I still need to keep that school acct regardless?

Which way would you think is more secure.

Hi Demetrios,

Yes, of course, if you remove the school account from your login account you can log into your school account in a browser any time.

To remove that school account, open the Settings app, then go to Accounts - Access Work or School.

Select the school account and click 'Disconnect'.

So here is my question if I hit disconnect my school account it says this so if I hit disconnect than does that mean I cannot access any files like office etc ??? If so should I just move over the office files that I want to use to my regular Microsoft account. To use there

So when I log into my schools system with a web browser which after I log in I have to open up a program called Black board. To take the test there.

So while I am taking the test decide I want to use a Microsoft word document or browse the internet, can they have an idea or see what I am doing? I know they can't actually see the document I opened but they may see that I am visiting a website or using Microsoft office.?

That's what I want to avoid.

That's why I am asking all of these questions.

So what do I need to do to prevent them from doing all of this. What steps should I take you

I can still however still log into my school account without having my account associated with my laptop correct?

So whether I have a school account associated to my laptop or not can they still monitor where go and if I open up programs like office documents etc. They may not able to see the actual documen but the can can have an idea right?

See I still have to use a web browser to access the schools systems and ai want to make sure when I take an exam that they don't know where I went to what I did etc.

So I want to minimize that risk