🧠 Why You Should Set Your Tenant’s Education Type (and How to Do It in 60 Seconds)

If you're managing a Microsoft 365 tenant in the education space, there's a new tool you’ll want to keep in your admin toolkit:

Read the official MSFT blog post here: Managing Copilot Chat access for Faculty and Higher Education 18+ student | Microsoft Community Hub

📢 ConfigureTenantEduType.ps1

Released by Microsoft, this PowerShell script allows you to set or retrieve your tenant’s education classification—and trust me, it’s more important than it sounds.

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🎓 Why Does Education Classification Matter?

Microsoft 365 services customize experiences based on whether you're a:

• 🏫 K–12/Primary-Secondary school

• 🎓 Higher Education institution

• 🛠️ Or something else entirely

This classification currently impacts:

• AI-powered tools and Copilot behavior. You might have seen the “Coming soon“ in Copilot while you should have access to it?

in the future the following could be added:

• Default settings (like Teams chat and permissions)

• Privacy & compliance (especially for minors)

• Eligibility for certain EDU-only features

If your tenant is misclassified (or not classified at all), you might be missing out—or worse, misapplying settings that don’t fit your users.

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⚡ What the Script Does

The ConfigureTenantEduType.ps1 script is a lightweight PowerShell tool that lets you:

• Set your tenant’s education type:

  • 1 = Primary/Secondary (K-12)

  • 2 = Higher Education

  • 3 = Other

• Retrieve your current classification (just run the script without parameters)

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🛠️ How to Use It

1. 📥 Download the script from Microsoft

2. Open PowerShell as Admin

3. Navigate to the download folder

4. Run one of the following commands:

# Set to K-12
.\ConfigureTenantEduType.ps1 -eduType 1

# Set to Higher Ed
.\ConfigureTenantEduType.ps1 -eduType 2

# Just check current status
.\ConfigureTenantEduType.ps1

Make sure to authenticate with a global administrator.

That’s it! 60 seconds to configure your tenant properly and future-proof your EDU setup.

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✅ Final Thought

In a world where AI tools, student safety features, and compliance obligations are changing fast, this small script is a big win. Don’t let your tenant’s classification be a mystery. Set it once and let Microsoft 365 do the rest.