@cassvs I'm so glad I'm running my college's software in a Windows VM. I highly recommend doing it this way!
It was disturbing when I installed Microsoft Office. Without warning, branding for the college appeared on the Windows search screen and Microsoft Edge landing screen. When I search my computer, college info is searched as well (I didn't ask!). I am restricted from changing some settings. When I tried to log out from my college account via the Settings app, I was met with this message:
@golemwire I somehow survived my first year and a half of uni with just a linux machine, but halfway through second year I bit the bullet and got a win10 laptop. I've tried very hard to avoid clicking the "allow my organization to manage this device" button. I briefly considered VMs, but Windows is a very heavy guest.
(It looks like part of your toot got cut off somehow? I can't see what the message was)
“Are you sure you want to remove this account? This will remove your access to resources like email, apps, network, and all content associated with it. Your organization might also remove some data stored on this device.”