Such a shame...

Microsoft release Windows 11 SE - fantastic solution for education. Unfortunately operating system is OEM only and not available to install on existing devices, literally in the same year when schools across the country (UK) got millions of devices given to them for home working, most of which are now back in the school gathering dust as the spec simply isn't quite good enough for day to day use with the full Windows 10/11 build. Perfect opportunity for Microsoft to make 11 SE available for ISO download, so that all of these devices can be made use of, and imported into Endpoint Manager. But instead schools are forced to buy the new hardware, leaving all of the devices gathering dust to go to waste.

Meanwhile Google release Chrome Flex, allowing schools to install Chrome OS for free on any device they want, with an additional one-time cost of £30 to fully manage the device.

Really disappointing.