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Windows 10 Upgrades

Microsoft announced last week that Windows 10 will be available on 29 July 2015.

This FAQ gives lots of information on the upgrade process, but here are the key licensing facts:

  • The free upgrades will be available for Windows 7 SP1 and 8.1 devices for a year;
  • Home editions will upgrade to Windows 10 Home, while Professional and Ultimate editions will go to Windows 10 Pro;
  • Customers with Windows Enterprise licences will need Software Assurance to upgrade to Windows 10 Enterprise.

Read the whole FAQ here: http://bit.ly/1KPXWR8.

Windows 10 Editions

Microsoft announce the editions that will be available for Windows 10. Here’s the summary:

  • Windows 10 Home (consumer desktops)
  • Windows 10 Mobile (smartphones and tablets)
  • Windows 10 Pro (small business desktops) – and these three editions will be available as the free upgrades for qualifying Windows 7 and 8.1 phones and devices
  • Windows 10 Enterprise (medium and large business desktops, available through Volume Licensing)
  • Windows 10 Mobile Enterprise (business smartphones and tablets, available through VL)
  • Windows 10 Education (education desktops, available through Academic VL)
  • There will also be Industry versions of Windows 10 Enterprise and Windows 10 Mobile Enterprise (ATMs, POS devices etc) and Windows 10 IoT Core (small footprint, low cost devices like gateways).

For the full story with some idea of the functionality included, read the Microsoft announcement here: http://bit.ly/1E8skk3.

Windows 10 Free Upgrades

It’s confirmed that Windows 7/8/8.1 Enterprise editions won’t be included in the free upgrade to Windows 10 that’s been announced for consumer editions unless, of course, customers have Software Assurance.

This is a nice article on the business future of Windows 10 (http://bit.ly/1vnZHlC) and the small print at the bottom of this page confirms that Windows RT/RT 8.1 won’t be included in the free upgrade either: http://bit.ly/1tPtmmK.