Why Does The Almighty Enterprise Edition No Longer Require Software Assurance?

Discussion in 'Windows 11' started by PolidelticusFire, Jan 4, 2022.

  1. PolidelticusFire

    PolidelticusFire MDL Expert

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    #1 PolidelticusFire, Jan 4, 2022
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    Ever since the Vista days until Windows 8.1, the powerful top-of-the-line Enterprise edition required a Microsoft Assurance agreement and was only available to medium and large businesses.

    However since 2015 that's no longer the case. Enterprise acts like Ultimate and can be easily -- and legally -- downloaded and used by anyone, as the full version... No limited trials, no strings attached.

    Been using only Enterprise on this machine exactly because it is the most feature-rich SKU (I believe Server SKUs are the only ones above it.)

    Hope Microsoft never changes its mind about this.
     
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  2. kaljukass

    kaljukass MDL Guru

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    I'm looking for content but can't find it.
    It also has nothing to do with Windows 11.
    Strange why such meaningless posts are needed.
     
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  3. PolidelticusFire

    PolidelticusFire MDL Expert

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    Its a genuine question.
     
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  4. acer-5100

    acer-5100 MDL Guru

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    The "most feature rich" (Pehraps is education not enterprise) as you call it, is a troian horse to sell you contents, to grab your data and so on

    MS was used to sell you the razor, now the razor is for free, because they care to sell you the blades.

    That's why the most precious W10 is LTS* not Enterprise, nor Education
     
  5. PolidelticusFire

    PolidelticusFire MDL Expert

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    And that is why the removed HWID activation from LTSC 2021 I guess... Good to know.
     
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  6. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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    Iirc, the Enterprise 2019 LTSC key got added to the store on a later point than the 1809 non LTSC SKUs.
     
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