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  • Friday, February 05, 2010 11:31 AM
     
     
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    I work at a technical college and we have Microsoft volume licensing.  We have one department that pretty much has unlimited budget and one of the instructors bought a new Dell Inspiron with Windows 7 Home Premium.  My question is will our Windows 7 enterprise key work in the Anytime upgrade program upgrading his retail version of Home Premium?
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  • Friday, February 05, 2010 12:34 PM
     
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    Hi Mr Mike 2,

    I suggest you check info at:
    http://www.microsoft.com/windows/enterprise/how-to-buy.aspx
    and click on the link:
    Learn about which operating systems qualify for a Windows 7 Professional Volume Licensing upgrade license.
    http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/9/1/A9182CEC-8A2D-408F-864E-9E35B3CF1142/Qualifying%20Operating%20Systems%20for%20Windows%20Volume%20Licensing.xps

    If you have Academic license, my understanding is that you can upgrade to Windows 7 Professional or Windows 7 Enterprise, Volume License edition.

    Here is info from the quoted xps document

    <quote>
    Each of these conditions must be met in order for a base PC to be eligible for an upgrade license:
    · Software under the qualifying OS license must already be installed on the device that will be assigned the Volume Licensing upgrade. See chart below of pre-installed OEM versions that are eligible for upgrade.
    · You must remove the existing qualifying OS from the device in order to deploy the Volume Licensing upgrade license, unless the PC is covered by Software Assurance. 
    · Customers who wish to install or run more than one licensed OS at one time (including the qualifying OS), may either: 
     o Acquire Software Assurance for their Volume Licensing upgrade license. 
     o Purchase full Windows 7 licenses, separately. 
    </quote>

     
  • Friday, February 05, 2010 1:29 PM
     
     
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    Thanks I'll check it out!
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