Windows 10 Home or Pro: Which license for free upgrade?

Users with a license for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 will have the opportunity to experience the free upgrade offer on Windows 10 for one year. Afterwards it will be charged: as far as the current facts. On Monday, Microsoft’s Australian outreach in a blog entry concretized which versions of the new operating system users get the different editions of the predecessors. In addition, a confirmation that the update will be sold regularly, as a boxed version and probably also as a digital version.


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The corresponding entry on the blog of the partner network MSDN (Microsoft Developer Network) was apparently edited. Previously, various media came across the source and published various quotes that are of interest to private and business users with Windows systems.


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The confirmation of the expiring free upgrade for Windows 10 was as follows: "Microsoft will offer devices with Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8.1 in the first year a free upgrade to Windows 10. After the first year come to be paid boxed products And upgrades as part of volume licenses. "


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The quote does not contain any information about a price or a purely digital upgrade. However, with a look at the past, we would be surprised if Windows Update, the Windows Store, MSDN & Co. will not offer any upgrade options by download.


After Microsoft introduced the editions of Windows 10, colleagues in Australia published the following list - and then taken offline again. It includes, among other things, information on which Windows 10 users get free of charge with one of the following licenses:


Windows 7 Home Basic and Home Premium as well as Windows 8 and 8.1 will be upgraded to Windows 10 Home, Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate, and Windows 8 and 8.1 Pro will be upgraded to Windows 10 Pro, will update within the first twelve months after launch , The associated device receives updates for Windows 10 for the entire period of use, Windows Enterprise and RT devices are exempt from the upgrade, and the free Windows 10 upgrade comes via Windows Update. Users with devices in network domains also use Windows Update. The upgrade is not distributed through Microsoft's Windows Server Update Service (WSUS).