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EDITIONS AND AVAILABILITY main options for business users FEATURE Windows 8 Windows 8 Windows 8 Windows COMPARISON Enterprise Pro RT *Start New Screen, for Windows Live Tiles 8, , Windows 8 Apps     Installation of x86/64 and desktop    applications Exchange ActiveSync     Mobile broadband     BitLocker and BitLocker To Go   Device Encryption  Client Hyper-V   Domain Join and   DirectAccess  BranchCache  AppLocker  Enterprise Sideloading* 

Windows RT is for devices powered by ARM-processors. It shares communality and code with ENTERPRISE SIDELOADING Windows 8 and provides a consistent Windows experience. Windows RT is ideal for consumers, New for Windows 8, Enterprise Sideloading is the process of installing but also has a place in the business world where users can use it to access a VDI desktop. custom Windows 8 Apps directly to a device without going through the public Windows Store. BUYING WINDOWS 8 *Enterprise Sideloading is enabled as a feature for domain joined PCs running Windows 8 Enterprise Through Volume Licensing Through OEM *Windows RT, Windows 8 Pro, and non-domain joined Windows 8 Enterprise Upgrade license for Windows 8 Pro only Preinstalled on a new devices can be enabled for Enterprise Sideloading via Product Key computer Windows EA, Select SA, and EES customers will be granted Enterprise Qualifying operating system required Sideloading license rights and provided keys through VLSC Windows 8 Pro when purchased with SA The software “lives and Other customers may purchase Enterprise Sideloading licenses in packs of provides additional benefits: dies” on that machine 100 and will also be provided keys through VLSC • Rights to Windows 8 Enterprise Full version, non- • More licensing rights: transferrable license WINDOWS 8 PRO DOWNGRADE RIGHTS New license required if • VDA rights** VL VL FPP OEM • Windows RT Companion VDA rights** motherboard is changed Can downgrade to: (no SA) (with SA) • Use Rights Enterprise - - -  • Roaming Use Rights ** covered in the “Licensing Window 7 Professional -    • Purchasing options: Microsoft Virtualization • MDOP (Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack) Technologies” handout in Enterprise - - -  • Companion Subscription License** this series Windows Vista Business -   

Windows XP Professional - -   ADDING SOFTWARE ASSURANCE Professional - -   Software Assurance (SA) can be added to Windows 8 Pro. When purchased through a / 98 / NT - -   Volume Licensing agreement, SA can be added at the time of license purchase only. When Windows 8 Pro is purchased through OEM, SA can be added within 90 days. PRODUCT ACTIVATION Every copy of Windows 8 must be activated with a valid product key. WINDOWS TO GO Licenses bought through FPP and OEM can be activated via the Internet or For organizations who have purchased Windows 8 Pro with SA, Windows To Go telephone. There are three ways which organizations with Volume Licensing enables the creation of a Windows To Go desktop that can be booted from a USB agreements can activate Windows 8: stick on PCs, regardless of the operating system running on the PC. Windows To A Multiple Activation Key (MAK) is a volume license key that is used for one- Go desktops can use the same time activation with activation services that are hosted by Microsoft. This image enterprises use for their method is useful for smaller organizations, and for computers which are desktop PCs and and can infrequently connected to the organization’s network. be managed the same way. Key Management Service (KMS) activation is done against a service hosted When end-users are provided with within an organization, enabling organizations to activate systems within their the bootable USB stick, they are network, eliminating the need for individual computers to connect to Microsoft. able to use their Windows 8 -based Activation is a role service that allows organizations to desktop on corporate devices, as use Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS) to simplify the task of maintaining well as personal devices and other volume activation services for a network. third party devices when outside the corporate firewall. Further Microsoft Licensing handouts and exams: GetLicensingReady.com

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