Cheap windows 10 enterprise licenses somewhere?

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  1. __Nikopol

    __Nikopol Registered Member

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    Hi

    I wonder if you know a site where I can buy cheap Enterprise licenses. (OEM or anything)
    I can buy Pro for 4 bucks, but Enterprise is 2091% of that. :argh:


    I am fine with licenses per mail, as long as the vendor is somehow reputable. o_O
     
  2. emmjay

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    I think you are fishing in the wrong pond. Enterprise licenses that are genuine are for those who qualify for them.
     
  3. roger_m

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    While very cheap Windows license are readily available from eBay and other sources, the licenses are not meant to be sold. Because of this, sometimes they will get blacklisted, after which Windows will be deactivated. A legit Windows 10 license, costs a lot more than $4.
     
  4. __Nikopol

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    Sometimes. My license that cost me like 10 or 20 back in the day, is still running. Bought it in 16.

    Hm, what do you mean? I can buy them on Amazon for 89€ that says it's proven to work with microsofts audit, whatever that is.
     
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    To qualify for a genuine enterprise licence you have to support a minimum of 500 user/devices (commercial customers). The minimum requirement for public sector customers is 250 users/devices. Which one applies to you?
     
  6. __Nikopol

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    As far as I understand it it seems to run under their company name. Seems like a good solution to me, though still too expensive for me.
     
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    You've got it right - enterprise means a company license, and nobody sells them to you as personal license.
    Another thing - OEM is a license for computer manufacturers and it is never sold anywhere, never anywhere. They are factory installed on the computer and You can buy them with computer only.
    But most interesting is - why You should buy a license, if they are still available for free. It means all computers, that have released with Windows7-Windows8-Windows8.1 can be upgraded to Windows 10 for free, there is no matter, if they uses before OEM or Retail activation, no matter are they Home or Professional (Win7 also Ultimate). All they can be upgraded for free! And most of all - it is absolutely LEGAL.
     
  8. __Nikopol

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    - It seems like the license I can buy on Amazon would run over their company name.
    - You can actually buy OEM licenses. Those are the ones that are so cheap.
    - I want to buy a license because you only get HOME with any other windows version. Can only be upgraded to HOME.

    - I do have professional right now. (It is a OEM license that I bought on amazon.)
     
  9. xxJackxx

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    500 users seems excessive when you consider this:
    https://www.ghacks.net/2016/07/28/microsoft-removes-policies-windows-10-pro/
    This makes it appear that Pro isn't actually suitable for actual business use but we have far from 500 employees. They aren't winning any fans by doing stuff like this so I understand when someone wants to obtain Enterprise where it would not normally be needed.
     
  10. __Nikopol

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    But if the enterprise editions are tied to a company I wouldn't want to pay 90€ for it. Who knows what microsoft will do when they find out that the company is selling them on Amazon or what happens when the company is closed, if the is part is even important.
     
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    They should blacklist the license either way.
     
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