Incorrect, The Windows 10 Key replaces your existing Windows 7 key and activates all down level clients (Windows 10 will activate Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7). As long as their are 25 clients in activation they will still activate. This can happen in any combination including 24 windows 7 machines and 1 windows 10 machine.
The same applies when you perform Active Directory Based Activation or use KMS for Windows Server. The top level key always applies even though you can keep the down level key in the directory for ADBA Nathan Shelby Director of Systems Engineering – Quote Wizard <https://quotewizard.com/> [email protected] / 206-753-2626 Malo Periculosam Libertatem Quam Quietum Servitium On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 6:02 AM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Yessir. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Kennedy, Jim > *Sent:* Friday, November 13, 2015 8:24 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [NTSysADM] KMS fact check. > > > > When I add a new Win 10 KMS key to my existing server that has been > happily activating Win 7, Office and servers for years I still need 25 Win > 10 clients right. It is 25 for EACH client OS? >
