I have actually been told by Microsoft employees, that Ultimate and Enterprise are EXACTLY the same with Windows 7. The licensing is completely different, but the bits are identical. Hence the value of SA, it gives you all the additional features of Ultimate that Pro does not include with the only cost being the price of SA. Tim
-----Original Message----- From: Art DeKneef [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 3:46 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Win7 licensing question True. Mostly. Windows 7 Enterprise is available to Software Assurance customers. So you need to order 7 Professional with SA and you get the right (benefit) of being able to use the Enterprise version and it's included features. SA also gives you other benefits they may be worthwhile to your company. Some free, some paid. Now the mostly part. Enterprise and Ultimate are basically the same. Depending on the features you need and whether the benefits and features of going with SA are useful, that's where the differences come in to play. Art -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 2:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Win7 licensing question All, Our CDW rep has told our IT manager that there isn't actually a separate SKU for Enterprise - it's just Pro with SA. Huh? This doesn't make sense to me. Can anyone confirm/disconfirm? Kurt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
