RE: Win7 licensing question

2010-03-11 Thread Don Guyer
y, March 10, 2010 6:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Win7 licensing question I haven't checked recently, but the Enterprise edition used to be an SA benefit that you had to go to your Volume Licensing site and "enable". At that point you gained the ability to downlo

RE: Win7 licensing question

2010-03-10 Thread Carl Houseman
-Original Message- From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:tvanderk...@expl.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 7:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Win7 licensing question That is true for Home Premium, Professional and Ultimate not Enterprise. Enterprise is a special offering that only goes

Re: Win7 licensing question

2010-03-10 Thread Andrew S. Baker
  -ASB: http://xeesm.com/AndrewBaker Sent from my Verizon Smartphone -Original Message- From: "Joseph Heaton" Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:24:16 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Win7 licensing question I thought Win 7 was one of those that had all the versions on the o

Re: Win7 licensing question

2010-03-10 Thread Kurt Buff
..@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 3:42 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Win7 licensing question > > > > You may need to buy two media's one Pro and another Enterprise but the media > is not that bad. > > > > Jon > > On Wed, Mar 10,

Re: Win7 licensing question

2010-03-10 Thread Kurt Buff
10, 2010 4:40 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Win7 licensing question > > Yeah - I've been looking at this article with its chart and discussions. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7_editions > > We're only interested in volume licensed versions, so

Re: Win7 licensing question

2010-03-10 Thread Kurt Buff
prise, you purchase your Windows Pro client >> license with SA and then gain the ability to use the Enterprise edition if >> you want. >> Tim >> >> From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 4:42 PM >> To: NT S

RE: Win7 licensing question

2010-03-10 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 5:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Win7 licensing question I thought Win 7 was one of those that had all the versions on the one media... Joseph L. Heaton Windows Server Support Group Information Technology Branch

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2010-03-10 Thread Jon Harris
. So you don't > ever actually "purchase" Enterprise, you purchase your Windows Pro client > license with SA and then gain the ability to use the Enterprise edition if > you want. > Tim > > From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 20

RE: Win7 licensing question

2010-03-10 Thread Joseph Heaton
ia if you preferred. So you don't ever actually "purchase" Enterprise, you purchase your Windows Pro client license with SA and then gain the ability to use the Enterprise edition if you want. Tim From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 4:42

RE: Win7 licensing question

2010-03-10 Thread Art DeKneef
Last couple of agreements we just downloaded the software. From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 3:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Win7 licensing question You may need to buy two media's one Pro and another Enterprise but the med

RE: Win7 licensing question

2010-03-10 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
you don't ever actually "purchase" Enterprise, you purchase your Windows Pro client license with SA and then gain the ability to use the Enterprise edition if you want. Tim From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 4:42 PM To: NT System

RE: Win7 licensing question

2010-03-10 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
Your rep is not smoking crack...or at least his statement doesn't point to a crack issue. ;-) Tim -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 4:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Win7 licensing question Yeah - I&#x

Re: Win7 licensing question

2010-03-10 Thread Jon Harris
You may need to buy two media's one Pro and another Enterprise but the media is not that bad. Jon On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 5:39 PM, Kurt Buff wrote: > Yeah - I've been looking at this article with its chart and > discussions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7_editions > > We're only interes

Re: Win7 licensing question

2010-03-10 Thread Kurt Buff
Yeah - I've been looking at this article with its chart and discussions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7_editions We're only interested in volume licensed versions, so not interested in Ultimate. It's the "buy Pro with SA and use the Enterprise features for free" thing that doesn't make se

RE: Win7 licensing question

2010-03-10 Thread Jacob
True. You get Enterprise along with Pro. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 1:14 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

RE: Win7 licensing question

2010-03-10 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
only cost being the price of SA. Tim -Original Message- From: Art DeKneef [mailto:art.dekn...@cox.net] 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

RE: Win7 licensing question

2010-03-10 Thread Art DeKneef
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 co

RE: Win7 licensing question

2010-03-10 Thread Joe Tinney
Kurt, We just inked an EA with MS at the start of the year and were told by our CDW rep that Enterprise was only available when you engaged into a Microsoft Enterprise (or similar, I'm sure) Agreement. The SKU for Enterprise Edition with MDOP and SA: M7D-5 Description: EntDsktpwMDOP

RE: Win7 licensing question

2010-03-10 Thread Don Guyer
I don't know about a diff SKU, but know we only have 1 license number (for KMS amd MAK), between Pro and Ent. Hopefully that was of some use... :) Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-32