
Active Software Assurance customers in volume licensing have the benefit to upgrade to other Windows 10 enterprise offerings.

Some editions are excluded from the consumer free upgrade-including Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows 8/8.1 Enterprise, and Windows RT/RT 8.1. The consumer free upgrade offer for Windows 10 applies to qualified new and existing devices running Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows Phone 8.1. Then, early this morning-more than 24 hours after the original Reuters story went live-Microsoft PR sent out another statement. There was then a fairly long pause while Microsoft PR prepared a response.įirst, a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed with ZDNet that, "the plan to allow free upgrades for non-genuine copies of Windows applies to all markets" worldwide, not just China.

Early yesterday morning, Microsoft's Terry Myerson surprised everyone-including, I think, Microsoft PR-by announcing that everyone would get a free upgrade to Windows 10, even users with pirated/non-genuine licenses.
