11-07-2020, 09:13 AM
@deanhills
It depends sometimes. Microsoft is probably replacing the previous licenses with digital license. Have you by any chance signed in with a Microsoft account in Windows 10? The digital licenses are more like OEM licenses. They are bound mostly to your hardware. Too many hardware changes in the system will actually invalidate the license and one might have to use phone activation to revalidate the license key with the hope Microsoft allows it (it's automated so it probably works most of the time).
Basically Windows 10 is mostly a free OS for the small man / private customer. You pay with your data however... Microsoft's biggest source of income are business customers. They pay a lot for the licenses and services. Azure, Windows 10 Enterprise, Windows Server 2016/2019 and so on and Office products. It's a whole different level compared to what you get as a private customer. The other big earning branch is Microsoft's hosting platform Azure and its services.
It depends sometimes. Microsoft is probably replacing the previous licenses with digital license. Have you by any chance signed in with a Microsoft account in Windows 10? The digital licenses are more like OEM licenses. They are bound mostly to your hardware. Too many hardware changes in the system will actually invalidate the license and one might have to use phone activation to revalidate the license key with the hope Microsoft allows it (it's automated so it probably works most of the time).
Basically Windows 10 is mostly a free OS for the small man / private customer. You pay with your data however... Microsoft's biggest source of income are business customers. They pay a lot for the licenses and services. Azure, Windows 10 Enterprise, Windows Server 2016/2019 and so on and Office products. It's a whole different level compared to what you get as a private customer. The other big earning branch is Microsoft's hosting platform Azure and its services.
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