Thought that Microsoft did a poor job on the consumer side of Windows 10, you haven't being watching the absurdity which is the Enterprise version. They took putting the cart in front of the horse to new levels but as of today we finally have a monthly price for a user. This announcement comes several months after they removed the ability of system admins to block installation of random apps from the Windows Store for those using Windows 10 Professional. It is also a week after they announced the removal of two popular components of the Microsoft Desktop Optimisation Pack, App-V and UE-V.
Today we have received word that the Windows 10 Enterprise E3 version will be $7 per user per month, though we have yet to hear any pricing on the E5 version which includes Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection. You can read more at Slashdot while you laugh about Microsoft's apparent confusion as to why businesses are not yet willing to adopt their new OS.
"Microsoft plans to make its recently renamed Windows 10 Enterprise product available as a subscription for $7 per user per month, or $84 per year. Microsoft took the wraps off the pricing of one of the two renamed versions of Windows 10 Enterprise at the company's Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto on July 12."
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It really would behoove
It really would behoove businesses to move away from the Microsoft brand at this point.
The IOS link doesn’t work
The IOS link doesn’t work
Must be buggy to be breaking
Must be buggy to be breaking links to it!
Sorry, fixed.
No problemo, I used the
No problemo, I used the mythical powers of google… don’t really know why since I don’t used any Apple products.
And how much to buy it
And how much to buy it outright? One-off payment, no subscription?
Volume Licensing Agreements
Volume Licensing Agreements when you deal with those, not purchasing. Monthly licensing not a new thing for enterprise … not knowing the pricing on the other hand.
VL prices are still one off’s
VL prices are still one off’s for using a cal. the monthly subscription will keep enterprise sitting on windows 7 for quite a long time.
So what’s your favorite
So what’s your favorite flavor of Linux?
I duel boot to Linux Mint
I duel boot to Linux Mint 17.3 on both of my computers.
“You can read more at
“You can read more at Slashdot while you laugh about Microsoft’s apparent confusion as to why businesses are not yet willing to adopt their new OS.”
Eh, I kind of depends on the size of the business. If you’re a massive multisite enterprise with thousands or tens-of-thousands install base, it;s a FUCK YEAH, THIS IS AWESOME situation. If you’ve got a few tens of PCs in an office with a server in a single server (AKA a desktop without a monitor plugged in) corner somewhere, you’re stuck between a rock and a hard place: you either have the Enterprise edition (which works out as more expensive) or Professional (which has lost some of the Enterprise features it previously had).
MS seems to be betting that smaller businesses will be moving to cloud offerings, so are focussing on massive volume customers.
” If you’re a massive
" If you're a massive multisite enterprise with thousands or tens-of-thousands install base … "
My day job is … we are a FUCK NO, current Win7 Volume Licensing is less convoluted and we aren't redoing a huge chuck of apps just to appease your new OS. Plus we don't trust the pricing will remain at this level
Let’s make Novell Netware
Let’s make Novell Netware great again.
Sadly that no longer sounds
Sadly that no longer sounds as awful as it would have last year.
This is fine. If it’s too
This is fine. If it’s too expensive than Enterprise will stay on 7 and we’ll be in another mess like with XP.
Can you just pay-off for full
Can you just pay-off for full version without subscription?
Nope, far as I know
Nope, far as I know Enterprise is VLC only.