Windows 10: What happens to those free Windows 10 upgrades after July 29, 2016?

I hear you and this clearly is why TechNet got pulled and MSDN is now also under the microscope for tighter policies and perhaps also scrapped at the end of the day for some reason or abuse and period end of chapter if a VP or the CEO feels that's what is required to implement...

 

Well Windows has been dropping as a revenue source. If they get everyone to Windows 10 they will puch more people into a higher revenue generator the cloud. MS opening up to Linux is they can use it to use Microsoft could services.

 

I had a pc with Windows 7 Home and did the Windows 7 Anytime upgrade to to go Windows 7 Ultimate. When I selected the anytime upgrade it asked if I wanted to buy a key or enter. I entered the Technet key which in theory changed it from a OEM to retail. The OEM keys are sequenced when issued to the OEM. The I did a Windows 10 upgrade to Pro from Windows 7 Ultimate. I also had a spare SSD that I popped in the be part of the Insiders and run the technican preview.

 

Microsoft MVP's get a free MSDN subscription. I have a bunch of 10 keys I haven't used yet. I could have just used those. I only did the free upgrade for testing purposes. Looking for issues and pitfalls. It's easier to help people if you've seen the process first hand. Once that was done I did clean installs to get rid of any leftovers from the upgrade process. I'll take a clean install over an upgrade in any month with a week in it.

 

I've only used one Win 10 OS key so far on my free MSDN account which is a multi-activation key. *Smile

 

I've used an Enterprise key on my laptop, and an Education key on my main desktop. They also have digital entitlements for 10 Pro. My digital entitlements will be a backup in case Microsoft decides to blackball MSDN. I'm not expecting them to do it, but it's in the back of my mind with the big MVP program shakeup coming. And in case anybody asks, "what shakeup"? I'm not allowed to say anymore than that because its all under the NDA. *Zip

 

[This article has been significantly revised and updated since its original publication. in January 2016]

 

Windows 10 upgrade for assistive technology users

 

So anyone can upgrade by saying they use assistive technology. I wonder how activation works? Otherwise, how would this be different than running the upgrade iso?