The following operating systems qualify for the Windows 10 Pro Upgrade and/or Windows 10 Enterprise Upgrade through Microsoft Volume Licensing.
Qualifying Operating Systems
New Enterprise
Agreement
(EA)/Open Value
Company-Wide
(OV-CW)
1
Existing EA/
OV-CW
2
Microsoft Products
and Services
Agreement
(MPSA)/Select
Plus/Open
3
Microsoft Cloud
Agreement
Academic and
Charity
Windows 10
Enterprise (N, KN)
4
, Pro (N, KN)
Education, Home
Windows 8 and Windows 8.1
Enterprise (N, K, KN), Pro (N, K, KN, diskless)
Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 (including Single Language)
Windows 7
Enterprise (N, K, KN), Professional (N, K, KN, diskless), Ultimate
Home Premium, Home Basic, or Starter Edition
Windows Vista
Enterprise (N, K, KN), Business (N, K, KN, Blade), Ultimate
Home Premium, Home Basic, Starter Edition
Windows XP
Professional (N, K, KN, Blade), Tablet Edition (N, K, KN, Blade), XP
Pro N, XP Pro Blade PC
Home and Starter Edition
Apple
Apple Macintosh
Windows Embedded Operating Systems
Windows 10 IoT Enterprise
Windows Vista Business
for Embedded Systems, Ultimate for
Embedded Systems
Windows 2000 Professional for Embedded Systems
Windows 7 Professional for Embedded Systems, Ultimate for
Embedded Systems
Windows XP Professional
for Embedded Systems
Windows Embedded 8 and 8.1 Pro, Industry Pro
Windows 10 IoT Enterprise for Retail or Thin Clients
5
Windows Embedded 8 and 8.1 Industry Retail
5
Windows Embedded POSReady 7 Pro
5
Windows Embedded for Point of Service
5
Windows Embedded POSReady 2009
5
Windows Embedded POSReady 7
5
Windows XP Embedded
5
Windows Embedded Standard 7
5
Windows Embedded 2009
5
Windows Embedded 8 Standard
5
1
Also applicable to Qualified Devices acquired through merger or acquisition.
2
Column is also used to denote acceptable qualifying OS for a user’s primary device when a user is licensed with Windows 10 Enterprise E3/E5 per User.
3
Does not apply to Academic, Charity, and OV-CW.
4
N, K, and KN are specialized editions available for certain markets.
5
Use restrictions apply. Refer to the
Volume Licensing Product Terms
for details.
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Qualifying Operating Systems