Microsoft's description of Volume Licensing says:
"* In Volume Licensing, the desktop operating system license is an “upgrade license.” You may only acquire upgrade licenses for devices for which you have already licensed a “qualifying operating system.” A list of “qualifying operating systems” that qualify for an upgrade license is contained in the Product List, which can be found at Microsoft Product List for Volume Licensing.
*If you acquire “Software Assurance”, you have the right to use Windows 7 Enterprise on the device instead of Windows 7 Professional. This also permits you to run up to four additional copies or instances on the device."
So this leads to questions:
1) What do they mean that a Volume License is always an "Upgrade License"? I don't want to upgrade anything. I want to buy a full legal license for Windows 8.1 Pro. How do I do that with Volume Licensing?
2) Is there no way to buy Windows 8.1 Enterprise without buying software assurance?
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