Microsoft licensing guides, tutorials & buying advice

Windows 7 is long out of support, but it still installs, activates and runs the software some machines depend on.

Visual Studio Community is free, Professional is paid, and the difference is mostly licence terms. This guide explains who needs

“Guaranteed” is the most used and least defined word in key listings. This guide sets out what a guarantee must

Buying a Windows Server licence means choosing a version, an edition, a core count and the right CALs. This guide

Five LTSC editions, five support dates, and one clean installation. This guide tells you which Windows LTSC key fits your

Two perpetual Office 2024 editions, two dollars apart, with different app lists and different installers. Here is what LTSC means

LTSC is the Windows that does not change. Here is what the Long-Term Servicing Channel actually is, how the 2021

Home and Pro are the same Windows with different features switched on. Here is exactly what Pro adds, who needs