MS is also moving in another direction as well in regards to things going monthly.

Yes, Windows 10 subscriptions are coming, at least for enterprise

This reveals one way Microsoft plans to monetize Windows, but the company is mum about a consumer version.

Windows 10 Enterprise E3 offers what customers have been wondering about for some time: whether Microsoft would make Windows 10 a subscription service.


Mark Hachman | @markhachman
Senior Editor, PCWorld



  • Jul 12, 2016 10:02 AM


For over a year, Windows 10 customers have wondered whether Microsoft will offer Windows 10 as a service. On Tuesday, Microsoft confirmed that it would—though just for enterprises at the moment.

Beginning this fall, Microsoft will offer Windows 10 Enterprise E3, a special enterprise tier of Windows 10 that will cost $7 per user per month. Yusuf Mehdi, the corporate vice president of the Windows and Devices Group at Microsoft, said cloud providers would now be able to offer three premier Microsoft services on a subscription basis: Microsoft’s Azure, Office 365, and now Windows 10.
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Gee that will mean I will still need a Pro pack later for the 7 HP to 10 Home system just upgraded to 10. At least the other mini tower with more put into hardwares initially as well as later that is went from 7 Pro to 10 Pro from the start.

The monthly business however will be not only limited to the Enterprise edition becoming a 10 monthly service but for the Mobile platform in particular to continue promoting the Surface line of things.