Licensing

[Guest]

Hello,

What’s the difference between EA (Enterprise Agreement) Licensing and Volume
Licensing? We'd like to create Ghost images for Windows XP but I just want to
make sure we can use EA Licensing for these images.

Thanks,
Greg

 

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

Hello,

What's the difference between EA (Enterprise Agreement) Licensing and
Volume
Licensing? We'd like to create Ghost images for Windows XP but I just want
to
make sure we can use EA Licensing for these images.

An EA is a form of Volume Licensing just as Select or Open are also other VL
schemes we offer.
If you are under an EA then you are a VL customer.
If you create images for your PCs remember that the licenses supplied for
Windows XP under ANY VL scheme are UPGRADE licenses only and all PCs that
they are being installed to must have a qualifying OS license prior to being
reimaged with the VL Windows XP. Your number of licenses to be installed is
a total given in your EA. If you exceed this then you will be required to
pay an additional amount at your "true up". For more information on all of
this check with your companies EA administrator.
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Regards,

Mike
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[Guest]

So basically I have to have Windows 2000 Pro loaded before the image can be
created or can I reformat the drive and load XP from the CD?

 

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

So basically I have to have Windows 2000 Pro loaded before the image can
be
created or can I reformat the drive and load XP from the CD?

You are only required to have a previous qualifying licenses for each PC
that you use the VL media on.
The image can be a clean install of Windows XP.
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Regards,

Mike
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