Upgrade to Windows 7 Professional Edition for 15% discount

Microsoft July 11 informed its reseller partners that it planned to get Windows 7 by the end of July for commercial customers who have purchased volume Licensing and Software Assurance (SA) services.

The final version of Windows 7 RTM cannot be released by the middle of this month, at least until the end of the month.

"Http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/16486.html" >deeper2k, a Russian enthusiast, confirmed this on Twitter and posted a screenshot of Microsoft's email to partners.

Figure 1 deeper2k message on Twitter

Deeper2d also revealed that Microsoft has informed partners that the Windows 7 special promotion campaign for software-protected users will continue until August 31, and that if customers purchased software security services before then, they could get an upgraded version of Windows 7 Enterprise Edition at a discounted price. Can be installed on a PC that has been purchased after August 1, 2008 and is pre-installed with Windows Vista Commercial Edition.

Figure 2 Microsoft Partner Program

Last week, Microsoft said that corporate users could get windows 7 Volume Licensing in July. But July 13, Microsoft official said, enterprise users need to wait until September 1 to obtain enterprise User Volume Licensing.

"Our corporate customers will be authorized by our Windows 7 Volume Licensing partners on September 1 to support their Windows 7 planning and deployment strategy," a spokesman for Microsoft said. To help partners take advantage of this opportunity to upgrade to Windows 7, we will provide a Windows 7 Professional upgrade program for 6 consecutive months with a discount of Windows Vista of up to 15% or more. ”

When asked when the spokesman would be able to get the official version of Windows 7, the spokesman said: "We will first provide Windows 7 for msdn/technet users, but we are not available yet." ”

In addition, the price discounts provided by Microsoft for the Windows 7 Professional (Windows 7 Professional Edition) Volume Licensing license are:

Time limit: 6 months from the beginning of September 1.

Offers: Upgrade to Windows 7 Professional (Windows 7 Professional) for more than 15% discount for anyone who installs a commercial version of Windows Vista or a professional version of Windows XP.