

Before you devote the labor required to re-deploy 700 endpoints, it's critically important to ask the person who made the request what, exactly, they hope to accomplish. They think that "downgrading" your installed OS will somehow "save money". So Rockn's point is this: Someone above you clearly doesn't understand what's actually involved here. If you're not planning to actually use the features that come with SA, there's very little point in keeping the agreement current. What does expire is the Software Assurance (SA) that may or may not be associated with the license agreement. It can't, so the next logical step in the conversation is to address the why of the request. Thanks Rockn, but what does that have to do with the question of how it can be done? I did get this same question on Windows 10 Enterprise to Windows 10 Pro and it also requires a complete/custom install of Windows 10 Pro. The technical upgrade from Windows 7 Pro to Windows 7 Enterprise is a complete/custom install (no in-place upgrade options).


I guess the next question then is how do you do this without have to do a fresh install? I've honestly never heard of anyone doing this.ĪFAIK it's not possible, at least its "unsupported" from Microsoft. Microsoft VLSC should have this media & activation keys for you to download and install Windows 7 Pro. Windows downgrade rights VL brief can be found here Opens a new window with more info. You are licensed for downgrade version of Windows Enterprise - including Windows 7 Pro. if you purchased Windows 7 Enterprise a few years ago, you would have had to purchase SA to get Windows 7 Enterprise. Yes, Windows 7 Enterprise has downgrade rights to Windows 7 Pro.
