What is Win10 "Digital License Activation"?

Microsoft introduced a new activation method in Win10, "Digital License Activation". Is there any difference between this method and the previous key activation? Is it more advanced or more restrictive? IT House will give you a simple and clear understanding of the characteristics of this method.

 Digital license activation" The most obvious feature is that no traditional key is required. From this point of view, the new activation method is more progressive. So which activation method does this method apply to? Microsoft gives a detailed introduction on the official website:

In addition, key activation is still an integral part of Win10 activation, if you purchase it separately. The retail version of Windows 10 still uses this traditional approach. To sum up, the types of key activation include the following:

To say the principle, digital rights activation actually uploads the current computer hardware information to the Microsoft server, so that it can be reloaded in the future. Compare with the information stored by the server, if it matches, it can be activated automatically. The advantage of this is that the user does not have to remember the key. As long as the main hardware is unchanged, the server will consider it to be the same computer, and the computer with the Win10 first anniversary update can activate the system even if the motherboard is replaced. Of course, the mechanism for subsequent reloading without the need to enter a key also applies to computers with traditional key activation.