Microsoft officially announced Win10 detailed free upgrade path plan

With the improvement of the Win10 preview version and the improvement of various functions, the official version of Win10 is coming soon, and all kinds of news about Win10 are also highly concerned by consumers. Last week, Microsoft Windows 10 will release at least seven versions for different users and devices. At the same time, Microsoft hopes to let Win10 cover 1 billion devices within three years. In order to achieve this goal, Microsoft has taken a series of measures, the most important of which is to provide free upgrades for Win7, Win8.1 and WP8.1 users. But Microsoft made it clear that the Win10 free upgrade is only one year, and upgrades will require payment afterwards. Today, Microsoft announced the detailed upgrade path and plan for Windows 10 in its MSDN blog.
Microsoft Announces Windows 10 Detailed Free Upgrade Path Plan

Win10 7 Releases for Different Users and Devices

• Win10 Home Edition (Home) for Mass Users Free upgrade;

• Win10 Pro (Pro) for small businesses, free upgrades;

• Win10 Enterprise Edition (Enterprise) for medium and large enterprises, need to obtain VL license;

• Win10 Education (Education) for schools (teachers and students and employees), need to obtain VL license;

• Win10 mobile version (Mobile) for mass consumers, small, Medium and large enterprises and academic institutions, through OEM licensing;

• Win10 Mobile Enterprise Edition (Mobile Enterprise) for medium and large enterprises, through OEM (IoT) and VL license;

Win7, Win8 and Win8.1 free upgrade Win10 detailed plan:

• In the year after the official release of Win10, Microsoft will be licensed Windows 7, Windows8 and Windows Phone 8.1 devices Free upgrade. The corresponding version of the upgrade is described below. After one year, you need to upgrade Win10 by purchasing boxed products and volume licenses;

• Win8/Win8.1, Win7 Home Basic, Win7 Home Premium can be upgraded to Win10 Home Edition for free;

• Win8/Win8.1 Professional, Win7 Professional, Win7 Ultimate can be upgraded to Win10 Professional for free;

• Eligible equipment is upgraded free of charge during the first year , will receive a lifetime free update;

• Free upgrade is not for enterprise and RT devices;

• Free upgrade will be pushed through Windows Update, computers joining the domain can be manually passed Windows update is updated. Updates cannot be deployed through WSUS.