← Back to context Comment by altairprime 3 months ago Presumably the business/enterprise editions still do? 6 comments altairprime Reply jwitthuhn 3 months ago Enterprise might but Professional sure doesn't. kirenida 3 months ago I just installed a copy of 25H2 on a laptop with a previously saved Professional licence.You can just choose to create a "work or school account" and then leave the domain name empty. altairprime 3 months ago Thanks!I wonder how much of this is Microsoft trying to create recurring profits from the base (Home) sku, rather than that they care about local-user installations in any other circumstance. jwitthuhn 3 months ago Interesting, will give that a try next time. I guess I never looked because I had assumed that option made you connect to an existing domain. 1 reply → Marsymars 3 months ago Maybe not for the long term; business/enterprise are mostly using domain accounts for non-server systems.
jwitthuhn 3 months ago Enterprise might but Professional sure doesn't. kirenida 3 months ago I just installed a copy of 25H2 on a laptop with a previously saved Professional licence.You can just choose to create a "work or school account" and then leave the domain name empty. altairprime 3 months ago Thanks!I wonder how much of this is Microsoft trying to create recurring profits from the base (Home) sku, rather than that they care about local-user installations in any other circumstance. jwitthuhn 3 months ago Interesting, will give that a try next time. I guess I never looked because I had assumed that option made you connect to an existing domain. 1 reply →
kirenida 3 months ago I just installed a copy of 25H2 on a laptop with a previously saved Professional licence.You can just choose to create a "work or school account" and then leave the domain name empty. altairprime 3 months ago Thanks!I wonder how much of this is Microsoft trying to create recurring profits from the base (Home) sku, rather than that they care about local-user installations in any other circumstance. jwitthuhn 3 months ago Interesting, will give that a try next time. I guess I never looked because I had assumed that option made you connect to an existing domain. 1 reply →
altairprime 3 months ago Thanks!I wonder how much of this is Microsoft trying to create recurring profits from the base (Home) sku, rather than that they care about local-user installations in any other circumstance.
jwitthuhn 3 months ago Interesting, will give that a try next time. I guess I never looked because I had assumed that option made you connect to an existing domain. 1 reply →
Marsymars 3 months ago Maybe not for the long term; business/enterprise are mostly using domain accounts for non-server systems.
Enterprise might but Professional sure doesn't.
I just installed a copy of 25H2 on a laptop with a previously saved Professional licence.
You can just choose to create a "work or school account" and then leave the domain name empty.
Thanks!
I wonder how much of this is Microsoft trying to create recurring profits from the base (Home) sku, rather than that they care about local-user installations in any other circumstance.
Interesting, will give that a try next time. I guess I never looked because I had assumed that option made you connect to an existing domain.
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Maybe not for the long term; business/enterprise are mostly using domain accounts for non-server systems.