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Compliance and Enterprise Deployment

Current and past Product Use Rights (PUR) documents can be downloaded via links at www.microsoft.com/licensing/about-licensing/product-licensing.aspx. A scenario-based guide, “Microsoft Product Use Rights Explained,” is also available via a link on this page.

Windows Vista licensing is explained in “Licensing the Windows Client” on page 14 of the Sept. 2008 Update.

The Desktop Optimization Pack is described in more detail in the July 2009 Research Report, “Managing Clients: The Desktop Optimization Pack 2009.”

Reimaging rules are outlined at download.microsoft.com/download/3/D/4/3D42BDC2-6725-4B29-B75A-A5B04179958B/Reimaging.docx.

Windows licensing for the Mac is described in more detail in a Microsoft licensing brief at download.microsoft.com/download/3/D/4/3D42BDC2-6725-4B29-B75A-A5B04179958B/Licensing_Windows_and_Office_with_Mac.docx.

Choosing an Edition

Windows 7 technical capabilities and editions are explained in more detail in the Sept. 2009 Research Report, “Windows 7: An OS for Businesses” and the Apr. 2011 Research Report, “Evaluating Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1.”

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