When you purchase software, it comes with a license that grants you the legal right to run the program. In the past, the initial purchase of a Microsoft product included a license to use the software and, as later versions became available, upgrade editions were available at a significant discount. Users could “trade up” to the latest version of the product, saving the expense of paying for the product twice to get the benefit of the new edition. To upgrade, required a licensed copy of the original software.
Microsoft now has adopted a new strategy to encourage users to upgrade: “Software Assurance” programs have become a part of software license ownership, and “upgrade versions” have been abandoned.
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