A thought on OVS agreements and Windows 10

[dcwhitworth]

Given that MS are saying Windows 10 will be the last version of Windows, what is the point of an OVS agreement anymore ? Just buy a load of Windows 10 licences in bulk and you're done as far as Windows goes, yes you still need to buy Office but that is likely to end up as a much cheaper cost than an annual OVS licence.

 

Can someone point out what I'm missing here ?

[3s-gtech]

Server licensing and CALs (or Azure CALs if it's going that way)

Enterprise application licensing (or the Azure/O365 equivalent when they decide to start charging for things you could just do with)

Software assurance (because you can't buy a PC with 10 Edu or Ent)

[Arthur]

In addition to what @3s-gtech mentioned you also wouldn't have any reimaging rights.