Thursday, September 10, 2015

Windows 10 and Office 365


This article is composed of links to pages relevant to a project Windows 10 / Cloud project

If you are using the Microsoft Windows Media Center (MC) in Windows 7 or 8 carefully consider your timeline to Windows 10.  MC is removed during the upgrade from the earlier operating systems!  A Windows DVD player app is available if an upgrade is detected.  If not it, could be a separate purchase.



Main FAQ
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/windows-10-faq

Software Download
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10
Older Windows 10 versions
This interesting bat file can download older versions of the windows 10 media creation tool.
https://gist.github.com/AveYo/c74dc774a8fb81a332b5d65613187b15#file-mediacreationtool-bat-md

Software Download FAQ
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/faq

What is a product key?
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/what-is-product-key

Useful Windows 10 forum post
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/wiki/insider_wintp-insider_install/how-to-upgrade-to-windows-10-from-within-windows/21b5cd8a-d96d-4cda-a9aa-7d936a9a0b88

Troubleshooting OneDrive for Business
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Fix-OneDrive-for-Business-sync-problems-e12c6a8b-4bbe-4391-9c23-1a52b55a1967

Office 365 pricing and options
https://products.office.com/en-us/business/compare-office-365-for-business-plans

MS uses the term SKU(s) to refer to the different O365 license types e.g. E3 vs E5 SKUs
SKU is a term derived from the retail sector and in an acronym for Stock Keeping Unit.