So with one download, you’re good for either the consumer version or the Pro version of Windows 8. The trick is that there are different keys: The simple Windows 8 download is for Windows 8 *and* Windows 8 Pro. Then this morning, someone pointed out my mistake. I gave up trying to figure out how to get Pro and downloaded Enterprise. Windows 8 Pro VL is listed but that’s for Volume License subscribers and there’s a “you can’t download this one, sorry” note beside those. But when you look on MSDN Subscriptions you will see variations on Windows 8, WIndows 8 Enterprise that you can download. The one that most of us developers probably wan tis the Windows 8 Pro. ![]() For example, this Microsoft blog post: Announcing the Windows 8 Editions and this Wikipedia entry : Windows 8 editions There are plenty of resources explaining the different version of Windows 8. I made a silly mistake last night and then saw someone asking about the same thing on an email list this morning, so thought I would drop this bit of information here.
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