Microsoft Windows 11 Pro Edition 64-Bit 1 Device DVD English

Microsoft Windows 11 Pro Edition 64-Bit 1 Device DVD English (FQC-10528) - Local Support

What this licence is

This is a full packaged retail licence for Windows 11 Pro, supplied on DVD media, for one device. Windows 11 Pro is the business-oriented edition of Microsoft's client operating system. The licence itself is perpetual: you buy it once and it does not renew. What does have an end date is the Windows version installed on the machine, and Microsoft publishes those dates version by version. Both facts are set out in full below.

The requirement that stops most purchases

Windows 11 has a hard hardware floor and it is stricter than Windows 10's. Microsoft requires UEFI firmware that is Secure Boot capable and Trusted Platform Module version 2.0, alongside a compatible 64-bit processor with two or more cores, 4 GB of memory and a 64 GB storage device. A machine that does not meet those requirements is not made eligible by buying a licence. If you are buying this to bring an older machine forward, check the hardware first — Microsoft publishes a PC Health Check app for exactly this purpose, and we would rather tell you before the invoice than after.

Servicing: the licence is perpetual, the version is not

Windows 11 Home and Pro follow Microsoft's Modern Lifecycle Policy. Microsoft's stated release policy is a new version of Windows 11 once a year, and each Home and Pro version is serviced for 24 months from its release date. Enterprise, Education and IoT Enterprise editions get 36 months for the same version. A machine left on an out-of-service version stops receiving security updates even though the licence is still perfectly valid. The published dates for every Windows 11 version are in the first accordion below — go by those dates rather than by the general cadence.

Pro against Home — and what we will not claim

Microsoft's own consumer comparison page publishes a security table and little else. It distinguishes Device encryption, which both editions have, from BitLocker Drive Encryption, which only Pro has. Beyond that, the one difference documented on a separate Microsoft page is Hyper-V, which Microsoft documents as installable on Pro and Enterprise and explicitly not on Home. The wider management feature set often attributed to Pro — Entra or Active Directory domain join, Group Policy, Windows Update for Business, Assigned Access, mobile device management, Autopilot, and Remote Desktop as a host rather than a client — is not set out on a Microsoft comparison table, so this page does not assert any of it. If one of those capabilities is the reason for the purchase, ask us and we will confirm it against Microsoft's documentation for your scenario before you commit.

Ownership, transfers and the small print

Microsoft licenses Windows rather than selling it, and grants the right to run one instance on one licensed device for one person at a time. A retail or stand-alone licence such as this one may be transferred to another device you own, or to a device owned by someone else if you are the first licensed user and the new user accepts Microsoft's terms; in either case it must be removed from the previous machine. That is materially different from an OEM licence, which Microsoft ties to the device it shipped with. Microsoft does not publish a page that maps distributor part numbers to product names. The edition name on this page is Microsoft's own; the part number is the SKU this listing is stocked and invoiced against. If the part number matters for your procurement paperwork, confirm it with us in writing before you order.