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Vaccano
Vaccano

Reputation: 82311

Does Azure support client operating systems (ie Windows 7)?

I am trying to setup a Windows 7 Virtual Machine in Azure and I see a list of Windows Server options, but not a plain Windows 7 Professional.

I need Windows 7 for testing purposes.

Do they only support server VMs?

Edit: After Searching I found that Windows 7 Enterprise N is supported. I guess I could use that. But it seems lame that they would not support something so common as Windows 7 Professional...

Upvotes: 1

Views: 6415

Answers (1)

Michael B
Michael B

Reputation: 12228

Windows 7 (and all Windows client OSs) are not supported, or more importantly, licensed for use on ANY cloud service.

Azure gets around this limitation by only allowing Windows Client machines to be run as MSDN development machines. (I imagine being Microsoft helps too)

If you have an MSDN subscription, you will have access to Win7, Win8, and Win10 machines.

So if you wanted to build a business running Windows client machines, licensing would restrict that, but if you're using it as a development machine, that is ok.

So you couldn't, for instance, give everyone in an office access to a Win 10 Machine on Azure.

Upvotes: 3

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