To upgrade from windows 10 home to windows 10 pro and activate your device you ll need a valid product key or a digital license for windows 10 pro.
How to update windows 10 pro for free.
Back when windows 10 was first released microsoft allowed users of windows 7 or windows 8 1 to upgrade to windows 10 for free.
Before upgrading to windows 10 pro make sure your device is up to date and running the most recent version of windows 10 home.
Despite microsoft ending its free windows 10 upgrade offer to all users on july 30 2016 the company has in my.
If you do have a copy of windows 10 pro or maybe you found a retail copy of the upgrade for less than microsoft charges you ll have a product key alternately called a license key that enables windows 10 pro.
Assuming you re using a windows pc with a genuine and activated windows 7 or windows 8 key you can upgrade to windows 10 in just a few clicks.
How the free upgrade works.
Free windows 10 upgrades are still available.
If you re trying to activate windows 10 see activation in windows 10 for more info.
If you need a detailed guide follow this page to upgrade your windows 10 from home to pro edition right now.
This could also be the case if you took advantage of the free windows 10 upgrade offer on a pc running a home edition of windows 7 or windows 8 x.
Upgrade from windows 10 home to pro via a license key digital license.
For answers to frequently asked questions see windows update.
To get the latest major update of windows 10 see get the windows 10 may 2020 update.
For more info about how to keep your pc updated see windows update.
As a result you can still upgrade to windows 10 from windows 7 or windows 8 1 and claim a free digital license for the latest windows 10 version without being forced to jump through any hoops.
If you re having trouble installing updates see troubleshoot problems updating windows 10.
Microsoft officially ended the free upgrade offer in december 2017.
You ll need it to replace your current license key.