The Enterprise edition offers all that is included in the Professional edition, and more! You can download Windows 11 Enterprise ISO images using the guide given below and use them to perform a clean installation on your computer or a VM. Microsoft has also released images for virtual machines (VMs) that you can download and run them directly on a hypervisor. The VM images come packed with pre-installed tools for developers, but the images are only valid till January 9, 2022, and will automatically expire after that. That said, both physical and virtual machines need to meet the minimum requirements to install any version of Windows 11. You can also download the Windows 10 Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) 2019 ISO image using the given guide below. Learn how to install Windows 11 (for consumers) while bypassing system requirements checks. Let us warn you that the Enterprise edition is free to use for 90 days (evaluation period), after which you will need to provide an activation key that needs to be purchased. If not, after the evaluation period, the background will go dark and you will receive continuous (annoying) prompts telling you that your version of Windows is not licensed. Moreover, your computer will also reboot after every hour without any warning.
Download Windows 11 Enterprise ISO from Microsoft Download Windows 11 Enterprise using Windows Media Creation tool Download Windows 11 Enterprise Virtual Machine Images (VHD, VMDK, VDI) Download Windows 10 LTSC 2019 ISO from Microsoft Closing words
If you think you need to test out Windows 11 Enterprise, continue reading.
Download Windows 11 Enterprise ISO from Microsoft
Windows 11 Enterprise is currently available for download in the following languages:
Chinese (Simplified and Traditional)English (US and British)FrenchGermanItalianJapaneseKoreanPortuguese (Brazil)Spanish
Microsoft assures its users that Windows 11 Enterprise has a 99.7% compatibility rate for enterprise organizations, as with Windows 10. Here’s how to download the Windows 11 Enterprise edition evaluation from Microsoft’s official page: Your download will now begin automatically. Please note that, unlike the Windows 11 consumer version, the download links for Windows 11 Enterprise do not expire. So basically you can save the Windows 11 Enterprise download link and download the ISO using the same link any time you want.
Download Windows 11 Enterprise using Windows Media Creation tool
Another way to download the Windows 11 Enterprise edition is through the Windows Media Creation (WMC) tool. However, this method requires a tiny tweak with a simple command that converts the consumer-based WMC into one for the Enterprise edition. You can now continue to deploy Windows 11 Enterprise to your device just like any other Windows OS.
Download Windows 11 Enterprise Virtual Machine Images (VHD, VMDK, VDI)
Microsoft has released Windows 11 Enterprise virtual machines for the following platforms:
Microsoft Hyper-VOracle VirtualBoxVMware WorkstationParallels
The virtual machines can be downloaded using the given guide below. Since they are intended purely for development and testing purposes, they come prepacked with a few tools so that you will not have to create a VM from scratch and then install the tools yourself. Here is a list of the included software:
Windows 10 SDK, version 2004 (10.0.19041.0)Visual Studio 2019 (latest as of 10/09/21) with the UWP, .NET desktop, and Azure workflows enabled and also includes the Windows Template Studio extensionVisual Studio Code (latest as of 10/09/21)Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) enabled with Ubuntu installedDeveloper mode enabledWindows Terminal installed
Each image for the said hypervisors is nearly 20 GBs in size. Before you begin with the steps below, be informed that the virtual machines are set to automatically expire on 9 January 2022. The image will then immediately begin downloading. When it finishes, you can now create a new VM in the selected hypervisor.
Download Windows 10 LTSC 2019 ISO from Microsoft
You can find out which version and branch of Windows 11 Enterprise you are running by running the following command: get-computerinfo | fl WindowsProductName, OsVersion
Closing words
Unfortunately, you cannot purchase a license for Windows 11 Enterprise for a single machine only. If you want to purchase it for your organization, navigate to the Windows 11 Enterprise webpage, scroll down and see which package suits your needs better. You may then contact Microsoft’s Sales department to make a license purchase. If you wish to use it on a single device, we suggest you look into Microsoft Office 365 Enterprise subscriptions since it also offers a license for Windows 11 Enterprise. Furthermore, Microsoft does not plan to release Windows 11 LTSC anytime soon. However, they did confirm that Windows 11 will eventually have an LTSC branch.
