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jmotbey
Copper Contributor
Mar 04, 2022

Upgrade Windows 11 Home to Windows 11 Professional

At work I use Windows 11 Pro. My personal computer has Windows 11 Home. I am having trouble trying to work remotely from my home computer. Is it possible to buy an upgrade from Home to Professional?

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    Little_Joe
    Bronze Contributor
    Mar 10, 2022

    jmotbey 

    Hello,
    Yes, of course you can upgrade from Win11 from Home to Pro. As long as you have purchased the product key.

     

    Refer to below MS article:

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/upgrade-windows-home-to-windows-pro-ef34d520-e73f-3198-c525-d1a218cc2818 

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      jmotbey
      Copper Contributor
      Mar 20, 2022

      Thanks for that Little_Joe.

       

      My issue now is that my employer pays for me to have access to Windows Professional at home as part of an Enterprise Agreement but Windows Home won't let me sign out of my personal Microsoft account and into my Enterprise account. Without changing the account I can't persuade the Microsoft websites that I have a licence.

      • Little_Joe's avatar
        Little_Joe
        Bronze Contributor
        Mar 23, 2022
        Well, yes you cannot login with Work or School account to Win11 Home edition. You will have to upgrade to Pro then you can login with your enterprise account. But for your case you need to get a copy of Win11 Pro or Win11 Ent to perform an in-place upgrade then you can login with your enterprise account to activate.

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