Windows 11 Home vs Pro: what's the difference & should you upgrade?
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- čas přidán 21. 07. 2024
- In this step-by-step overview, learn about the key differences between the Windows 11 Home Edition and Professional Edition and whether it's worth upgrading to Pro.
Professional includes all features that come with the Home Edition, including the following features:
- Support for 2 CPUs with 128 cores (vs. 1 CPU with 64 cores)
- Up to 2TB of RAM (vs. 128GB with Home)
- Sandbox
- Hyper-V
- Remote Desktop (Host)
- Bit locker Drive encryption
- Windows Information Protection
- Mobile device management
- Group policy
- Enterprise state roaming
- Assigned access
- Dynamic provisioning
- Windows Update for Business
- Azure Directory
- Join domain
- Kiosk mode
👋 Additional resources
- Purchase Windows 11 Home License: $140, www.microsoft.com/en-us/d/win...
- Purchase Windows 11 Professional License: $200, www.microsoft.com/en-us/d/win...
⌚ Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
0:37 Windows 11 New Features
1:08 System requirements & upper limits
2:46 Sandbox
3:30 Hyper-V
4:30 Remote desktop
5:50 Windows Information Protection
6:08 Enterprise management features
6:44 How to upgrade
7:07 Wrap up
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2:12 "Why would you ever need that much ram?"
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Famous last words : nobody will ever need that much memory 😹
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Once 640 KB RAM was expected to be really enough for everyone 🤔
@@Wodenseyes yeah . but he talk about RAM memory., not hard drive
I think video uploader never opened 10 chrome tabs at the same time
I actually heard that said once. I was in a game store in the late-80s and this was the store owner’s response to the launch of the Commodore 128.
I found every youtuber talking about the difference missed one big feature: Pro version allows all display languages, whereas Home version only allows using one default language. It's a very important feature for multilingual users, I switch between English, Chinese and Japanese frequently.
That is good to know; thank you!
True. I care a lot about this feature as well! I'm a polyglot too~
yall paying for windows?
lol
I had 0 clue on how not to, I kept looking up how to get it without paying but nothing really popped up.
@@breadsticks992prebuilts or laptops
@@breadsticks992 VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T use this win 11 pro upgrade key :)
yea same i couldn't find a way that didnt look too sus @Anon-xz6hu
Nice, thanks for this video. I hear that both are even better now that we're 2 years into this thing!
Encryption & Sandbox options is one of the big things for me when it comes to Home vs Pro I recently got a upgrade key to upgrade my Windows 10 Home keep up the good work my man.
is that how when I was on the pro version I had encrypted DNS but now that i'm on home I can't? Or is there a setting I can change I can't remember if that's what I did previously.
I would this it'd be possible to have the same encryption type especially if it's just dns.
hey kevin i have a problem with windows 11. everytime i try to upgrade to windows 11 it won't let me, it keeps saying that i have the minimum requirements and then when its checking for updates and checking if i have space (last step of installing windows 11+ i have space) it says that we can't tell if your pc is ready to continue installing windows 11. try restarting the system. i legit tried everything and no one has a fix, can you please help me.
Great overview of Home vs. Professional. My laptop used to have Windows Professional, but now it belongs to a relative. I'm now using Home. Until I saw this video, I didn't think there was much of a distinction between Pro and Home. But, thanks to you, I now understand that there are considerable gaps. Keep rocking with Windows 11!
i think for personal uses home edition is enough
Basically, 3rd Party and Linux basically do this 4 3 but this is all Microsoft
I use Remote Desktop all the time at work. It's super duper handy for logging into servers without having to actually walk into the server room or anything.
Actually one of my favorite features.
I could see the potential for it being useful on a PC but I can't think of any real world examples I'd be using any time soon.
2:34 Thanks for the info Kevin. It's the information that I need before I use Windows 11
Presenting the topic in an amazing way, well-done man, thanks
Always helpful. Thanks a lot Kevin!👍
Hey, out of this topic but does "your windows is activated by an organisation activation" still mean it's full control is in your hands and its license won't expire, coz my oc got corrupted and had to reinstall and the shop owner used a genuine win 11 pro instead of home. Is it nothing to be concerned about the activation statement?
Also, would I keep getting the same exact updates I had done before my pc got corrupted?
Not sure where to ask questions, so . . . is it possible to connect a 2021 ipad pro as a 3rd display to a pc desktop with Windows 11? Thanks!
Hi Kevin, I have windows Home that came with my new laptop,however,I sometimes would like to use Remote Desktop and only works with Windows 11 Pro. I have an existing subscription from my old laptop,but does not have a key to transfer. I’m completely lost,can you help me please.
Hey Kevin. I purchased a laptop with 11 home. Can I use Remote Desktop to connect to my desktop with the laptop and the desktop connect to the laptop on my home network?
Thank you for the overview! I am interested in both my wife and I using the same desktop computer SIMULTANEOUSLY.... will either of these products HOME or PRO, allow us to do so? When I note simultaneously, I dont mean on the same desktop, but just each of us accessing the computer and working on our separate files / accounts ? Thank you in advance
If I put my windows 7 home premium OEM key in during the win 11 install does it automatically make me home? Because the first time I installed win 11 I had pro.. actually gave me an option to choose between pro/home/enter. This time I reinstalled and put in my key.. didn't get an option and it says I'm home so i'm curious as to it being from my Home OEM key. The reason being is the assumption if 7 home premium key makes me Home win 11.. then pro oem key would make me...?
A million subscribers 🤯 well deserved, Kevin!
Hi Karen, I am using Windows 11 home addition and I was wondering what is a good antivirus besides Windows defender
dude i sub to u when you had only 100k subs and now u have 1mil omg good luck dude
I just upgraded to windows 11 pro so I could use windows sandbox, thanks Kevin!
Hello kevin, is there any performance improvement with pro version compared to home? Or is it just the features you mentioned?
Helpful vid @kevin If I buy from Microsoft store will that be a retail version that I can transfer indefinitely?
Hi Kevin, do you have a video about the importance of product keys in Windows, and what do you think is the impact on the future of the pc (if any) if you bought non-authorized key? Thank you!
Is Teams application that u install from Microsoft 365 subscription different from Teams that is pre-installed in Windows 11?
Is there a way to go back to windows 10? It looks like 11 won't work with the printer and other items I have. I tried recovery but my system isn't offering that. Any help would be great!
I have a pro but i cant turn on notifications, it says "some of the settings are managed by your organisation" and also cant join win insider, rip
can you help me with the issue where the microsoft store wont update or download apps
Quick Question- I have a problem with my pc and I am not sure if its the pc itself or me not saving before turning off my pc. It's just that whenever I turn of my pc or monitor like everything like background, log in's disappears. It's really annoying needing to log in into my chrome accounts again and again. Also it bores me to see this plain background. The apps and downloads are there but not the other things and I am scared if similar things will happen to my artwork whenever I save it afterwards. I'm still new to this Pc thing and if anyone can tell me what I'm doing wrong it would help out a bunch.
Hello, on wifi network can other pcs in network access data of windows 11 home single language pc.
Very helpful information mate
Thanks 👏
does win11 pro support two finger scroll and zooming , I can't do that what is the problem please?
Can I use two weather widgets at once?
I can do this in Win10, but I can't see a way of doing this in Win 11
Very educative . Watching from Cameroon
Thank you for the video. Concise and very informative. Will definitely be going Pro for hyper-v
Hi i have questions to use the windows 11 pro apps u need to activate windows 11 pro or you dont have to?
Brilliant video. It has really helped me with my purchasing decision. Thank you!!!
i had windows 10 pro on my diy pc. i did the auto upgrade to windows 11. had it since launch. last night i reformatted my pc and reinstalled windows 11 pro from a flash drive and i am noticing all sorts of stuff thats different. i didnt even know what i had before was home. it just gave me whatever the version is they auto gave you. But i definitely have w11 pro now and i LOVE the new look. its way different than what i had before.. So now im watching this video trying to figure out everyuthing that different. Its like im experiencing windows 11 for the first time all over again.
Could Windows Pro be used as a home or small business server? Let's say running IIS and file services/SQL Server type things?
x2 speed, your welcome
Imagine the pain talking with him irl
I always wondered ❤. Thank you
Can I know what is the difference bitween windows pro and education?
Please help! I have Window 11 Home. I tried to install my Garmin App and it wouldn't let me because it said I wasn't the administrator. Another person said I have to upgrade to Windows 11 Pro to be able to sign in as the administrator. Please advise...thank you.
Thanks for the information sir! I found it very useful.❤
For me... I will wait until at least a year to allow for all the bug fixes, tweaks, and adjustments based upon consumer reaction to settle down. Thus far 11 does appear to have some nice features but it also has eliminated some features that I use regularly. I wish they would quit messing around with the start button and taskbar. My take... changes that are mostly a solution in search of a problem. (Sort of like the ribbon, which they are now removing in Explorer) Overall it appears to be somewhat dumbed down for the masses looking to emulate the Mac OS.
One can resist the 11 upgrade for a time but at some point 10 will decay to the point many will need to make the move. I will be going with pro mostly to avoid having to deal with having to have an account to tie your machine back to the MS mothership. I wish there was a good way to run the apps I need in Linux well as I would have made that move a long time ago.
I got an Alienware in 2012 with Windows 7. It lasted me until 2023. I think that 11 years was the absolute longest time I could milk it. Now the lack of security updates and incompatibility with newer programs finally caught up to it. 😢
did you get it?
@@cherryartist17 Same for me. Built a great rig in 2011 and ran Win7 Pro until now when I am *_finally_* putting the finishing touches on a new machine, and with it a new OS. I was planning on going with Win10, but I've read that 11 is better at handling scheduling between performance / efficiency cores in intel 12th gen (and higher) cpus .. so time to take the plunge! I just need to weed out all the telemetry etc.
Really excited to turn this thing on! Going from an i7-2600K to an i7-12700K .. from 16 GB of DDR3 to 64 GB of DDR5 .. from a SATA 3 7200 RPM platter drive to a Gen 4 m.2 2280 NVMe SSD .. I hope the difference is as startling as I think it should be! 🤞
It will be painful leaving Win7 behind. Without a doubt my favorite OS ever! But, at this point .. like you said, the lack of security updates (and support for newer hardware .. DirectX versions, etc) .. just have to move on!
Best of luck to you. ☮
I loved the set up in Windows 7. I hate most of the changes!
hey, on what app are you editting your videos?
I saved this video, you are clear and concise, thanks
I tried to install windows mixed reality with windows 11 but it's not installing I have to install windows10 to install it ... what is the problem
Appreciate the video! Very concise, thanks! Thanks for leaving out a long winded explanation of business features most home users won't need. We do in fact not know what these features mean, so I'm pretty sure I can live without them 😂
But witch version should I get USB or download. If I get the USB does the USB drive have to stay plugged into my pc or not?
The home version doesn't have sandbox? Is there a way get it for home?
I am eagerly waiting for this...
Thank you for the information! 😊
how do I find the sanbox? it's not on microsoft store, nor on the internet
Awesome explanation 😀 thank you
Hey! Does system spec with i7 processor, 32 gb of ram is good for windows 10 pro for workstation? Please explain about windows 10 pro for workstation and wat are it's specs and also its benefits. Pls. Thanks in advance
My laptop came with Windows 10 pro, i updated it didnt know what version it got updated. And then now my SSD was corrupt bought a new SSD and installed windows 11 home edition. How do i upgrade it to pro? DO i have to buy a license again?
Thanks. Recently installed Win 11 on an older i5 and it activated with Win 11 Pro so good to know about Sandbox and I've just turned bitlocker on too.
For all that is Holy; make sure you export your bit locker key.
One BSOD, if you’re on a piece of crap Dell then one hardware component failure, and you’ll lose access to your data if you do not have the key.
I used to work for the state government, and the Dell’s died constantly. BL is a two edged sword that will filet you open and dance on your entrails with salt shoes and laugh at your pathetic crying when everything on the drive is gone.
i also have windows 11 Pro it upgraded my windows 10 home to windows 11 pro with license key from home version :D
@@Rood67 I know it has been a whole 2 years but oh my God; I have embarrassingly lost a few laptops because of BitLocker since I had always forgotten to export my key. Dell *sucks.*
would u show ppl how to remove edge from win 11...thanks
Very clear. Thank you ❤
Good introduction to the product, thanks.
Virtual machine and Remote desktop has third party software, so I don't need Windows 11 Pro.
But is there any work arounds to join a domain to connect to the corporate network?
I am using personal PC for both work and personal. I want to be able to connect to corporate Microsoft Account.
I always upgrade my OS. I have been there than that and I think Windows 11 is actually better than the launch of Windows 8 (no Start button lol). What I will miss with Windows 10 is my organized folders when pressing Start. Just waiting for Windows update to say that I can download and install. I think you can do it manually but I think it is better to wait until they fix all the performance issues since I am using AMD.
Thanks for detailed information
I have the pro version and although I barely use the features that come with it, I do like the access to the group policy editor. I actually only use it to control how Windows update works so it is less annoying / disruptive.
I also tried Hyper-V but didn't really like it. I prefer Virtualbox for my usage.
i have it too
Which laptop do you have?cost of windows 11 professional please
@@bsmishra6922 free
@@bsmishra6922free to update to win 11 if you already have the lates version of win 10
how do i buy it
Nice info. Thanx Kevin
well done and thanks for the info
Regarding Remote Desktop - is it not a security risk to use Remote Desktop over the internet. I thought Remote Desktop was really only secure in an local area network?
for the home version, is there a water mark?
On the window pro, i activated the window defenders and as a result, it deactivate the antivirus on my machine.
Question: is window defender as good as any high end antivirus? If not, how do I stop the window defender from deactivating the antivirus?
Thanks
It should be the other way round. Normally defender is active and if you install another AV product, defender is disabled automatically. It scores highly though.
I just bought a Windows 11 Home Single Language, that prevent me to have a different display language. How can I update to a Home multi language without having to purchase a Pro licence? Thanks
Do you get full version of teams?
It's kinda odd at 6:00 to have b roll footage of a MacBook while talking about Windows 11 group policies.
I would like to use it at home but work on filmmaking and sound production, so would home be perfect? It would be working with Raw videos on Davinci and Audio recording, mixing, mastering and some gaming and maybe 3D modelling or game development, but it's mostly going to be one desktop PC.
Secondly, as the video intro, I am going to buy a new PC and take purchased Windows on a flash drive to get it installed there, because otherwise, they would install some cracked version and with their shop details. So the Windows website really is confusing as I can't find the buy and download version so far, so please guide me to where exactly I can purchase the Windows, download it to my USB. Thanks
What about Intel vPro and Windows 11 security? Do you get more?
I beat my head against a wall for hours the other day trying to figure out how to use remote desktop to control my work computer with Pro with my home laptop. I ended up running out of time and just using a Team Viewer trial that just effortlessly worked. I guess I have to get our network admin involved to set up some port forwarding nonsense. So much harder than it needs to be.
Hi, I have home edition. I want to upgrade to pro. Some sites sell pro licences very cheaply. Is it genuine?
Thank u bro
For explaining 🤗
Thanks naa daily for another windows 11 video hope there's more coming soon
More to come!
Yes mine came with Window Pro 10 on my Dell 8940 XPS Desktop 🖥 I only used it for two month with ten pro on it before I upgraded to Windows 11 pro for free.
Hi Kevin , But you not deep dive in Security Freature s between them such as Windows Defender if you using windows 11 pro you didn't need third party Ativirus !?
Appreciate the info. I am an IT guy but did not need to keep up on latest of the OSs because work for Gov and we are still back on win 10 and also have no input as to what we get and what it runs.
I ran windows 11 successfully without bypassing the requirements, and then when I was in windows 11 I used the pc health checker
It said my cpu was unsupported
My cpu is core i5 and I forgot what else
Whys that?
So where does the Education version sits?
Hi! Please show me where to get that background? Obsessed with it! Thanks
Is Windows 11 Pro for Workstations similar to Windows 11 Pro? Or they are different
*Fianlly got windows 11 from ikeyzone*
I like some of the transitions, but sometimes they're a bit too much and are seemingly random. Since we use these persistent elements that transition across pages to indicate some kind of relationship between the previous and the next states, some of your transitions confuse me because I can't immediately see what the relationship is.
For example 2:23 of the selectable tiles (which weren't selected) transition into being two switches... does that mean anything? are they related in some way? I see this as random and a bad use of the design language. However, at 1:14 I like the transition from switches to the ticks on a paper, that makes sense to me. Epic presentation tho
I'm playing this video in 1.25x speed
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Same @@thumirawickramasinghe9670My brain just finds it difficult to absorb information if someone speaks too slowly. I don't speak too fast myself, but I cognate words about 2 or 3 times faster than the average person speaks, and considering this is a review targeted at beginners/the LCD, he is speaking even more slowly than the average American would talk in a conversation. It's fine, but for me, it's somewhat painful, so 1.25 to 2x speed is ideal with many videos like this.
If one has no practical use for Pro’s additional capabilities, is there any disadvantage to running Pro versus downgrading to Home?
wouuuuuuuuuuuuuu ... I always want it to know the diference ...thank you kevin ... you are awesome .. saludos desde PERU!!
Thanks for sharing, Kevin. I need to become familiar with window 10 first. A beginner! I just bought a PC window 10 from Costco 3 months ago. Bought it too early.😏😏
I purchased mine from costco with windows 10 and just upgraded to windows 11 pro after using it for two months.
You mean 11? Windows 10 has been out since forever.
Could u help me out to work on davinic resolve 16 of unpaid vr
I have the same black sand wallpaper. Good choice!
my pc has i7-7700HQ NTB ver doesnt support win 11 upgrade any way around it?
Yes definitely
just sandbox alone is enough for me to go pro everytime. Having that option built in with no added programs is great.
Thank you Kevin. What are the impacts of an installation of Office pro on a Windows home ?
There should be no impact.
A windows 10 pro laptop will automatically upgrade to 11 pro ?
Thank you for the video 👌. I have three computers with Windows 10 on them, with one of them having Windows 10 Pro: When I upgrade that specific one from Windows 10 Pro to 11, do I get the free upgrade to the Windows Pro edition? Thank you 😊
I didn't get it when I upgrade
@vip47287 I have surface pro 5th gen and windows 11 and windows 10 have same speed for me but I prefer 10
Thank you Kevin - great information! Looking for one clarification - if I want to set up a home network that has two other PCs and a NAS, do I need to have W11 Pro on all PCs?
Windows 11 Home should be fine for your needs. In your NAS, you would just create the file shares and then connect to them on your PCs. Unless you need very granular control, the Home edition should be fine.
@Javier Flores Thank you so much! Did as you suggested- everything is good.
Hey Kevin can you make a video about how to speed up wifi for all devices?