For four days only, Windows 11 Pro only costs $9.97
THE SO WHAT
Windows 11 Pro at $9.97 is a channel play—Microsoft is happy to trade short-term license revenue for more devices on the managed, policy-rich SKU. If you’re standardizing fleets, this kind of promo is the time to clean up OS fragmentation and tighten device governance without a budget fight.
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