

This licensing model uses single key activated directly with Microsoft online servers and does not require permanent connection with those servers. Retail, mostly targeting the consumer category or very small businesses. Licensing on the other hand can be separated by: There are few other less mainstream products like Workstation Pro and others, again the same product like the main ones described above, with features enabled according to the license under which they function. There is another product named Education which is a tweaked version of either Enterprise or Pro but not a product by itself, except for the fact that it becomes a standalone product when licensed as such. Pro is in the middle which can be used by small business or consumer Power Users as intended, but it is used by larger businesses (not intended).

I think there are 2 different concepts here which interact up to a point, but are different in essence.

One such product which I know is Windows Server 2016 but there are likely others. Click to expand.There are or have been Retail versions of business products which are not necessary licensed as GVLK.
