Microsoft adds six more months of support for recent Windows 10 releases
0Microsoft adds six more months of support for recent Windows 10 releases,
As it did last year for Windows 10 1511, Microsoft is adding six additional months of support for its latest three Windows 10 updates (1607, 1703 and 1709).
Announcing the support extensions today, February 1, Microsoft officials noted these extensions apply only to the Enterprise and Education editions of the operating system. This extra six months of support won't be offered to users of other versions of Windows 10. That means Windows 10 Home, Pro, Mobile, and Mobile Enterprise must be on a reegularly supported release (currently, 1607, 1703 or 1709) to continue to get security and other updates.
Microsoft's policy has been to support new versions of Windows 10 -- the twice-yearly feature updates it calls "Semi Annual Channel" releases -- for 18 months. These extensions now bump that period to 24 months, again, only for Enterprise and Education customers.