Windows 10

Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection

May 24, 2019

An online service that adds a post-breach layer of protection to Windows client OS devices, helping to detect and remedy threats that made it past other defenses; licensed via User SLs (Subscription Licenses). Renamed; see Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection for in-depth entry.

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Kit: Selecting a Windows 10 Edition

July 29, 2019
Deciding which edition of Windows 10 best meets an organization’s client OS needs involves making several key decisions. This kit summarizes the key decisions and provides links to greater detail in Directions of Microsoft reports and resources to aid in the decision-making process.
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Licensing Windows 10 Enterprise (May 2018)

April 20, 2018

Eight different subscriptions license Windows 10 Enterprise and provide use rights necessary to fully exploit it.

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Windows 10 Enterprise Licensing (Feb. 2018)

February 24, 2018
This Webinar summarizes how Microsoft has engineered licensing rules, feature packaging, support lifecycles, servicing models, hardware support, and other factors to compel large organizations to move to a Windows 10 Enterprise subscription and offers advice on how best to license it. The Webinar draws on material from the two-day Directions on Microsoft Licensing Boot Camp.
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Windows 10 Editions as of Version 1709

October 10, 2017
New editions and modes of Windows 10 address compute- and throughput-intensive workloads and locked-down configurations
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Hosted Windows 10 Desktop Rules Eased (Nov. 2017)

October 5, 2017

New licensing rules will allow more service providers to host Windows desktops on servers cost-effectively.

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Hosted Windows 10 Desktop Rules Eased

September 20, 2017
New licensing rules will allow more service providers to host Windows desktops on servers cost-effectively
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Understanding Windows 10 Packaging

September 2, 2016
Organizations migrating from Windows 7 to Windows 10 need to understand the features of the business-focused editions
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Windows 10 Free Offer Ending

May 16, 2016
After July 29, 2016, consumers and organizations can no longer get new upgrades from previous versions of Windows to Windows 10 for free
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Managing the Windows 10 Free Upgrade Promotion

January 18, 2016
Organizations can take steps to manage a free upgrade to Windows 10 that will be advertised broadly to many PCs
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