Introducing Windows 10 Editions

Dave44 · May 12, 2015

Windows 10 is coming this summer in 190 countries and 111 languages. Today, we are excited to share more details on the Windows 10 Editions.

We designed Windows 10 to deliver a more personal computing experience across a range of devices. An experience optimized for each device type, but familiar to all. Windows 10 will power an incredibly broad range of devices – everything from PCs, tablets, phones, Xbox One, Microsoft HoloLens and Surface Hub. It will also power the world around us, core to devices making up the Internet of Things, everything from elevators to ATMs to heart rate monitors to wearables. No matter which Windows 10 device our customers use, the experience will feel comfortable, and there will be a single, universal Windows Store where they can find, try and buy Universal Windows apps.

Introducing Windows 10 Editions
As in the past, we will offer different Windows editions that are tailored for various device families and uses. These different editions address specific needs of our various customers, from consumers to small businesses to the largest enterprises.

Windows 10 Home is the consumer-focused desktop edition. It offers a familiar and personal experience for PCs, tablets and 2-in-1s. Windows 10 Home will help people do great things, both big and small. With it, they will be more productive and have more fun thanks to a long list of new innovations: Cortana, the world’s most personal digital assistant; the new Microsoft Edge web browser; Continuum tablet mode for touch-capable devices; Windows Hello face-recognition, iris and fingerprint login; and right out of the box, a broad range of universal Windows apps like Photos, Maps, Mail, Calendar, Music and Video*.

We are also bringing the Xbox gaming experience to Windows 10, giving games and gamers access to the Xbox Live gaming community, enabling the capture and share of gameplay and giving Xbox One owners the ability to play their Xbox One games from any Windows 10 PC in their home.

Windows 10 Mobile is designed to deliver the best user experience on smaller, mobile, touch-centric devices like smartphones and small tablets. It boasts the same, new universal Windows apps that are included in Windows 10 Home, as well as the new touch-optimized version of Office. Windows 10 Mobile offers great productivity, security and management capabilities for customers who use their personal devices at work. In addition, Windows 10 Mobile will enable some new devices to take advantage of Continuum for phone, so people can use their phone like a PC when connected to a larger screen.

Windows 10 Pro is a desktop edition for PCs, tablets and 2-in-1s. Building upon both the familiar and innovative features of Windows 10 Home, it has many extra features to meet the diverse needs of small businesses. Windows 10 Pro helps to effectively and efficiently manage their devices and apps, protect their sensitive business data, support remote and mobile productivity scenarios and take advantage of cloud technologies. Windows 10 Pro devices are a great choice for organizations supporting Choose Your Own Device (CYOD) programs and prosumer customers. Windows 10 Pro also lets customers take advantage of the new Windows Update for Business, which will reduce management costs, provide controls over update deployment, offer quicker access to security updates and provide access to the latest innovation from Microsoft on an ongoing basis.

As we announced earlier this year, for the first time ever, we are offering the full versions of Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 Mobile and Windows 10 Pro as a free and easy upgrade for qualifying Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1 devices that upgrade in the first year after launch.** Once you upgrade, you have Windows 10 for free on that device.

Windows 10 Enterprise builds on Windows 10 Pro, adding advanced features designed to meet the demands of medium and large sized organizations. It provides advanced capabilities to help protect against the ever-growing range of modern security threats targeted at devices, identities, applications and sensitive company information. Windows 10 Enterprise also supports the broadest range of options for operating system deployment and comprehensive device and app management. It will be available to our Volume Licensing customers, so they can take advantage of the latest innovation and security updates on an ongoing basis. At the same time, they will be able to choose the pace at which they adopt new technology, including the option to use the new Windows Update for Business. With Windows 10, Enterprise customers will also have access to the Long Term Servicing Branch as a deployment option for their mission critical devices and environments. And as with prior versions of Windows, Active Software Assurance customers in Volume Licensing can upgrade to Windows 10 Enterprise as part of their existing Software Assurance benefits.

Windows 10 Education builds on Windows 10 Enterprise, and is designed to meet the needs of schools – staff, administrators, teachers and students. This edition will be available through academic Volume Licensing, and there will be paths for schools and students using Windows 10 Home and Windows 10 Pro devices to upgrade to Windows 10 Education.

Windows 10 Mobile Enterprise is designed to deliver the best customer experience to business customers on smartphones and small tablets. It will be available to our Volume Licensing customers. It offers the great productivity, security and mobile device management capabilities that Windows 10 Mobile provides, and adds flexible ways for businesses to manage updates. In addition, Windows 10 Mobile Enterprise will incorporate the latest security and innovation features as soon as they are available.

There will also be versions of Windows 10 Enterprise and Windows 10 Mobile Enterprise for industry devices like ATMs, retail point of sale, handheld terminals and industrial robotics and Windows 10 IoT Core for small footprint, low cost devices like gateways.

Moving forward
We are making strong progress with Windows 10, and we are on track to make it available this summer. And because we have built Windows 10 to be delivered as a service, this milestone is just the beginning of the new generation of Windows. Starting this fall, customers can expect ongoing innovation and security updates for their Windows 10 devices, including more advanced security and management capabilities for businesses.

Customers will continue to help us create Windows 10 even after this summer’s initial release, thanks to the 3.9 million and growing Windows Insiders who are helping us build and test Windows 10. We are grateful for this invaluable feedback that is helping us offer the best Windows ever – for businesses and consumers – across all devices. You, too, can join the Windows Insider Program today and begin experiencing Windows 10.

We are incredibly excited about the innovation in Windows 10 that will be delivered through these editions. Please watch for more information at Windows.com as we move even closer to launch.

Tony

* Cortana will be available on Windows 10 at launch in select markets. Windows Hello requires a specialized, illuminated infrared camera for facial recognition or iris detection or a finger print reader which supports the Windows Biometric Framework. Apps and services may vary by market.

** More information about the free upgrade offer can be found at Windows.com.
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Source: Introducing Windows 10 Editions | Blogging Windows

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BabyWrinkles · May 12, 2015

How to reserve Windows 10 for Windows 10 Insider Preview tester?

Actually: Introducing Windows 10 Editions - Windows Experience Blog

Definitely different editions with different features.

Sahil Bali · May 12, 2015

windows 10 mobile enterpise - edition upgrade - runtime provisioning

Hello,

Welcome to Microsoft Community.

I would suggest you to refer to the following Microsoft link for detailed information about Windows 10 versions and check if it helps.

Introducing Windows 10 Editions

In addition to that, keep yourself updated to all the updates regarding Windows 10 for your device.

Windows Blog

Hope this information was helpful.

f14tomcat · May 12, 2015

To add to Dave's post... Microsoft goes public with its list of planned Windows 10 editions | ZDNet

Lee · May 12, 2015

Some very good information. . .thanks. Hopefully this will help those that are not sure what is happening in the world of Windows Ten. . .*Smile

BunnyJ · May 12, 2015

Some very good information. . .thanks. Hopefully this will help those that are not sure what is happening in the world of Windows Ten. . .*Smile
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Wana bet?? They still are using that code word.. "service". *Wink

Burgurne · May 12, 2015

Thank you for the info.

Any clues of difference betweeen win10 and win10 Pro?

alphanumeric · May 12, 2015

Likely similar to 8 versus 8 Pro.

alphanumeric · May 13, 2015

As we announced earlier this year, for the first time ever, we are offering the full versions of Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 Mobile and Windows 10 Pro as a free and easy upgrade for qualifying Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1 devices that upgrade in the first year after launch.** Once you upgrade, you have Windows 10 for free on that device.

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Anshad Edavana · May 13, 2015

I hope that there won't be "Windows 10 with Bing" or "Windows 10 Home with Bing" editions *Sad.

Cliff S · May 13, 2015

I hope that there won't be "Windows 10 with Bing" or "Windows 10 Home with Bing" editions *Sad.
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Why not, if it'll be cheaper? You can always change the search engine, can't you? If the OEM do not have to pay to license Windows, the lower-end devices will be cheaper, and more people can afford them.

Windows 8.1 with Bing is free, but it does come with one catch. There’s a single requirement Microsoft imposes on hardware manufacturers here — Windows 8.1 with Bing “comes with Bing as the default search engine within Internet Explorer.”

For computer manufacturers, this means they can’t cut a deal with Google to offer Google as the default search engine and make an additional profit. To get that free copy of Windows, their computers will have to come with Bing as the default search engine — hence “Windows 8.1 with Bing.”
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Windows 8.1 with Bing is different. To change Windows 8.1 with Bing into “Windows 8.1 Without Bing,” all you have to do is open Internet Explorer and change your default search engine. You’re free to change your default web browser, too. You can also disable the system-wide Bing search integration and even uninstall all those full-screen Bing “Store apps,” if you like. You don’t even have to use a Microsoft account — you could even use a local user account and not touch any of Microsoft’s online services.
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Source: http://www.howtogeek.com/195934/what...e-to-use-bing/

groze · May 13, 2015

So, are insiders going to be able to test other editions? Like home, pro, enterprise, education, mobile?

labeeman · May 13, 2015

So, are insiders going to be able to test other editions? Like home, pro, enterprise, education, mobile?
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If you have the pro of W10 tp installed you are already testing all the versions except enterprise as Pro has all the features of the others.

Lee · May 13, 2015

. . .Darn. . .now I'm totally confused, can anyone really explain this, it just doesn't make any sense. . . or it just me. . .*Think

Dave44 · May 13, 2015

. . .Darn. . .now I'm totally confused, can anyone really explain this, it just doesn't make any sense. . . or it just me. . .*Think
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I think it be this

windows 7 starter and home = windows 10 home
windows 7 pro and ultimate = windows 10 pro

windows 8.1 core = windows 10 home
windows 8.1 pro = windows 10 pro

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