A brand new way of building, deploying, and servicing Windows Millions 10’s of thousands Users

Broad Engineering Microsoft Insider Preview builds internal Branch validation

Time

~6 months Unmatched flexibility and control, depending on needs

Windows Insider Preview Branch Current Branch Current Branch for Business Long Term Servicing Branch

Specific feature and performance feedback Deploy to appropriate audiences Application compatibility Test and prepare for broad validation deployment Information workers Specialized systems General population

Early adopters, initial pilots, Deploy for mission critical systems IT devices Benefits from new features Test machines, small pilots No need for frequent new Begins broad deployment features (or any sort of change) Too expensive for

general population NUMBER OF DEVICES OF NUMBER

STAGE Release With and 8, servicing choices added complexity and cost, increased fragmentation, and reduced quality

What we What customers are testing are running

Y

YY

Windows 7 Test Lab PC: Typical Windows 7 PC: Fully Patched Selectively Patched With servicing, consistency and simplicity are paramount

Changes being considered for older Windows releases as well New Windows 10 Preview Branch Release

Specific feature and Deploy to pilot audiences Deploy to all audiences, performance feedback Validate and prepare in waves to reduce risk Application compatibility for broad deployment validation

Deploy / Use

6+ months of active ~4 months 12+ months 60 days development 16+ months to validate, deploy, and use each release

The repeats… Evaluate Pilot Deploy / Use

Traditional deployment (every 3-5 years)

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Apps Infra Imaging Deploy

Windows as a service (twice per year)

2009 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028

Apps Infra Imaging Deploy 1 Configure Insider PCs • Lab or secondary PCs • Enough to explore new features, measure compatibility 2 Identify special PCs • Deploy Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB • Limited numbers (we hope) 3 Recruit volunteers for pilots • Willing participants who will provide feedback • Cover the broadest set of apps and devices possible 4 Divide broad population of PCs • deployment best practice • Focus on risk reduction, minimizing disruption Understand Current Branch vs. Current Branch for Business

Each Windows 10 release has its own lifecycle Starts as Current Branch, progresses to Current Branch for Business Each device can specify a preference for when to forward to the next release Defer for CBB Each deployment or management tool can implement this idea differently Current Branch Long Term Servicing Capabilities for Business (CBB) Branch (LTSB)

General information worker Special systems: Recommended Enterprise use scenario systems; salesforce, etc. Air Traffic Control; Hospital ER, etc.

Value of the latest features as they are released

Several months to consume feature updates

1st party browsing choices , IE 11 IE 11

Support for Universal Office and some 1st party Universal apps

Ability to load universal apps

Support for Win 32 Office

Ongoing security updates for the lifetime of the branch

No feature upgrade required to stay supported 10 Enterprise Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise 2015 LTSB (Current Branch, Current Branch for Business) Outstanding compatibility means a smooth migration from Windows 7 or .1 . Analyze the machine as a whole . Early detection of issues with flighting . Aggressive approach to removing upgrade blocking apps and drivers after evaluating experience . Data driven approach on the long tail of apps . Targeting of upgrades starting with the ‘healthy’ machines Differences

. Limited enterprise telemetry available . Some apps needs to be supported by ISV and / or verified in house . IT can create custom mitigations to make experience seamless . Web app compat is a concern Get to Windows 10 ISV support statements http://www.readyfor10.com

We are actively engaged with ISVs, to ensure full support for Windows as a service

Call to action • Understand that Windows as a service requires some changes • Be an insider • Get all your drivers up on WU • Be able to position CB, CBB and LTSB • Implement a Windows 10 servicing process