The Takeaway: The Windows 10 update cadence explained

16.07.2015
With the launch of Windows 10 at the end of this month, Microsoft will also roll out an entirely new way of updating and upgrading the operating system -- and a staggered schedule almost certain to lead to confusion, at least at first.

If you haven't been paying attention, and you plan to move to Windows 10, you're going to become very familair with a host of new terms related to OS updates: there are "branches" and "rings" and for enterprises, the all-important "Long-term Servicing Branch." Though a lot of details remain to be filled in by Microsoft, here's what users can expect based on what the company has said so far.

Although it sounds like the various builds, update cadences and releases will cause OS fragmentation for users, analysts remain sanguine about that issue. They argue that while the delays offered to businesses on the CBB may be disruptive, Windows 10 will still represent a more uniform ecosystem than the variety of Windows editions now in use.

With reports by Gregg Keizer at Computerworld.

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Ken Mingis

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