Windows 11 will never go out
Windows 10 will be the latest operating system from Microsoft. Not that the publisher gives up Windows, but its next OS will be updated continuously.
It's not really a surprise. With the adoption of a new model, "Windows as a Service", one could assume that Microsoft would abandon its traditional mode of launching OS per cycle. Hypothesis Confirmed at Ignite Conference: Jerry Nixon, developer and evangelist for the IT giant, said that "Windows 10 will be the latest version of Windows."
Farewell then, Windows 11 and up: Windows 10 will be continuously updated, which also buries the service packs. Regularly, new versions will download (automatically or manually), bringing their flow of new features and fixes. This could cause some concern when reinstalling Windows 10 or during a large scale deployment.
Windows Update for Business
Microsoft wanted to reassure, announcing at the same conference, new services for managing updates. The publisher has introduced Windows Update for Business, to facilitate the distribution, installation and management of updates on a fleet in business. Similarly, it seems that the Fast Ring and Slow Ring, present in the preview of Windows 10, will be integrated into the final version. These two distribution modes allow either to install the updates as soon as they are released, or to download them in a longer cycle, after the patches have been more thoroughly tested, like the Patch Tuesday.
Similarly, Windows Update for Business will integrate a multi-speed deployment. A Distribution Ring will give IDs the choice of priority devices during a wave of updates. In addition, it will be possible to install only security patches, without feature updates, via the "Long Term Servicing Branches" service. The update manager dedicated to companies should therefore make it possible to decide which updates to install, when and on which terminals.
