I read a long post from Microsoft last night and to me, it seems that you will be able to manage feature release for the three version through WSUS or business update server or SCCM. Though, CB needs maintain up to date.
Best read I've seen. https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt598226(v=vs.85).aspx Cesar A. Meaning is NOT in words, but inside people! Dr. Myles Munroe. > On Fri, Sep 25, 2015, 5:51 AM James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote: > I am currently doing a Windows 10 deployment (for my sins), and I am > deploying Windows 10 for Education. > > > > However, as far as I can tell, in order to manage your features and security > updates via WSUS or SCCM (which is what they do here), you need to have > Windows on the Long-Term Servicing Branch (LTSB). > > > > From Microsoft’s docs, I can see that LTSB is only available for Windows 10 > Enterprise, not Education. So that means that (again, as far as I can tell) > we can only go onto Current Branch for Business (CBB), which enforces feature > and security updates after a period of 90 days. The crucial bit, though, is > that deployment via WSUS and SCCM is only available to those on the LTSB. > Which effectively means that this 17,000-seat organization will be forced > into a situation where they can only defer feature and security updates for > three months, and after that they will be installed (or risk missing out on > future updates, if they are removed). > > > > This seems a bit annoying – we have medical, engineering, scientific apps > (among many others) that may react badly to certain feature or even security > updates, and we would like to be able to deploy updates the way they always > have, through SCCM. We can’t go to Enterprise version – it’s very complicated > but the purchases are made by a certain organization centrally and we are > entitled only to Windows 10 for Education. So am I reading all of this right? > If so, it is going to raise a huge risk to this Windows 10 deployment which > may possibly stop it from going ahead. > > > > Any clarification anyone can provide (Microsoft are known for arcane > licensing agreements, and this makes it murkier) would be greatly > appreciated…. > > > > > > TIA, > > > > > > > > James Rankin > > EUC Director | HTG TaloSys | 07809 668579 | [email protected] > > One Trinity Green, Eldon Street, South Shields, Tyne & Wear, NE33 1SA > > Tel: 0191 481 3489 > > Email address: [email protected] > > Website: www.talosys.co.uk > > > >
