Thanks for the help....so security patches come down regardless, if you're not on LTSB? Or am I missing something? I will read the doc myself when I get in from the shops, I promise :-)
Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone on O2 -----Original Message----- From: "CESAR.ABREG0" <[email protected]> Sender: <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2015 03:38:18 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Windows 10 for education Correct, CB immediately and/or 3 a year. CBB, 4 months deferral and/or 1 a year. LTSB, 10 years, no Windows system apps. Remember this parameters or update cycles is for 'features update' releases only. Cesar A. Meaning is NOT in words, but inside people! Dr. Myles Munroe. > On Sep 25, 2015, at 11:19 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > It does say that, but... "Only for the deferral period". So you can use > WSUS...but you still have to update within the "branch" or you get excluded > from updates, AFAICT? > > > Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone on O2 > > -----Original Message----- > From: "CESAR.ABREG0 ." <[email protected]> > Sender: <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2015 21:36:21 > To: [email protected]<[email protected]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Windows 10 for education > > 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 > >
