<P> In July 2017, Microsoft announced changes in the terminology for Windows branches, as part of its effort to unify the update cadence with that of Office 365 ProPlus and Windows Server 2016 . The branch system now defines two paces of upgrade deployment in enterprise environments, "targeted" initial deployment of a new version on selected systems immediately after its stable release for final testing, and "broad" deployment afterwards . Hence, "Current Branch" is now known as "Semi-Annual Channel (Targeted)", and "Current Branch for Business" for broad deployment is now referred to as "Semi-Annual Channel". </P> <Table> Windows 10 support and update branches <Tr> <Td> Update branch </Td> <Td> Windows Insider Preview Branch (WIPB) Beta software </Td> <Td> Semi-Annual Channel (Targeted) (formerly CB) "Consumer grade" </Td> <Td> Semi-Annual Channel (formerly CBB) "Business ready" </Td> <Td> Long - term Servicing branch (LTSB) "Mission critical" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Edition </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Home </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Pro </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Education </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Enterprise </Td> <Td> Enterprise LTSB </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Critical updates Security patches and stability updates </Td> <Td> Continuous as made available (choice of slow, fast, or release preview ring) </Td> <Td> Automatic and mandatory </Td> <Td> Automatic </Td> <Td> User can defer updates indefinitely </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Feature upgrades Non-critical functionality and feature updates </Td> <Td> Automatic or defer </Td> <Td> Only through LTSB in - place upgrades </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Feature upgrades cadence </Td> <Td> Continuous as released </Td> <Td> Progressively after WIPB evaluation </Td> <Td> ~ 4 months after SAC pre-evaluation or defer for an additional ~ 8 months </Td> <Td> LTSB releases are stable' snapshots' of SAC </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Upgrade support </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Continuous updating, features silently come and sometimes go with new builds </Td> <Td> Continuous updating or in - place upgrade to supported LTSB builds </Td> <Td> In - place upgrade support for the three most recent LTSB builds </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Update support </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 10 years (or until future builds require hardware support the old device doesn't have or ~ 4 months after a missed cumulative update made into SAC .) </Td> <Td> 10 years (or ~ 8 months from deferring build upgrade or until future builds require hardware support the old device doesn't have .) </Td> <Td> 5 years mainstream + 5 years extended </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Update methods </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Windows Update </Td> <Td> Windows Update Windows Update for Business Windows Server Update Services </Td> <Td> Windows Update for Business Windows Server Update Services </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> Update branch </Td> <Td> Windows Insider Preview Branch (WIPB) Beta software </Td> <Td> Semi-Annual Channel (Targeted) (formerly CB) "Consumer grade" </Td> <Td> Semi-Annual Channel (formerly CBB) "Business ready" </Td> <Td> Long - term Servicing branch (LTSB) "Mission critical" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Edition </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Home </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr>

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