Microsoft provides Windows 10 Enterprise and Education users still on Version 1511 to chance to move to a more recent version of the os in this handset.

Microsoft officials said on November 14 that "some early enterprise adopters that may be still finishing their transition to Windows a service" are certain to get security fixes until April 2018. The cut-off date for support for Windows 10 1511 was October 10, 2017.

This extra 6 months of support aren't going to be agreed to users of other versions of Windows 10 1511 (which Microsoft started rolling out over mainstream users in November 2015), officials said. Proper Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 Pro, Mobile and Mobile Enterprise will be on Windows 10 Version 1607 or longer to carry on getting security and various updates.

Microsoft will certainly make both "critical" and "important" security updates prepared to take Enterprise and Education users running 1511 via all normal channels, including Windows Update, WSUS, Configuration Manager, and also Windows Update catalog.

The "supplemental servicing" for Windows 10 1511 Enterprise and Education users won't require any additional fees, a spokesperson said.

Microsoft officials denied this support extension can be due to any particular problems users will be experiencing in moving from 1511 to some more recent discharge of Windows 10.

"Customers with large, complex IT environments continue to transitioning for the Windows as a Service model," said an organisation spokesperson their required reasons that generate Microsoft's latest support extension. "Our early adopter clients are actively proceeding and desired helpful months accomplish their updates."

"The supplemental servicing security updates are developing response to enterprise and education customers with broad early adoption of Windows 10, whorrrre actively moving to Windows as a Service, and also are focused specifically to ensure that they're compliant on 1511 since they finish their updates," the spokesperson added.

Microsoft is at present supporting each new Windows 10 feature update for 1 . 5 years at the time it begins rolling along to mainstream users.

The successor to 1511, often known as Windows 10 1607 -- which began rolling outside August 2017 -- will now be slated for being supported until enough time in March 2018. Version 1703, which began rolling in April 2017, is slated to exit support in September 2018, additionally the just-released Windows 10 version 1709, which began rolling out in October 2017, is required to be supported until March 2019.