"Windows 11", function update once a year -Cnet Japan

　When Windows 10 was released in 2015, Microsoft announced a plan to provide functional updates a few times a year.The schedule has been changed by 2017, and Windows 10 function updates will be provided twice a year.

　Microsoft has since been trying to relieve the effects of performing function updates multiple times a year so that administrators can postpone the updated program installation.The support schedule has also been changed, and the function update of Windows 10, which was usually released in the spring, has 18 months of support, while the autumn function update is for 30 months for each edition of "ENTERPRISE" and "EDUCATION".I did.Due to these changes, many IT professionals will not install updates released in the spring of the annual function updates, but will be left to the general user to test more, and install only the autumn updates every year.Became.

　The company will move to an annual update from the recently announced Windows 11.The support period is 24 months for each edition of "Home" and "Pro", and the edition of "Enterprise" and "EDUCATION" is 36 months.

　Microsoft will continue to provide regular cumulative updates for all Windows 11 users for patches and bug fixes throughout the year.Function updates will be provided in Windows Update as in the future.The update program is said to be a 40 % reduction in size and will be performed in the background.

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