Resources: Windows 10 Update Related Information and Links

Each new feature update to Windows 10 introduces changes, most of them very slight, to the process of updating Windows 10. The recently released Creators Update has added a few tweaks to the process so here is a collection of resources to help you become familiar with them.

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

May 16, 2017

2 Min Read
Resources: Windows 10 Update Related Information and Links

The Windows 10 Creators Update, which was shipped in April, is slowly rolling out to consumers via Windows Update.

In addition, many organizations and businesses are likely just starting to look at this third major feature update for Windows 10 and evaluating it as part of their own pilot to prepare for its eventual deployment for their users.

In the interim, it is a good time for IT Pros and System Admins to take a closer look at changes that are in this release to gain greater familiarity with those enhancements.

You can read Microsoft entire What's in Windows 10 Version 1703 for IT Pros over on Docs.com but since updating Windows is a big discussion in the news right now because of the recent mass malware infection that has flown around the globe to more than 150 countries, reading up on details around those updates for Windows 10 is important knowledge.

Here is direct links to everything over at Microsoft about making sure updates are in place on the latest version of Windows.

-- New update options for Windows 10, Version 1703
-- Monitor Windows Update with update Compliance
-- Configure Windows Update for Business
-- Optimize Windows 10 Update Delivery
-- Configure Delivery Optimization for Windows 10 Updates

By the way, if you are staying up to date with the latest Microsoft patches, your users and systems were already protected from the WannaCry malware that is out there this week. Microsoft even released a patch for Windows XP which has been out of support for more than three years. While that patch was beneficial for anyone still running Windows XP, isn't it time to figure out the way forward from XP and move to a modern OS?

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About the Author

Richard Hay

Senior Content Producer, IT Pro Today (Informa Tech)

I served for 29 plus years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer in November 2011. My work background in the Navy was telecommunications related so my hobby of computers fit well with what I did for the Navy. I consider myself a tech geek and enjoy most things in that arena.

My first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then I used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and WindowsObserver.com is the result of the work I have done on that site since 1995.

In January 2010 my community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when I received my first Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for the Windows Operating System. Since then I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP each subsequent year since that initial award. I am also a member of the inaugural group of Windows Insider MVPs which began in 2016.

I previously hosted the Observed Tech PODCAST for 10 years and 317 episodes and now host a new podcast called Faith, Tech, and Space. 

I began contributing to Penton Technology websites in January 2015 and in April 2017 I was hired as the Senior Content Producer for Penton Technology which is now Informa Tech. In that role, I contribute to ITPro Today and cover operating systems, enterprise technology, and productivity.

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