Microsoft reveals there are 1.5 million Windows 10 Enterprise installations to date

We have learned several new items relating to Windows 10 during a press event at the Microsoft Redmond Campus this week.

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

August 28, 2015

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Microsoft reveals there are 1.5 million Windows 10 Enterprise installations to date

Earlier this week Microsoft shared a collection of numbers relating to the momentum that Windows 10 has picked up during its first month of availability to the general public. Included in those numbers were the total number of upgrades/installations of the new OS - 75 million.

We have learned that 1.5 million of those systems are running Windows 10 Enterprise.

Our own Rod Trent learned this and some other details about Windows 10 during a press event he is attending this week on the Microsoft Campus in Redmond, WA.

Enterprise uptake of the new operating system is critical to the overall success of Windows 10 and this number is encouraging to the company because it is Enterprise licensing that is a significant portion of Microsoft's bottom line through the sale of Windows licenses.

Windows 8/8.1 was pretty much ignored by Enterprise users so to see this level of engagement from that sector is a positive sign overall.

During the on campus session Microsoft also revealed some other items relating to Windows 10:

  • Elements of Windows Update for Business will deliver to Windows Insiders in an upcoming build for testing and roll out is planned for sometime this year.

  • Windows Update for Business (WUB) is an evolving technology and pieces will be rolled out as they are ready. The full product may never be completed but Microsoft is evolving WUB based on Enterprise feedback.

  • Change lists for Cumulative Updates are coming – sometime in the future – for businesses and possibly only for Enterprise SKUs or those using Windows Update for Business. Microsoft has been hammered pretty hard over this, and while they have promised to address it, they aren’t ready to give a date or details on how they may do this.

  • Of the 75 million installations running Windows 10 right now, 1.5 million of those are Enterprise edition. These are not in place upgrades which means that Enterprises had to pull down the Enterprise edition using an SA account and choose to install the OS.

One last item to put these numbers into perspective is that these upgrade/installs do not include the over 6 million Windows Insiders and their systems.

The 75 million installs in less than a month was already record breaking for any Windows roll out but now consider that Insiders were not counted in those numbers and it is that little bit more impressive.

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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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