Windows 10 RS5 May Add Multiple Remote Desktop Sessions SKU

Microsoft is deep into development of their sixth feature update for Windows 10 Redstone 5. During this and past development cycles, they work on updates for all the client versions of the operating system plus a new Windows 10 Software Development Kit (SDK) for the Redstone 5 release.

Although the company has not officially announced that they consider Redstone 5 to be feature complete, it is quite rare to see significant features added at this point in the development cycle. However, recent evidence has surfaced in a test build that there could be an entirely new version of the operating system being made available for business users.

Windows 10 Enterprise for Remote Sessions, as reported by ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley, will provide multi-session options for Windows 10 Enterprise users. In the past, this has only been possible from Windows Server installations with Enterprise client users only having the option to use a single remote session on their Windows 10 desktop.

According to Foley, this new feature will apparently work with normal Windows programs, aka Win32 executables, and Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps from the Microsoft Store that is part of Windows 10. Of course, enterprise customers have the option of controlling what UWP apps are available for users to download and use by customizing the Microsoft Store for Business.

If this remote sessions version of Windows 10 does come out with the Redstone 5 update, expected to be released in the September/October time frame, it will provide organizations with greater flexibility. Authorized users can use this version of Windows 10 Enterprise and create multiple remote sessions without having to restrict their productivity with just one session at any given time.

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