Microsoft to start pushing Windows 10 on more business users
- 8 years ago
Microsoft is pushing Windows 10 on a group of previously off-limits users as its new operating system nears the six month anniversary of its release.
The company revealed Wednesday that users who are running Windows 7 Pro or Windows 8.1 Pro can expect to start seeing the Get Windows 10 app in their taskbar, suggesting that they upgrade to the new OS.
The change in policy will only affect devices that are joined to an Active Directory domain and set up to receive updates directly from the Windows Update service.
Business users with that setup will start seeing pop-ups from the Get Windows 10 app urging them to update their computers for free.
At this point, Microsoft seems confident in its new operating system's reliability and ability to woo new users, so long as they install it.
What remains to be seen is how the public at large will react to the company's increasingly aggressive pushes to get on the Windows 10 bandwagon.
The company revealed Wednesday that users who are running Windows 7 Pro or Windows 8.1 Pro can expect to start seeing the Get Windows 10 app in their taskbar, suggesting that they upgrade to the new OS.
The change in policy will only affect devices that are joined to an Active Directory domain and set up to receive updates directly from the Windows Update service.
Business users with that setup will start seeing pop-ups from the Get Windows 10 app urging them to update their computers for free.
At this point, Microsoft seems confident in its new operating system's reliability and ability to woo new users, so long as they install it.
What remains to be seen is how the public at large will react to the company's increasingly aggressive pushes to get on the Windows 10 bandwagon.