Win10 LTSB updates and regular versions of Win10
Posted: 21.04.2018, 04:56
I did a search before posting and can't find this subject covered.
It may be just me, but I can't fully get my head around the idea that 1507 LTSB is supported by security updates for 10 years, yet, regular (non LTSB) versions of Win10 are already unsupported. My thoughts are that there must be a form of artificial block to the regular versions, as they are, at their foundation (surely?) the same as the LTSB and therefore the same security patches must surely be applicable?
The reason I'm posting this thought here on WSUS Offline is that I find it interesting that a notice has been posted on the latest version of WSUS Offline to the effect that 11.2.2 is the last version to support Win10 1511 ... yet, though I've searched, I can't find the same notice for the earlier version Win10 1507 ... surely this must be because, security wise, 1507 is still supported (because of the LTSB versions)????
I need to test for myself I guess, but I'd be interested for knowledgeable folks to tell me if a clean 1507 build, regular non LTSB version of Win10 will still be patched by the current (11.2.2) WSUS Offline? Does anyone know?
If so, this is hugely interesting to me as an Admin. I'm not in the slightest bit interested in MS's 18 month upgrade cadence. Far too much work, and for no benefit whatsoever in my corporate world. I spend all my time with new releases of Win10 building install scripts to basically make the newest version look and feel as much like Win7 as is humanly possible. New builds are entertained only (only!) due to the promise of security patching. If I could feel reasonably confident of security updates on non-LTSB versions of 1607 I'd probably keep most of my users on that for at least 5 years, maybe even longer.
It may be just me, but I can't fully get my head around the idea that 1507 LTSB is supported by security updates for 10 years, yet, regular (non LTSB) versions of Win10 are already unsupported. My thoughts are that there must be a form of artificial block to the regular versions, as they are, at their foundation (surely?) the same as the LTSB and therefore the same security patches must surely be applicable?
The reason I'm posting this thought here on WSUS Offline is that I find it interesting that a notice has been posted on the latest version of WSUS Offline to the effect that 11.2.2 is the last version to support Win10 1511 ... yet, though I've searched, I can't find the same notice for the earlier version Win10 1507 ... surely this must be because, security wise, 1507 is still supported (because of the LTSB versions)????
I need to test for myself I guess, but I'd be interested for knowledgeable folks to tell me if a clean 1507 build, regular non LTSB version of Win10 will still be patched by the current (11.2.2) WSUS Offline? Does anyone know?
If so, this is hugely interesting to me as an Admin. I'm not in the slightest bit interested in MS's 18 month upgrade cadence. Far too much work, and for no benefit whatsoever in my corporate world. I spend all my time with new releases of Win10 building install scripts to basically make the newest version look and feel as much like Win7 as is humanly possible. New builds are entertained only (only!) due to the promise of security patching. If I could feel reasonably confident of security updates on non-LTSB versions of 1607 I'd probably keep most of my users on that for at least 5 years, maybe even longer.