Thanks to WaaS, there are no more expensive “big bang” updates, which used to cause large organisations enormous pain and left some of them clinging to obsolete versions of Windows for more than a decade. (The March update, 1903, was actually released in May.) These are named after their intended release dates, such as Windand 1903. Now the operating system is updated every month, at no charge, with two “milestone” releases each year. When it launched Windows 10 four years ago, Microsoft switched to delivering “Windows as a Service” (WaaS).
They didn’t change unless Microsoft released a service pack update, such as Windows 7 SP1. Examples included Windows XP and Windows 7.
Microsoft used to provide new versions of Windows every three or more years, and support them for 10 years. Why does my HP Pavilion laptop tell me that Windows 10 is up to date, but at the same time tells me I’m running a version that’s nearing the end of support, and recommends that I update to the most recent version? Frankįirst, some background.
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