It was based on the Pro edition of Windows 10 and contains mostly the same features as Windows 10 Pro with different options disabled by default, and adds options for setup and deployment in an education environment. Pro Education This edition was introduced in July 2016 for hardware partners on new devices purchased with the discounted K–12 academic license. As of version 1709, however, this edition has fewer features. It was based on Windows 10 Enterprise and initially reported to have the same feature set. The main avenue of acquiring them is a volume licensing contract with Microsoft.Įducation Windows 10 Education is distributed through Academic Volume Licensing. These editions add features to facilitate centralized control of many installations of the OS within an organization.

Pro for Workstations Windows 10 Pro for Workstations is designed for high-end hardware for intensive computing tasks and supports Intel Xeon, AMD Opteron and the latest AMD Epyc processors up to four CPUs up to 6 TB RAM the ReFS file system Non-Volatile Dual In-line Memory Module ( NVDIMM) and remote direct memory access (RDMA). Pro Windows 10 Pro includes all features of Windows 10 Home, with additional capabilities that are oriented towards professionals and business environments, such as Active Directory, Remote Desktop, BitLocker, Hyper-V, and Windows Defender Device Guard. It includes all features directed at consumers. Home Windows 10 Home is designed for use in PCs, tablets and 2-in-1 PCs.

PCs often come pre-installed with one of these editions. Baseline editions are the only editions available as standalone purchases in retail outlets.

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