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Features |
Home |
Professional |
Enterprise |
Education |
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Local user accounts
exist but not default
Microsoft Account is still optional |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Microsoft Edge (rebranded "Metro" browser) |
✓ |
✓ |
excl. LTSB |
✓ |
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Cortana |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Continuum |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Wifi Sense |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Virtual Desktops |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Windows Hello |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Windows Reset & "Refresh" (now combined) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Side-loading of line-of-business
apps |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Hardware Device Encryption |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Assigned Access 8.1 |
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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BitLocker |
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Encrypted File System (EFS) |
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Hyper-V |
|
✓ x64-only, no x86
support |
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Remote Desktop |
Client only |
Client & Host |
| |
Maximum
memory
|
4GB/128GB |
4GB
on x86 / 512 GB x64 |
| Enterprise Class Management |
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Domain join & Group
Policy |
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| |
Microsoft Azure Active Directory
join |
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Private Catalog |
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Business Store |
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Mobile device management |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| |
Enterprise Mode Internet Explorer (EMIE) |
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| |
Enterprise Data Protection |
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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AppLocker |
|
|
✓ |
✓ |
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BranchCache |
|
|
✓ |
✓ |
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Credential Guard ("Pass the hash") |
|
|
✓ |
✓ |
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Device Guard |
|
|
✓ |
✓ |
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DirectAccess |
|
|
✓ |
✓ |
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Start Screen Control w/ Group Policy |
|
|
✓ |
✓ |
| |
User experience control and lockdown |
|
|
✓ |
✓ |
| |
Windows To Go |
|
|
✓ |
✓ |
| Windows Update & Security Patches |
| |
CB: Current Branch (forced update) |
✓ |
✓ |
|
|
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CBB:
Current Branch for Business |
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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LTSB:
Long Term Servicing Branch |
|
|
✓ |
|
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Windows Update for Business
MS
BLOG |
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |