After next week, Microsoft will no longer issue updates for Windows 10 version 1607 Enterprise and Education editions or Windows 10 version 1709 Home and Pro editions.

Microsoft on Thursday announced that the service lifetimes of certain editions of Windows 10 version 1709 are now extended for six months due to 'the public health situation,' meaning the novel ...

Windows 10 versions 1709 will get six additional months of security updates. This extends security updates through October 13, 2020. This release was set to hit end-of-life status on April 14, 2020.

Note: Enterprise IT must be running SCCM 1706 – July’s version – to deploy Windows 10 1709, as well as Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) 1709. The latter can be found here.

Microsoft has announced the availability of the evaluation ISOs for the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update for enterprise customers and IT pros. The update includes a number of new features.

Windows Server version 1709, released earlier this week, doesn't include Microsoft's highly touted Storage Spaces Direct capability.

For businesses still using Windows 10 version 1709, Microsoft is extending support to ease the impact from the COVID-19 coronavirus. Support will now end on October 13 instead of April.

Windows 10 version 1709 will, instead, receive monthly security updates all the way to October 13, 2020. Users don't need to do anything special on their end and it is as if nothing really happened.

Microsoft is giving customers an additional six months of support for some variants of Windows 10 1709 as a result of the impact of COVID-19 on IT professionals.

A well-hidden feature in Windows 10 version 1709 prevents "unfriendly" apps (including most known strains of ransomware) from modifying files in protected folders. Here's how it works.