Compare Windows 10 editions

Windows 10 Pro and Windows 10 Enterprise offer an array of powerful features for business needs, all wrapped in a secure package.

Windows 10 Home

The best Windows ever keeps getting better.

Windows 10 Pro

A solid foundation for every business.

Windows 10 Pro for Workstations

Designed for people with advanced workloads or data needs.

Windows 10 Enterprise

For organizations with advanced security and management needs.

Intelligent security

Protect your business proactively with advanced security powered by cloud intelligence.

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Passwordless sign-in to Windows and Azure.

Protect your information from accidental or intentional data leaks.

BitLocker encryption protects your business information even on lost or stolen devices.

Detects when data becomes corrupt on one of the mirrored drives and uses a healthy copy of your data on other drives to correct and protect data.

Virtualization-based security isolates single sign-in so only privileged users can access them.

Monitor behaviors and use machine learning and analytics to spot, investigate, and respond to threats.Learn more.

An optional function that helps to protect your drives by intercepting and redirecting any writes to the drive to a virtual overlay.

Simplified updates

Simplify deployment and updates with tools IT pros trust and give them freedom to drive more business value.

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Ease the network impact of monthly quality updates.

Enables peer-to-peer transfer of updates.

Enables IT admins to deploy the latest Microsoft product updates.

Stay up to date with a simple cloud-based service that integrates with System Center Configuration Manager.

Leverage Insider Preview builds, content and tools to explore new features. Learn more

All future feature updates of Windows 10 Enterprise and Education editions with a targeted release month of September (starting with 1809) will be supported for 30 months from their release date.

Powerful insights and recommendations about your computers, applications, and drivers to monitor deployment progress.Learn more.

Flexible management

Apply comprehensive device management on your terms that supports employees working from anywhere.

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Enable organizations to quickly set up and maintain locked down kiosk devices in public spaces or for frontline workers.Learn more.

A secure and uniform means of managing devices.

New devices can easily be set up following a cloud powered pre-configured process. Learn more

Allows on-premises Active Directory enrolled devices to be joined to Azure Active Directory.

To find, acquire, distribute, and manage apps for your organization.

Employees can use their personal devices to access work apps and content without IT help.

A desktop and app virtualization service that runs on the cloud.

Capture user-customized Windows and application settings and store them on a centrally managed network.

Enables organizations to deliver Win32 applications to users as virtual applications.

Unified, integrated management platform for managing all your endpoints. Learn more

Enhanced productivity

Collaborate and work more efficiently with an intuitive user experience and built-in tools and features.

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Fast, comprehensive, local and cloud search, right in the taskbar.

A fresh approach to the browser, giving you world-class compatibility and performance, control and security from Microsoft, and productivity tools for the web. Learn more

Your personal productivity assistant, now even better. Stay on top of your schedule, save time, and do more with less effort.

Gives individuals and teams the breadth of tools they need to do what matters—faster.

A freeform digital canvas where people, ideas, and content can come together.

OneNote for Windows 10 is always up to date with the latest intelligence and productivity features.

Windows 10 apps designed for mobile devices help users move freely between their phone and PC.

Windows 10 supports users with diverse accessibility needs and workstyle preferences.

Users can navigate within Windows, write into any text or search box, and take notes quickly.

Supports the use of network adapters with RDMA to function at full speed with very low latency, while using very little CPU for faster file sharing.

Provides the most demanding apps and data with the performance they require with non-volatile memory modules (NVDIMM-N) hardware.

Windows devices for business

The best devices in the world run Windows 10 Pro

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• 1Requires TPM 1.2 or greater for TPM-based key protection.
• 2Windows Hello for Business with biometric authentication requires specialized hardware, such as a fingerprint reader, illuminated IR sensor, depending on the authentication method.
• 3Windows Information Protection requires either MDM or System Center Configuration Manager to manage settings. Sold separately.
• 4Modern Bitlocker Management. Requires Intune sold separately, requires Windows 10 update 1909.
• 5Credential Guard.
• 6Requires Microsoft Intune or third-party MDM service. Sold separately.
• 7Requires Azure AD for automatic MDM enrollment. Requires Microsoft Intune for enrollment status page. Sold separately.
• 8Requires Azure AD. Sold separately. Requires Windows Server.
• 9Available in select markets. Functionality may vary by region and device.
• 10Requires either App-V Server (available at no additional cost as part of Windows 10 Assessment and Deployment Kit) or System Center Configuration Manager (sold separately).
• 11Requires Microsoft Search to search across company resources and portals. Requires Microsoft 365 subscription, sold separately, to search across OneDrive for Business and SharePoint locations.
• 12Users must link their mobile phone to their PC in PC settings, install the appropriate app for their device, and follow the setup prompts.
• 13Touch capable device required. Pen accessory sold separately.
• 14Non-volatile memory modules (NVDIMM) is required.

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Find the right fit for your needs. Check out our list of product offerings to see which Windows 10 version checks all of your boxes.

Windows Security

Windows 10 changes the game for security by protecting user identities, devices and information with a comprehensive solution driven by intelligence that only Microsoft offers.

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Using facial recognition, a fingerprint, or PIN, Windows Hello is a fast, secure and password-free way to unlock your compatible Windows devices.

Device encryption is available on a wide range of Windows devices and helps protect your data by encrypting it. If you turn on device encryption, only authorised individuals will be able to access your device and data.

Your Windows device comes with comprehensive, built-in security features, including firewall and internet protections to help safeguard against viruses, malware and ransomware.

App & browser control in Windows Security provides the settings for Windows Defender SmartScreen, which helps protect your device from potentially dangerous apps, files, websites and downloads.

Manage screen time, limit access to mature content, control online purchases when you connect your family’s Microsoft accounts, and check to make sure the family’s devices are secure and up to date.

Secure Boot helps prevent malicious software applications and unauthorised operating systems from loading during the system start-up process.

If your device is lost or stolen, BitLocker and BitLocker To Go put everything on lockdown, so no one else can access your systems or data.

WIP helps to protect against potential data leakage without otherwise interfering with the employee experience. WIP also helps to protect enterprise apps and data against accidental data leaks on enterprise-owned devices and personal devices that employees bring to work, without requiring changes to your environment or other apps.

Windows Defender Antivirus uses the power of the cloud, wide optics, machine learning and behaviour analysis to protect your devices from emerging, sophisticated threats.

Windows Fundamentals

Windows 10 comes with automatic updates enabled, which means you get all the latest features at no extra cost. +

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Windows Fundamentals

Take notes, navigate, draw, doodle, edit and create. Improve what you do with a digital pen. 6

Get faster browsing 7 8 and better battery life 8 9 across your devices with Microsoft Edge, the browser built for Windows 10.

All you have to do is ask Cortana. Your digital assistant on PCs and mobile devices can schedule a meeting, tell you when it’s time to leave for an appointment, or check the weather, news and traffic.

Extend battery life by limiting background activity and push notifications.

Get instant access to your Android phone’s texts and photos on your PC, 11 or connect your iPhone for seamless browsing, calendar and app experiences. 12

Free up time and your hands by talking to your computer. Get information and reminders or listen to music and manage your emails and calendar. 13

Business Management and Deployment

Built-in security, productivity and management features save you time, money and hassle.

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Business–Management and Deployment

Windows 10 mobile device management (MDM) provides an alternative to traditional PC management processes: you can transition to cloud based management at your own pace.

Manage PCs, user accounts and groups, and get easy access to files and printers when you pair Windows 10 Pro with Windows Server. ** You can even define specific security and networking policies for your users and devices.

Available to any organisation with an Azure AD Premium or Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS) licence, Enterprise State Roaming provides users with a unified experience across their Windows devices and reduces the time needed for configuring a new device.

Your one place to find, manage and distribute apps to Windows 10 devices in volume.

With Assigned Access, Windows 10 Pro devices run different applications depending on the user and keep individual identities separate and secured.

With Dynamic Provisioning you can take a new PC out of the box, turn it on, and transform it into a productive organisation device, with minimal time and effort.

Windows Update for Business can help businesses reduce management costs, provide control over update deployments, enable more efficient delivery of updates, and provide access to the latest innovations from Microsoft.

Configure a device in kiosk mode in a very simple way. You can do this locally on the device or remotely using Mobile Device Management.

Domain Join + Group Policy: IT staff can easily manage PCs, user accounts and groups, security policies, and get easy access to files and printers when you pair Windows 10 Pro with Windows Server. ** You can even define specific security and networking policies for your users and devices.

Employees can use a single login across Windows 10, Microsoft 365, *** and other Microsoft services, making log-ons and passwords easier to manage. The shared log-on works on PCs, tablets and phones with minimal IT involvement.

Go ahead, get creative

Edit photos and spice up presentations. Windows 10 has the apps you need to get in touch with your creative side.

Microsoft Office

Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more—get everything you need to create and present your ideas with an Microsoft 365 subscription. ***

Digital pen and touch

Scribble down a headline, draw a chart, add bullet points—design an entire presentation with a digital pen. And on new Windows 10 touchscreen computers, you can zoom, scroll and sign documents with the touch of a finger.

Photos

The new Photos app makes it fun and easy to enhance your digital memories. If you liked making videos with Windows Movie Maker, you’ll love what you can do with Photos.

Digital pen and touch

Scribble down a headline, draw a chart, add bullet points—design an entire presentation with a digital pen. And on new Windows 10 touchscreen computers, you can zoom, scroll and sign documents with the touch of a finger.

Photos

The new Photos app makes it fun and easy to enhance your digital memories. If you liked making videos with Windows Movie Maker, you’ll love what you can do with Photos.

Microsoft Office

Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more—get everything you need to create and present your ideas with an Microsoft 365 subscription. ***

Photos

The new Photos app makes it fun and easy to enhance your digital memories. If you liked making videos with Windows Movie Maker, you’ll love what you can do with Photos.

Microsoft Office

Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more—get everything you need to create and present your ideas with an Microsoft 365 subscription. ***

Digital pen and touch

Scribble down a headline, draw a chart, add bullet points—design an entire presentation with a digital pen. And on new Windows 10 touchscreen computers, you can zoom, scroll and sign documents with the touch of a finger.

Quickly capture your thoughts, tasks and reminders

Use Sticky Notes and type, ink or add a picture to save ideas, thoughts, lists, appointments and more—so you don’t miss a thing!

More efficiencies, less energy

Windows 10 has apps and features to help you have fun and get more done with less hassle.

Timeline

Scroll through time to find documents and websites. 17

Voice, pen and touch

Interact with your Windows 10 computer in new ways.

Windows Hello

Log into your Windows devices three times faster by using your face or fingerprint. *

Gaming

Windows 10 is built for the games you love.

Is your computer ready for Windows 10?

Windows 10 features are best experienced on a modern PC. Find out if your current PC is ready for Windows 10 by answering just a few questions.

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1 To use Windows Hello with biometrics specialised hardware, including fingerprint reader, illuminated IR sensor or other biometric sensors is required. Hardware-based protection of the Windows Hello credential/keys requires TPM 1.2 or greater. If there is no existing or configured TPM, credentials/keys protection will be software-based.

2 Requires modern hardware (InstantGo/AOAC/HSTI-compliant). Review this doc for more details on Device Encryption.

3 Requires TPM 1.2 or greater for TPM based key protection.

4 Windows Information Protection requires either Mobile Device Management (MDM) or System Centre Configuration Manager to manage settings in Windows 10 Pro. Active Directory makes management easier but is not required.

5 Windows Information Protection supports Mobile Application Management (MAM) for use in Home edition only.

6 Pen capable tablet or PC required. Pen accessory may be sold separately.

7 Performance claims based on Jetstream 1.1 tests using Microsoft Edge 18 vs. Chrome 69 and Firefox 62. Go here for more details on this performance claim.

8 Availability and functionality may vary on non-Windows devices.

9 Based on average times; battery life varies significantly with settings, usage and other factors. Go here for more details on this battery life claim.

10 Cortana available in selected markets; experience may vary by region and device.

11 Users must link their Android phone to their Windows PC in PC settings. Users will receive an app from Microsoft which they must download to their Android phone and follow the set-up prompts, including being signed into same Microsoft Account across mobile apps and Windows 10 PC.

12 Users must link their iPhone to their PC in PC settings. Users will receive an app from Microsoft which they must download to their iPhone and follow the set-up prompts.

13 Hardware dependent. Available on limited selected devices supporting far-field capabilities. Connect email accounts in the Cortana Notebook; works with Outlook.com, Microsoft 365 and Gmail. Microsoft 365 requires a subscription.

14 Not all MDM capabilities are available in the Home SKU. MDM requires an MDM product such as Microsoft Intune or other 3rd-party solutions (sold separately).

15 Separate subscription for Azure Active Directory Premium required.

16 Available in selected markets. Functionality and apps may vary by market and device.

17 Timeline shows 3-5 days of past activities, including activities done on a tablet and mobile phone when users are signed into their Microsoft accounts. To see up to 30 days of activities, users must choose this option in settings. Available in selected markets. Functionality may vary by device.

* Based on average time comparison between typing a password and detecting a face or fingerprint in order to successfully authenticate. Requires specialised hardware, including fingerprint reader, illuminated IR sensor or other biometric sensors and capable devices.

+ Additional requirements may apply for ongoing updates.

*** Microsoft 365 subscription sold separately.

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