Microsoft to start pushing Windows 10 on business customers

Microsoft is turning its sights on businesses and other large customers, making changes to Windows 10 that it hopes will entice IT departments to try the new O/S.

With the arrival of build 10586, Windows Update for Business is now ready for use in Windows 10. This is bound to be helpful for business users, since it allows updates to be delayed, but there’s still no way to avoid updates indefinitely. Microsoft is still promising to provide better information about updates, but as yet that hasn’t actually happened.

There’s also now a business-oriented version of the Windows Store. Most importantly, there are options for disabling telemetry and other data sent to Microsoft from Windows 10 computers. Hopefully that change will find its way to regular Windows 10 versions as well.

It’s far too early to decide whether these changes will have any influence over business and corporate decision makers. I certainly wouldn’t recommend Windows 10 for use in business or educational environments; there are simply too many unresolved issues related to privacy, updates, and the user interface.

Ars Technica has additional details.