A lot of the criticism of Windows 8 focused on its lack of support for enterprise users. Most notably, the new user interface was spectacularly unsuited to business use. Enterprises stayed away from Windows 8, preferring to upgrade to – or stay with – Windows 7.

Microsoft seems to have given up on Windows 8. Although the Start menu was scheduled to reappear in Windows 8, plans for that change were later scrapped. Microsoft’s efforts are now firmly centered on Windows 10, where the Start menu will once again appear.

There’s more good news for enterprise users in Windows 10. According to a recent report from Ars Technica, the update process will have some new options that allow system administrators to control which updates are distributed to enterprise computers. This is already possible with Windows Server Update Services, but the new options promise to simplify things greatly.