Explore Windows editions Flashcards
List the 8 windows 10/11 editions available
- Home
- Pro
- Pro for workstations
- Enterprise
- Enterprise LTSC
- Pro Education
- Education
- IoT Core/Enterprise
What is the Home edition of Windows?
The consumer-oriented desktop edition of Windows that offers a familiar experience for PCs, tablets, and hybrid devices.
Features include Microsoft Edge, Windows Hello, Virtual Desktops, and built-in universal apps.
List the 16 features of the Pro edition of Windows.
- Windows Autopilot
- Dynamic Provisioning
- Mobile Device Management (MDM) support
- Domain Join
- Ability to join Microsoft Entra ID
- Group Policy Management
- BitLocker
- Windows Information Protection (with MDM management) helps protects apps and data leaks on organization and personally owned devices.
- Assigned Access: Allows devices to run different applications based on the user.
- Remote Desktop
- Client Hyper-V
- Microsoft Store for Business
- Windows Update for Business
- Enterprise Data Protection
- Granular user-interface Control: This feature enables administrators to lock the user interface so that users can perform specific tasks only. This feature is useful when deploying Windows as a kiosk.
- Enterprise State Roaming
True or False: Pro edition of Windows is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.
True
What does the Enterprise edition of Windows provide?
Extra features that meet the needs of large enterprises.
Available to Volume Licensing customers only.
List 9 of the features of the Enterprise edition.
- BranchCache
- Start menu layout control
- Microsoft Defender Credential Guard
- Microsoft Defender Application Control
- Microsoft Defender Application Guard
- Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V)
- Microsoft User Experience Virtualization (UE-V)
- License rights
- DirectAccess
What is the primary purpose of the Enterprise LTSC edition?
To provide a version of Windows that does not receive feature upgrades, only security updates.
Ideal for devices in stable environments.
What distinguishes the Pro Education edition from the Pro edition?
Pro Education has configurations more suitable for school staff, administrators, teachers, and students.
What is Windows 10 IoT Core designed for?
Fixed-purpose devices that run a single app.
Example: automated teller machines, point-of-sales terminals, industrial and medical devices
True or False: IoT and LTSC are intended for the same purposes.
False
LTSC is deployed to a computer for a specific process. It’s installed by and licensed by the company using it. IoT is embedded on a particular device or appliance by the manufacturer.
What are the 4 key features of the Pro for Workstations edition?
ReFS (Resilient File System): provides cloud-grade resiliency for data on fault-tolerant storage spaces and manages large volumes.
Persistent memory: Support for non-volatile memory modules (NVDIMM-N). When turning off the workstation, data and files in memory persist.
SMB Direct: SMB Direct supports network adapters that have Remote Direct Memory Access capability.
Expanded Hardware Support: Expanded Hardware Support takes full advantage of high-performance hardware such as server-grade Intel Xeon and AMD Opteron processors, with support for up to 4 CPUs and 6 TB of memory.
Offers higher performance and resilience for workloads.
Fill in the blank: The feature that allows organizations to control which applications can access sensitive data is called _______.
Enterprise Data Protection
What is Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V)?
Enables organizations to deliver Win32 applications to users as virtual applications.
List differences between Enterprise LTSC and the standard Enterprise
- No Microsoft Edge browser
- No Microsoft Store client
- Doesn’t receive feature upgrades
- Many built-in universal Windows apps are missing
Fill in the blank: Windows Update for Business is a _______-based solution for configuring distribution rings and maintenance windows.
cloud
What is the difference between W10 IoT Core and W10/11 IoT Enterprise?
W10 IoT Core is a smaller OS designed to run a single app,
while Windows 10/11 IoT Enterprise is a full version of Windows Enterprise with specialized features.
Fill in the blank: Windows 11 is only available in _______
64-bit
Fill in the blank: Desktop editions of Windows 10 are available in _______
both 32-bit and 64-bit versions
However, starting with Windows 10 2004 update, OEMs selling new devices are only sold with 64-bit editions. Existing devices with Windows 10 32-bit installations will continue to receive updates.
List Windows 10 minimum requirements (CPU, RAM, Hard disk space)
Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster processor, or system on a chip (SOC)
RAM 1 GB for 32-bit or 2 GB for 64-bit
Hard disk space: 16 GB for 32-bit or 20 GB for 64-bit
CPU, RAM, Hard disk space, firmware, TPM
List Windows 11 minimum requirements
Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster with two or more cores on a compatible 64-bit processor or system on a chip (SoC).
RAM: 4 gigabytes (GB) or greater.
Storage: 64 GB or greater available storage
System firmware: UEFI, Secure Boot capable
TPM: Trusted Platform Module (TPM) version 2.0
Your organization is in the process of migrating users to Microsoft 365 E3. You have a mix of Windows 10 editions deployed. You’re required to provide conditional access and SSO from anywhere for the Microsoft 365 E3 users using Domain Join with Microsoft Entra ID.
Which Windows versions will support this requirement?
Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise
Pro edition includes Domain Join functionality, which allows computers to be joined to an Active Directory domain. It also includes the ability to join Microsoft Entra ID. This enables them to perform single sign-on across Windows, Microsoft 365, and other cloud-hosted apps and services.
Since the Enterprise edition builds on the features of the Pro edition, it also includes these features, along with additional features that meet the needs of large enterprises.
