Tuesday, June 6th 2017

Microsoft to Introduce Windows 10 Pro for Workstation PCs

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Raevenlord
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Microsoft is seemingly going to introduce another version of their Windows 10 operating system. After introducing Windows 10 S earlier in the year, followed by the "Chinafinitive" Windows 10 China Government Edition, the company is seemingly responding to specific market demands of professionals and enterprises. The new Windows 10 Pro for Workstation PCs (which was first leaked by Microsoft itself through an erroneous upload to the Insider Program) will apparently come in two variants, a standard variant, and the N variant, which is built to comply with EU regulations.

The new Windows 10 Pro for Workstation PCs will introduce ReFS, the successor to the tried and true NTFS file system. The new ReFS is designed for fault-tolerance and is optimized for handling large data volume, including auto-correcting capabilities and backwards-compatibility with NTFS. Additionally, Microsoft is baking in SMB Direct protocol file sharing in Windows 10 Pro for Workstation which allows for high throughput, low latency and low CPU utilization when accessing network shares. It will also introduce support for systems with up to four CPUs (up from Windows 10 and Windows 10 Pro dual CPU limit) and 6 TB of RAM.
Source: ETeknix

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16 Comments on Microsoft to Introduce Windows 10 Pro for Workstation PCs

#1
rtwjunkie
PC Gaming Enthusiast
:wtf: So W10 Pro and Enterprise aren't ACTUALLY for professionals or work use....in reality it is now W10 Pro for workstations. I can only shake my head at the obfuscation they are causing at the naming of the other two.
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#2
Duality92
I wonder how product keys will work. I have like 5 W10Pro keys, could I just use this new "Pro" version?
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#3
Ubersonic
But will it allow you to disable automatic updates/restarts and set them to notify only? As that's the main problem causing businesses to keep corporate workstations on Windows 8.1 Pro. There's nothing worse than coming in at 8am to find that the project you left running overnight (or over the weekend /shudder) is corrupted and Windows has a nice pop up to tell you it's updated itself lol.
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#6
silentbogo
So, pretty much nothing new...
* SMB Direct is supported on almost all Windows' since Server 2012 (you can manually install service in Win10 Pro or enterprise).
* ReFS is also a thing, that's been around since Windows 8, or maybe even earlier. Also available on other Win8/10 editions.

The only thing that's added is quad-socket support and up to 6TB of RAM (Win10 Pro is limited to 2x CPUs and 512GB of RAM).
It kind of makes sense, if it is significantly cheaper than Server 2016, but if it is not....
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#7
qubit
Overclocked quantum bit
New, super-resilient file systems are the kind of thing that give me a nerdgasm. :p And I'm not joking, because data loss is bloody awful, so anything that helps to prevent it is good. Now if only they invented a filing system that could fix user stupidity...
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#8
Duality92
qubitNew, super-resilient file systems are the kind of thing that give me a nerdgasm. :p And I'm not joking, because data loss is bloody awful, so anything that helps to prevent it is good. Now if only they invented a filing system that could fix user stupidity...
Error 18 is real.
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#9
qubit
Overclocked quantum bit
Duality92Error 18 is real.
I'm not familiar with error 18, but it sounds nasty from the context. What is it?
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#10
cdawall
where the hell are my stars
So the key will say "Windows 10 Pro for Worksations" if it doesn't say that you don't have that key. The key things to take is the increased allowance for 4P systems and the new filesystem with built in file tolerance. Again what is going on today on TPU?

People will use this day traders already have 2P systems and modded copies of Server OS to allow 4P.
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#11
Duality92
qubitI'm not familiar with error 18, but it sounds nasty from the context. What is it?
Error 18 is when the error is 18 inches away from the keyboard.
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#12
qubit
Overclocked quantum bit
Duality92Error 18 is when the error is 18 inches away from the keyboard.
:roll:So true!
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#13
Kursah
UbersonicBut will it allow you to disable automatic updates/restarts and set them to notify only? As that's the main problem causing businesses to keep corporate workstations on Windows 8.1 Pro. There's nothing worse than coming in at 8am to find that the project you left running overnight (or over the weekend /shudder) is corrupted and Windows has a nice pop up to tell you it's updated itself lol.
That's what WSUS and GPO's are for. At least that's what I do with the development and engineering operations I manage. Takes care of the problem. ;)
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#14
ironwolf
Duality92I wonder how product keys will work. I have like 5 W10Pro keys, could I just use this new "Pro" version?
Just as important, will it take a Windows 7/8 key on a fresh install like the current ones? I have a pile of Windows 7/8 keys collecting dust. :p
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#15
Bruno_O
KursahThat's what WSUS and GPO's are for. At least that's what I do with the development and engineering operations I manage. Takes care of the problem. ;)
yep, rocket science right? No...
And for non-domain joined PCs, just disable the Windows Update service.
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#16
lexluthermiester
Bruno_O... just disable the Windows Update service.
This has worked since windows XP. Still works now.
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