You receive updates managed by your system administrator

#You receive updates managed by your system administrator update#

#You receive updates managed by your system administrator update#

In addition, you can defer so-called feature updates (the twice yearly major version upgrades) by about four months by opting to wait until Microsoft declares that update ready for widespread deployment you can add up to 365 days of additional deferral time after Microsoft makes a feature update available to your servicing channel in Windows Update. If you'd rather wait a week or two to ensure that an update won't cause problems on a mission-critical PC, you can set a deferral period of, say, 14 days, giving yourself two weeks to monitor feedback from other users before the update automatically installs. With the help of Windows Update for Business, you can delay receiving Patch Tuesday updates for up to 30 days. Using settings not available on consumer Windows editions, they can defer and delay updates and upgrades until they've been proven safe and reliable. It allows IT pros to set update policies for an organization. Since then, this much-needed feature has evolved steadily. Microsoft delivered Windows Update for Business (a layer of configuration options that controls the free Windows Update service) as part of the very first feature update to Windows 10 four months after its initial 2015 release. The most recent update was January 17, 2018. This article has been extensively updated to incorporate changes in Windows 10.

The GWX tool may be gone, but all the other upgrade tools still work, and the end result is an apparently valid digital license. Here's how you can still get a free Windows 10 upgrade