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Microsoft Says Summer's Windows 10 Upgrade Fit For Business (computerworld.com)

Microsoft has moved Windows 10 August update to the Current Branch for Business release track, putting the "Anniversary Update" in the queue for automatic downloads and installation on enterprise PCs. From a report on ComputerWorld: The move will also set in motion a two-month countdown clock on support for the original mid-2015 version of Windows 10. "Windows 10 1607, also known as the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, has been declared as Current Branch for Business (CBB) and is ready for deployment," Michael Niehaus, a director of product marketing, said in a post to a company blog that used similar wording to the first upgrade to the CBB. In April, Microsoft moved the November 2015 upgrade to the corporate delivery track. Microsoft issued the Anniversary Update Aug. 2, even though its numerical designation of 1607 referred to July (07) of this year (16). The upgrade will be released in January through Windows Update, Windows Update for Business and Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), Niehaus said.

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  1. Ready? by zuxun · · Score: 4, Informative

    The Anniversary Update deleted the grub bootloader of my debian desktop when it was released a few months ago for desktop computers. I don't know if they fixed it since then.

    1. Re:Ready? by sexconker · · Score: 2, Informative

      Every major update to Windows 10 is essentially performed via a dirty reinstall.
      They call this progress.