Windows as a service is an ongoing process according to Microsoft that sees new versions of the operating system released and old ones retired regularly. Long-Term Servicing Channel - will be supported for 10 years from the date of release.
Semi-Annual Channel - will be supported for 18 months from the date of release. This was done so that the name falls in line with the Semi-Annual Channel name changes earlier this year.Īs far as support is concerned, there are two types of channels that administrators need to know about: LTSC stands for Long-Term Servicing Channel, and it is the new term for that special branch for Enterprise customers. The next release will be in 2019 according to Microsoft, and it won't be called LTSB anymore but LTSC. These are updated less frequently, two-three years is the schedule according to Microsoft, and are supported for 10 years. This is why the Windows 10 Creators Update falls under the Semi-Annual Channel servicing option already.Įnterprise customers who can't or won't follow Microsoft's twice per year release schedule may select to use Long-Term Servicing Branch (LTSB) instead. 
Microsoft announced that it would replace the two terms "Current Branch" and "Current Branch for Business" with "Semi-Annual Channel (Pilot)" and "Semi-Annual Channel (Broad). The Fall Creators Update, which will come out in September 2017, will be the next.Īlong with the change of the release schedule came release terminology changes. The Windows 10 Creators Update, released back in April 2017, was the first feature update of Windows 10 that followed the new release schedule.
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