Microsoft rechristens Windows 10 Enterprise

Microsoft is renaming Windows 10 Enterprise to Windows 10 Enterprise E3 and has announced certain changes to its Windows 10 offerings for enterprises. Not just this, later this summer the company will be coming out with a new version of Windows 10 called Windows 10 Enterprise E5.

The new editions of Windows 10 will bring the major operating system from Microsoft in line with Office 365, which has E3 and E5 versions, along with ProPlus and E1 versions.

“To further simplify our offerings, we are standardizing packaging offers across Office 365, Windows 10 Enterprise and the Enterprise Mobility + Security suite. Moving forward you will see E3 and E5 offerings for each of these products,” Julia White, general manager of cloud platform at Microsoft, wrote in a blog post.

Also, the Enterprise Cloud Suite is being replaced by a “Secure Productive Enterprise” license, which will include as well as Microsoft Cloud App Security, Azure Information Protection, and Office 365 Advanced Security Management. This new offering is available in E3 and E5 versions. The E3 version will come with Windows 10 Enterprise E3, while the E5 one will contain Windows 10 Enterprise E5, and Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection, an endpoint security tool for detecting breaches.

The Enterprise Mobility Suite (EMS) will now be referred to as Enterprise Mobility + Security, in both E3 and E5 versions, with the latter coming later in 2016. The E3 version will be packaged up in Secure Productive Enterprise E3, while the E5 version will be part of Secure Productive Enterprise E5, White wrote.

Besides the two versions of Windows 10 Enterprise, Microsoft also offers Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 Mobile, Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10 Education, Windows 10 Mobile Enterprise, Windows 10 IoT Core, and Windows 10 IoT Core Pro. Windows 10 is now on more than 350 million devices, with the anticipated Anniversary Update slated for release on August 2.