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This article provides information on support for Windows 10 as a Guest OS in Horizon Cloud Service on IBM Cloud.
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What is new with Windows 10 releases?Starting with Windows 10, Microsoft has introduced the concept of Windows-as-a-Service. For more information, see Quick guide to Windows as a service.In July 2017, Microsoft updated its release strategy and introduced a new set of terminology. For more information, see Windows IT Pro Blog. What does the current Win 10 guest OS Supportability Matrix look like for VMware Horizon Cloud Service on IBM Cloud?The Windows 10 support matrix is available at Supported versions of Windows 10 with VMware Horizon Cloud Service (70965). What is VMware’s current Guest OS support policy with Windows 10 releases for Horizon Cloud Service on IBM Cloud?Horizon Cloud Service on IBM Cloud will support the new Windows 10 Semi Annual Channel (SAC) releases. Microsoft recently changed their Windows 10 policy and each new version of Windows 10 SAC will be declared to be broad deployment ready by Microsoft. When a new Windows 10 SAC is released, VMware will declare tech preview support within 7 days for the most recent Horizon Cloud Service on IBM Cloud release. For more information, see Understanding guest operating system support levels (2015161).At the release of a new Horizon Cloud Service on IBM Cloud release, VMware production support for the 4 most recently released versions of Windows 10 SAC in broad deployment phase and production support for 2 most recently released versions of Windows 10 LTSC will be available.What does the current Win 10 guest OS Supportability Matrix look like for Horizon Client?The Windows 10 support matrix is available at Supported versions of Windows 10 on Horizon Client.
