Dive Brief:
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IT administrators may get more information than Microsoft originally planned to offer about Windows 10 patches.
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The company originally said that it wouldn't provide detailed information about most Windows 10 patches — which was bad news for IT managers who want to know what an update does before they install it.
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The lack of patch information has recently become more of an issue now that Microsoft is supposed to release more frequent updates to Windows 10, as part of its "Windows as a service" plans.
Dive Insight:
The policy of not offering detailed patch notes has frustrated some enterprise users.
"We've heard that feedback from enterprise customers so we're actively working on how we provide them with information about what's changing and what new capabilities and new value they're getting," said Jim Alkove, a vice president in the Windows group.
About 1.5 million computers are running Windows 10 Enterprise less than a month after Microsoft made the OS available for installation, according to Alkove.
Stella Chernyak, the senior director of product marketing for Windows Commercial, said Microsoft will soon release a whitepaper for enterprises about managing updates through Windows Update for Business.
