Microsoft reveals a next Windows 10 long-term support version

More and more users are now using the long-term branch version of Windows 10 because the benefit of the long-term support version is that the updated stability will be better. Of course, the stability of the latest Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) 2019 in  Long-Term Servicing Build (LTSB) 2016 may not be as good, so some users are still using the long-term support version of LTSB 2016. However, Microsoft is not ready to launch a new long-term support version in the short term, so users who want to upgrade can now upgrade to LTSC 2019.

A few days ago, Microsoft senior product marketing manager said in the official Microsoft blog that the next LTSC long-term support version will be released before the end of 2021. The name is temporarily uncertain whether it will be called LTSC 2021 or LTSC 2022 because the release time of the LTSC version is not strictly three years apart.

For example, when the initial release of Windows 10 was released in 2015, the long-term support version released directly by Microsoft is Windows 10 LTSB 2015. Then the LTSB 2016 version was released on Windows 10 Version 1607, followed by the LTSC 2019 version, which was launched two years later at the end of last year. It is reasonable to say that the new version introduced at the end of 2021 should be Windows 10 LTSC 2022. Of course, the name is not the most important. The support period for these long-term support editions remains a full decade, with five-year mainstream support and five-year extended support until the end of the life cycle.

For most organizations, the reason for choosing a long-term support version is simple: you can receive security updates and do not receive feature updates as often as the regular version. Simply put, it is both safe and stable, so it is very suitable for enterprise deployment, especially those that are not needed and are inconvenient to update frequently.