
With this improvement, the OS can detect a higher level of SMM compliance, enabling devices to be even more hardened against SMM exploits and vulnerabilities. In this release, Windows Defender System Guard enables an even higher level of System Management Mode (SMM) Firmware Protection that goes beyond checking the OS memory and secrets to other resources like registers and IO. This feature is built on top of System Guard Secure Launch to reduce the firmware attack surface and ensure that the System Management Mode (SMM) firmware on the device is operating in a healthy manner - specifically, SMM code can't access the OS memory and secrets. System Guard has improved a feature in this version of Windows called SMM Firmware Protection. Thus, the LTSC 2021 release is not a direct replacement for LTSC 2019, which has a 10 year lifecycle.įor more information about the lifecycle for this release, see The next Windows 10 Long Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) release. If you are a Windows IoT Partner, check Partner Center for up-to-date information regarding access to the latest bits.Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 has a 5 year lifecycle ( IoT continues to have a 10 year lifecycle). Please select a distributor in your region and contact the distributor directly for more details. Distributors can leverage their Windows IoT development experiences, and knowledge, to help you build secure and connected Windows IoT solutions. You can reach out to a Windows IoT Distributor. You can download Windows IoT Enterprise using your Visual Studio Subscription. You can download a free 90 day evaluation copy of Windows Enterprise, a binary equivalent of Windows IoT Enterprise. To select which edition of Windows IoT Enterprise you would like to work with, review Features by Release. If you would like to download Windows IoT Enterprise, please review the options below.
