April is one very important month for tech giant Microsoft, as the company is introducing a new Windows version, while at the same discontinuing another one, and both things happen the same day.
April 11 is very likely to be the busiest day of the year for Microsoft and its users, and there are three notable things planned for that day.
The debut of Windows 10 Creators Update
First and foremost, it’s the debut of the Windows 10 Creators Update. Codenamed Redstone 2, the new Windows 10 update comes with a long list of improvements on PCs, and Microsoft starts the rollout on April 11, so the first users will see the new bits in Windows Update during that day, while others will get it shortly after that.
Microsoft says the staged rollout is needed in order to prevent potential issues and to ensure a smooth upgrade, but in addition to the Windows Update distribution channel, other ways to download and install the Creators Update are also expected, including dedicated ISOs and the Windows 10 Update Assistant (planned for April 5).
Waving goodbye to Windows Vista
In addition to launching the new Windows 10 Creators Update, Microsoft is also preparing to kill off Windows Vista, the desktop operating system that’s arguably the company’s biggest flop in history.
Windows Vista reaches end of support on April 11, so no other updates and security patches would be released beyond this date. This shouldn’t be such a big problem though, as only some 1 percent of the world’s computers are still running Windows Vista, so the transition to new operating systems that still get support, including Windows 7, 8.1, and 10, shouldn’t be such a big issue.
Patch Tuesday
And last but not least, April 11 is Microsoft’s next Patch Tuesday, which means that security fixes for its software are projected to launch.
The March 2017 Patch Tuesday turned out to be a small fiasco, as the Windows 10 cumulative updates launched last month created quite a lot of issues, so this month’s release should address all these problems.
As usual, we can’t help but hope that the new cumulative updates prepared by Microsoft for this month would install correctly, so fingers crossed for a smooth April 11 this year.
