14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft is trying to bring Windows 10 on 1 billion devices by 2017, and the company is rapidly advancing towards this milestone with help from organizations across the world that agree to install the new operating system.
Living proof is the University of Newcastle in Australia, which announced in mid-November that it would install Windows 10 on 10,000 PCs across the campus by the end of 2016.
This is an important win for Microsoft, not necessarily because it's Windows 10 that's getting installed, but thanks to the fact that this is the first university globally to install the new OS across its campuses, which is often seen as an example and adopted by other organizations too.
“At UON we have the opportunity to make great strides over the next five years, and we’re looking forward to leveraging Windows 10 to provide the best possible learning environment for our students,” Ann Walters, the University’s Associate Director, IT Client Services, said in a press release (which you can also find after the jump).
Windows 10 will be installed in stages
The migration to Windows 10 will take place in stages, and at first, 3,000 devices will be switched to the new operating system by the start of the next university year. The other 7,000 devices are supposed to install Windows 10 by the end of 2016, with most of them to be used by staff, including PCs, tablets, and laptops.
In addition to Windows 10, the university has also purchased Office 365 licenses, so Microsoft hasn't missed the occasion to praise this migration and explain the advantages that the OS and the productivity suite bring to students and teachers.
“The University of Newcastle is set to achieve great things through its digital strategy. By optimising 21st century skills with Windows 10 and cloud solutions, UON is in a great place to lead a highly competitive industry,” Evan Williams, Windows Business Group Lead at Microsoft Australia, concluded.