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Microsoft more clearly articulates next phase of its Windows 10 upgrade rollout plans [zdnet.com]
The "reservation" phase of upgrading to Windows 10 is over. Microsoft is now getting ready to push the operating system out to even more users. Microsoft will "soon" be publishing Windows 10 as an "Optional Update" in Windows Update for all Windows 7 and 8 customers. Then, "early next year," Microsoft will re-categorize Windows 10 as a "Recommended Update."
For users with automatic updates enabled, the "Recommended" setting may cause the Windows 10 upgrade to automatically initiate on their devices. However, users will not be upgraded to Windows 10 until they proactively choose to do so, even once it's pushed as a Recommended Update, Microsoft officials said today.
If MS holds true with the past meaning of "Recommended", then Win10 can be put off indefinitely. For some, particularly Enterprise, this will be imperative.In the past with each new O/S they have released a small utility that shuts off the upgrade from being seen and/or disables it from being able to run.
