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Microsoft will be releasing Windows 10 to the general public as a free 
optional update on July 29th, 2015. Many users have already been 
prompted by their system, indicating they can sign up to receive the 
update when it is available.

UIT is recommending that staff and faculty do not update their 
University-provided computers to Windows 10 when it is initially 
available. UIT has been testing the beta version of Windows 10 and will 
begin testing with the production version after July 29th, 2015.

If you do upgrade or purchase a Windows 10 based system, please be aware 
that all services, applications and attached devices used at York 
University may not be Windows 10 compatible and you may have to 
downgrade to a previous version of the operating system.

When Microsoft releases Windows 10 into production, the UIT Supported 
Software page <http://staff.computing.yorku.ca/faculty-staff/software/> 
will be updated with additional information.

If you have further questions, please contact your IT Support group.


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