Illinois Business Educators Association (IBEA) 53nd Annual Fall Conference 2015

Meet Microsoft Windows 10 and Office 2016
This presentation was given by Corinne Hoisington of Central Virginia Community College and was a general overview of the new Microsoft Windows 10 and a very brief mention of Office 2016. Several promotional videos were shown promoting Windows 10 and it was noted that Windows 10 is not an option and the upgrade will be automatic. Ms Hoisington also discussed the fact that when previous versions of Windows were released, there was a slow adoption of the product because of the fee. With Windows 10, the adoption rate is high with one hundred and fifty million current users because of the fact that it is free. The upgrade to Windows 10 is fairly quick and there is no data loss. As mentioned previously, Windows 10 is free for the life of the machine on which it is installed. This was a business decision by Microsoft to get everyone on the same operating system. Microsoft will update Windows 10 and will provide support. This, however, is the last operating system that Microsoft will release. As of January 31, 2016, Microsoft support for any version prior to Windows 10 ceases. The question to still be answered is if printers will interface with Windows 10 and if security patches will function. Microsoft Office will also no longer support Internet Explorer.
As a side note, an interesting fact discussed was since the number nine is an unlucky number is Asia, Microsoft did not release a Windows 9 and went with Windows 10. In addition, there is a new virtual assistant in Windows 10 named Cortana. Her voice is the voice from the wildly popular video game series Halo. She is the first virtual assistant to be considered artificial intelligence because she learns your favorites and preferences. Cortana also has moods and knows forty-five