Here's how it was put in this 'Getting Started with Windows IoT Enterprise' document: It's not clear if an LTSC option with Windows 11 IoT Enterprise will be coming. Microsoft might have described the Windows 11 IoT Enterprise release as a SAC release, but it perhaps can't use that term because Windows 11 IoT Enterprise just gets one feature update each year. 'Today's Windows 11 IoT Enterprise release is not an LTSC release and instead will have a servicing timeline of 36 months from the month of the release as described in the product lifecycle documentation,' the announcement indicated.

Windows 11 IoT Enterprise isn't available currently as an LTSC release, and it may never get released as such. There's also a Windows 10 IoT Enterprise semiannual channel (SAC) product that's supported for '18 to 30 months,' per the 'Licensing and Usage' document. For instance, the Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC product has 10 years of support. That change in the Windows 11 IoT Enterprise support period is notably different from the prior model available with Windows 10 IoT Enterprise. Instead, Windows 11 IoT Enterprise is just getting three years of support. Windows 11 IoT Enterprise is notable for not falling under Microsoft's long-term servicing channel (LTSC) release cycle, which typically provides 10 years of support.

Windows IoT licenses are obtained from Microsoft's partners, as described in this document (PDF download). Microsoft also describes these specialized devices as 'fixed purpose devices.' Examples include 'ATM machines, point-of-sale terminals, industrial automation systems, thin clients, medical devices, digital signage, kiosks' and more, per a 'Licensing and Usage' document. These OSes are typically used by software and original equipment manufacturing (OEM) partners to build specialized devices. The IoT (Internet of things) products previously were known as Microsoft's 'Windows Embedded' operating systems. Microsoft had released its Windows Server IoT 2022 product last month. Nothing was mentioned in Microsoft's announcement about a Windows 11 IoT Core product.

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