Windows 10 Home VS Windows 10 Pro
Windows 10 Pro Features Explained
- Assigned AccessAssigned access enables you to create a lockdown environment where users interact with only one app when they sign into a specified account. With Assigned access, users won't be able to get to the desktop, Start menu, and any other app, making it easier to safeguard your personal files. To learn more about Assigned Access, read this post How to Set Assigned Access Windows 10.
- BitLockerBitLocker is a kind of encryption software which allows you to fully secure your drives from potential hackers. Microsoft has made some improvement to this service in Windows 10 Pro. The updated BitLocker allows you to encrypt individual files and keep them alongside unencrypted ones.
- Domain Join
Windows 10 Pro supports joining a domain, allowing PCs to be added to a corporate network. But with Windows 10 Home, you can't do this unless you use a Microsoft account rather than a local user account. This means the laptop or PC you want to use at work and access files on servers needs to be running Windows 10 Pro. - Enterprise Mode for Internet Explorer
Enterprise Mode, a compatibility mode running on Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 devices, lets websites render by using a modified browser configuration which is designed to emulate Windows Internet Explorer 7/8, avoiding the common compatibility problems associated with web apps written and tested on older versions of Internet Explorer. - Group Policy Management
Group Policy is fully supported by Windows Pro, a mechanism by which system administrators can centrally configure Windows settings for PCs joined to the same domain. Experienced users can also use the Group Policy editor to apply changes to their own PCs. As Windows Home cannot be joined to a domain and does not include the Group Policy editor, it lacks this feature. - Hyper-VMicrosoft Hyper-V, formerly known as Windows Server Virtualization, is a native hypervisor. Virtualization is another benefit of Windows 10 Pro, although few need to use it. It's worth recommending that you'll still have to install Hyper-V on Windows 10 Pro manually. You'll also need to have a CPU which supports virtualization.
- Remote Desktop ConnectionBoth Windows 10 Home and Windows 10 Pro can start Remote Desktop Connection sessions, but only PCs running Windows 10 Pro can be configured to accept or host an inbound terminal server session. Windows 10 Home machines can only be assisted remotely.
- Trusted BootSecure Boot is for the bootloader and Trusted Boot is for drivers/software after Secure Boot is done. Windows 10 Pro checks the integrity of every component of the startup process before loading it.
- Windows Store for BusinessDesigned for organizations, Microsoft Store for Business gives you a flexible way to find, acquire, manage, and distribute free and paid apps in select markets to Windows 10 devices in volume.Microsoft's Windows Store for Business can help make both IT administrators' and users' lives easier. The latest version of the Windows Store for Business targets organizations deploying Windows 10 applications. The service provides customers with an environment for acquiring, distributing and managing their commercial and line-of-business (LOB) software.
- Windows Update for BusinessIn Windows 10 Pro you get the option to delay updates for several months, but this option doesn't really exist in Home. Microsoft forces to update Home machines automatically and you can stop the updates for a few hours to the greatest extent. The ability to defer updates in Pro is designed to prevent buggy updates from affecting business PCs.
