Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021

Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021

The news regarding Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021

The new LTSC release improves System Guard, a useful tool to significantly reduce the attack surface.

Encryption and data protection

BitLocker and mobile device management with Azure Active Directory work together to protect devices from accidental password disclosure.

Microsoft Defender uses SMM (System Management Mode) firmware protection, which effectively protects the system from attacks aimed at firmware and BIOS/UEFI.

In the Windows Security section, content protection for specific folders and the offline antimalware scanning mechanism have been added to the protection intervention history.

Bitlocker inherits the protection system that prevents accidental sharing of the recovery key; new characteristics have been integrated at the firewall level for more granular control over security rules; the IPsec protocol has been implemented, which is also useful for setting up VPNs in both client and server mode; support for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) has been added, which allows running Linux distributions.

The new Enterprise LTSC edition also integrates new protections against ransomware, unsafe use of credentials and attacks launched through removable devices.

Microsoft Defender and the system components that protect the endpoint are isolated using virtualization techniques from the rest of Windows to prevent changes by unauthorized processes.

Windows Sandbox has also been added to create additional desktops to run potentially unsafe software, and multiple improvements have been integrated on Defender Application Guard.

Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 supports FIDO2 keys or tokens at the operating system level and with all browsers, Microsoft accounts and Azure AD.

In the Windows Hello theme, support for multiple cameras has been added while Remote Desktop also gains biometrics support.

Edge can operate in "kiosk" mode, thus exposing a very limited number of features and like the other Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC editions, it embraces support for the WPA2 H2E standard useful for using WiFi networks compatible with an additional level of security.

Minimum system requirements

Processor:

1 GHz or higher or system on chip (SoC)

RAM:

1 GB for 32 bit or 2 GB for 64 bit

Hard disk space:

16 GB for 32 bit or 32 GB for 64 bit

Graphics card:

DirectX 9 or higher with WDDM 1.0 driver

Display:

800 x 600 pixels