Windows 10 Pro Upgrade: 5 Reasons To Upgrade & Things To Do

Reasons for Windows 10 Pro Upgrade

Microsoft designed Windows 10 Pro with business professionals in mind. In addition to the basic functions included in Windows Home, there are also more advanced features for security, productivity, and business management in Windows 10 Pro. As a result, a Windows 10 Pro upgrade is necessary for business people and enterprises.

Windows 10 Home Vs Pro For Gaming: 2020 Update.

Is Windows 10 Pro worth it?

To get a Windows 10 Home (Download) from Microsoft, you need to pay $139.00. Well, you need to pay more money – $199.99 – in order to get a Windows 10 Pro (Windows 10 Pro for Workstations is sold for $309.00). You may be wondering is Windows 10 Pro worth the price; the number of downloads and users speak for themselves. To help you know better, I will show you what you can enjoy with a Pro, not a Home.

Do I need Windows 10 Pro? If you have the same question, please read the following content.

One: BitLocker

BitLocker is a full volume encryption feature embedded in Windows operating systems since Windows Vista to provide extra security to your drive & data.

• It allows users of Windows 8.1 & later versions to encrypt the Windows boot drive, fixed drives in Windows, USB flash drives, and external disks.
• The latest iteration of BitLocker also allows users to encrypt individual files; this is more flexible than previous versions.

Please click here to know more about what is BitLocker recovery.

Two: Trusted Boot

Trusted Boot feature is available in Windows 10 Pro to help protect users’ PC from malware and rootkits. Trusted Boot works together with the Secure Boot to check every component of the startup process, making sure nothing is going wrong before loading the system for users. The Trusted Boot feature mainly aims at business users; for them, security is a top priority.

Three: Sandbox

Sandbox is a security mechanism used for separating running programs in Windows. The Sandbox feature in Windows Pro allows you to execute untested/untrusted programs or code in a self-contained virtual environment, so that no harm/damage will be brought to the host machine or operating system. The unique space created by Sandbox will disappear once you close it.

Four: WDAG

WDAG refers to Windows Defender Application Guard, which is only available in the Enterprise edition before, but added to Windows 10 Pro since Windows 10 April 2018 Update; it was considered as a kind of super sandbox in browser. Please not that you should enable WDAG manually via Control Panel.

Five: Memory Limits, Hyper-V, Business Management Features

• Windows 10 Home supports at most 128GB of RAM, while Windows 10 Pro supports up to 2TB. If you need more RAM (for gaming or other purposes), please choose Pro.
• The Hyper-V feature included in Windows 10 Pro allows you to create a virtual PC within OS. This is important when you want to test Insider builds or do other things without risking the main system.
• One of the most important differences between Home and Pro is the latter contains additional business management tools: group policy management, Assigned Access, etc.

Still can’t confirm whether you need a Windows 10 Pro upgrade or not? Please read more about Windows 10 Home vs Pro and Windows 10 Pro vs Enterprise.

What to Do after Installing Windows 10

Before you get back to work after Windows 10 Pro upgrade, you should do the following things out of privacy and security consideration.

• Create a recovery drive.
• Secure your Microsoft account.
• Turn on BitLocker Drive Encryption.
• Configure the Windows update to receive new update when you’re convenient.
• Change privacy settings.
• Connect other accounts used frequently.
• Customize Quick Action buttons if you want.
• Disable notifications from unwanted apps.

There are many people asking should I upgrade to Windows 10.