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On 12 February 2020 all ARs will start printing COA using the new Conifer COA design. However, ARs will be permitted to ship any existing stocks of the Atomic COA design until such stocks are exhausted. COA End Item Part Numbers which OEM Partners use to order COA from ARs will not be changing For any additional information on the Conifer COA Refresh please contact your Authorized Replicator. FAQ 1. Which COAs are involved in this transition? Active standard PC COA, Piggyback PC COA and ODR COA will transition to the new Conifer COA design on 12 February 2020. This will impact all Channels that use these COA: Windows Client Office ODR Server Embedded 2. What is the timeline for transition? COAs will transition to the new Conifer design on 12 February 2020. From this date, ARs will only be able to print COA using the new Conifer design. However, ARs will be permitted to ship any existing stocks of the Atomic COA design until such stocks are exhausted. Date Action Prior to 12 February 2020 ARs will print COA using the existing Atomic COA design 12 February 2020 onwards ARs will print COA using the new Conifer COA design. ARs can continue to ship any existing stocks of Atomic COA that have been printed to inventory until such stock is used to exhaustion. Prior to 12 February 2020 Action ARs will print COA using the existing Atomic COA design 12 February 2020 onwards Action ARs will print COA using the new Conifer COA design. ARs can continue to ship any existing stocks of Atomic COA that have been printed to inventory until such stock is used to exhaustion. . 3. Will the part numbers change? The COA End Item part numbers that OEM Partners use to order COA from [...]

Our CTO – Wolfgang Unger - was interviewed by the German magazine Elektronik, where he talked about the new Embedded Microsoft Operating Systems – Windows 10 IoT Enterprise and Windows 10 IoT Core. Additionally Wolfgang talked about some of our solutions and technologies. If you are looking for more information on these topics – also in english, please contact Elbacom.

We’ll be at the AI & Big Data Expo at Olympia London with Microsoft Azure Sphere (April 25-26) Come along to see how we are using Azure Sphere and what Azure Sphere could mean for your IoT security: https://aka.ms/AA4qj5g

  our new version of zOFT 2019 is ready to use! zOFT (zereOS Optimized Footprint Technology) is a smaller version of Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 2019 LTSC. How?  - We removed components that couldn't be used anyway like the Microsoft Store, Cortana, XBox Controller, etc... What's left is a fully functional version of Windows 10 IoT Enterprise with a footprint of 3,1GB (64bit version)! zOFT SUMMARY – EMBEDDED PERSPECTIVE zOFT is a fully functional Windows 10 Removed features are not accessible or needed in embedded solutions APIs, Driver Model, etc. is identical to a regular Windows 10 IoT Application development and support for zOFT is identical to a “standard Windows 10” - no additional workload To date - all tested apps and programs work – incl. Real Time extentions Updates provided by Elbacom every 2 months Emergency updates (i.e. Meltdown) upon delivery by Microsoft + 1-2 days zOFT OPENS NEW OPPORTUNITIES Lower BOM cost Better hardware resource usage Wider range of possible usage scenarios Easier and faster deployment - incl. remote deployment and management due to size Higher security as smaller footprint = smaller attack surface contact us to get your free evaluation version now! www.zereOS.net    

Microsoft released the new Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 2019 LTSC (Long Term Servicing Channel, previously LTSB) version at the beginning of October 2018. This release includes all feature updates since the last Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSB release in 2016. Furthermore, Microsoft renamed their CBB version, with feature updates every six months, to Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 2019 SAC (Semi-Annual Channel). License & Pricing The license and pricing model will stay the same as it was with the previous Windows IoT Enterprise release. There are three pricing models: Entry, Value and High-End, depending on the processor the OS will run on. Microsoft released and regularly updates a processor list where you can find the latest processor models and define in which category they belong. find more information here to Windows 10 IoT:  https://www.elbacom.com/w10enterprise/

We released our new Elbacom Embedded Magazin 4! Get the latest information about Windows 10 IoT and the 2016 anniversary update. You can also read new information about the Elbacom Embedded Toolkit and the new Embedded Configuration Manager. Read the new Elbacom Embedded Magazin 4 online or order a free print copy.