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Change Management for Office 365 Clients A New Update Strategy: The Servicing Model Both Windows 10 and Office 365 have adopted the servicing model for client updates. This means that new features, nonsecurity updates, and security updates are released regularly, so your users can have the latest functionality and improvements. The servicing model also includes time for enterprise organizations to test and validate releases before adopting them. This topic is 1 of 6 in a series 1 234 5 6 What is the Servicing Model? In a traditional development model it can take months of planning, development, and testing before a large release is ready. Traditional deployments take enterprises years to plan, evaluate test, pilot, and deploy and then maintain the entire environment. Traditional release model Plan Develop Test Release What s in it for Enterprise Organizations? You want up-to-date features, but you also want the control and support you need to run your business. With the variety of release programs for Windows 10 and Office 365, you can evaluate new features, pilot them with specific groups in your organization, and then deploy them widely to your organization. You can also keep specialty systems on a long-term build for control. Use the update option that s right for your devices and your business needs. We recommend: Multiple months cycle Traditional deployment model Evaluate and Plan Pilot and Test Deploy Maintain Multiple months cycle In a servicing model, new features and innovations can be developed and released in a quick cadence, so that customers are always seeing improvements. Because development has changed, so does the deployment process for an enterprise organization. Quicker release of features mean that you can evaluate, pilot, and deploy different sets of features at the same time. Device Type Phones and tablets Laptops and desktops Specialty systems Update option iOS or Android devices receive regular updates from their respective app stores. Devices