Microsoft gears up for surge in Windows 10 demand; upgrades to take place in phased manner

Microsoft is going all out to ensure that **a billion device run Windows 10** – its latest operating system. With a little over three weeks to go before Microsoft Windows 10 is available to consumers, Microsoft Executive Vice President of Operating Systems, Terry Myerson, said on the Windows blog, “We’ve been really pleased with the strong response to Windows 10 since we kicked off reservations in early June, with millions of reservations. We want to make sure all of you have a great upgrade experience, so we’ll roll-out Windows 10 in phases to help manage the demand.” Late last month, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella sent a memo which first appeared on Geekwire. According to the memo, Nadella laid emphasis on the new direction forward for Windows and the importance of cloud technologies. The key highlight of Nadella’s memo was: “Every great company has an enduring mission. Our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. I’m proud to share that this is our new official mission statement. This mission is ambitious and at the core of what our customers deeply care about. We have unique capability in harmonizing the needs of both individuals and organizations. This is in our DNA. We also deeply care about taking things global and making a difference in lives and organizations in all corners of the planet.” To ensure that there are no glitches due to a surge of demand, Microsoft will carry out the upgrade to Windows 10 in phases. The blog adds, “Starting on July 29, we will start rolling out Windows 10 to our Windows Insiders. From there, we will start notifying reserved systems in waves, slowly scaling up after July 29th. Each day of the roll-out, we will listen, learn and update the experience for all Windows 10 users.” [caption id=“attachment_217676” align=“aligncenter” width=“640”] Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (Image: AP)[/caption] Microsoft wants to lay emphasis on experience with its most important upgrade till date. It is now an organisation-wide mandate from Nadella to: “Reinvent productivity and business processes Build the intelligent cloud platform Create more personal computing” Microsoft is doing everything possible to give its customers the best possible user experience. Microsoft tools would check your system to ensure that it fully complies and it compatible with the requirements of Windows 10 before prompting you for an upgrade. Existing inventory in retail stores will have a compatibility check sticker on it to ensure it can provide the required user experience with Windows 10. Earlier, Microsoft had announced that users could **reserve their free upgrade** that will be released on 27 July. Expectations from Microsoft Windows 10 are high, and many have pitted it as a **viable option for Apple and Google** that currently dominate the devices ecosystem.