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I have worked in National Defense, held a security clearance, etc. and can confidently say you are mistaken. Microsoft is not maintaining a separate build of W

I have worked in National Defense, held a security clearance, etc. and can confidently say you are mistaken. Microsoft is not maintaining a separate build of Windows for DoD. They may have bespoke licensing agreements and support contracts, but military and DoD workstations run regular windows.

jazzyjackson 2y ago
They are, however, maintaining a separate cloud, and parent is not mistaken; windows professional running under group policies is a different animal than windows home https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/servicedescriptions/office-365-platform-service-description/office-365-us-government/gcc-high-and-dod https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/servicedescripti... >> Subscriptions in the GCC High and DoD environments include the core Exchange Online, SharePoint, and Skype for Business features. Given the increased certification and accreditation of the infrastructure, there are some feature differences between the general commercial Office 365 offerings and those available in GCC High and DoD.
- stackghost 2y ago
  I'm not going to get any further into it, but the only one who mentioned "windows home" was the other poster, in an attempt at reductio ad absurdum. Whether or not "windows professional with group policies" constitutes "their own version of windows" as per bongodongobob is left as an exercise to the reader.
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  - jazzyjackson 2y ago
    They said version of Windows, you said there's not a separate build Okay, it's the same operating system, but DoD managed devices have a different set of features and capabilities that are allowed to run on that device so I would contend that counts as a different "version", if the disagreement is semantic so be it
    - martinsnow 2y ago
      That's not a different version. The only different version that is known is the Chinese edition of windows, every other sku are as they're listed.

jazzyjackson 2y ago

They are, however, maintaining a separate cloud, and parent is not mistaken; windows professional running under group policies is a different animal than windows home https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/servicedescriptions/office-365-platform-service-description/office-365-us-government/gcc-high-and-dod https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/servicedescripti... >> Subscriptions in the GCC High and DoD environments include the core Exchange Online, SharePoint, and Skype for Business features. Given the increased certification and accreditation of the infrastructure, there are some feature differences between the general commercial Office 365 offerings and those available in GCC High and DoD.

stackghost 2y ago
I'm not going to get any further into it, but the only one who mentioned "windows home" was the other poster, in an attempt at reductio ad absurdum. Whether or not "windows professional with group policies" constitutes "their own version of windows" as per bongodongobob is left as an exercise to the reader.
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- jazzyjackson 2y ago
  They said version of Windows, you said there's not a separate build Okay, it's the same operating system, but DoD managed devices have a different set of features and capabilities that are allowed to run on that device so I would contend that counts as a different "version", if the disagreement is semantic so be it
  - martinsnow 2y ago
    That's not a different version. The only different version that is known is the Chinese edition of windows, every other sku are as they're listed.