Windows 10 is here to stay. According to statistics released by analytics firm NetMarketShare Windows 10 saw consistent increases in adoption over the past three months. December - 9.96% increase January - 11.85% increase February - 12.82% increase With this trend looking to continue at a steady 1% increase each month, Windows 10 is poised to equal Windows 7's market share well within this decade. What is notable for businesses in particular is at what expense the conversion to Windows 10 is coming from. Although Windows 7 saw a loss of three percentage points, Windows XP fell from 19% to 11.2% over the past year.
"Among more than 100 businesses that recently attended the TechEd North America 2014 conference, a full 53 percent admitted to still running XP within their organization." (CNET, "Windows XP still runs at more than half of businesses surveyed")As Windows 10 is adopted by consumers, the expectation and demand for this in the workplace will increase. With the majority of businesses still running Windows XP and the support by Microsoft for this OS having ended, there is no clearer storybook ending for Microsoft than the fairy tale of Windows 10. Now it is up to the business leaders of tomorrow to put themselves in the story as the hero that slays the XP dragon. Change can be a scary story. Here are 4 tweaks and tips to becoming a Windows 10 hero.