Windows 10 ‘Anniversary Update’ to Tout ‘Significant’ Security Upgrade, CEO Says

Microsoft now exceeds 350 million “active devices” using Windows 10, giving the operating system “the fastest adoption rate of any prior Windows release,” CEO Satya Nadella said on a Tuesday earnings call. “We continue to pursue our goal of moving people from needing Windows to choosing Windows to loving Windows.” Microsoft in two weeks will launch a Windows 10 “anniversary update” that will include “a significant step forward in security,” he said. Shares of the company, which also reported earnings, rose 5.3 percent to $55.91in trading Wednesday.