Microsoft has confirmed it will be planning a second big update for cheap office 2010, to be piloted this 12 months and officially released before 2018.

That is in accordance with word out of Microsoft's Ignite companion conference in Australia, where the Redmond software package giant put out its map for upcoming working process updates within a session.

Application engineer Rafael Rivera posted screenshots of the map, which shows that following the Creators Update release - due spring 2017 - a 2nd, unnamed main Windows 10 update is slated to arrive later on from the 12 months to beta testers.

The final important update to cheap windows 7, the Anniversary Update, was kicked out towards the general public in August of last year.

Microsoft has prolonged promised that Creators Update would be the big overhaul for Windows in 2017, selling the release to developers to the strength of its programs to overhaul the Cortana assistant, include a lot more assistance for virtual reality hardware, and improve mobile integration. In spite of some speculation, all the same, it is going to not bring in regards to the end from the Blue Display of Death.

That Creators update is due out in a few months, though Microsoft has not given an official date for its release. The as-yet unnamed second update is anticipated to get released being a beta to Windows Insiders when the Creators Update goes dwell to your public, and after that officially launched four to eight months later on - a point in time ahead of the end of your year, Microsoft hopes.

If the official launch on the 2nd main update happens in, say, November 2017, the Creators Update is set to arrive next month at the earliest or July on the most current.

As Redmond-centric blog OnMsft notes, Microsoft has hinted within the past it could be on the lookout to put out a second tremendous update for Windows soon after the Creators Update was released, and this week's presentation confirms that goal.

A spokesperson for that cheap windows 10 giant advised The Register: "Microsoft has said ahead of that we anticipate acquiring two leading releases per yr. This details at Ignite Australia was directional guidance for that IT managers attending the event, not a hard and fast commitment on precise timing."