But in the list of Windows Server installation options in Microsoft's "Getting Started" with 1709 post, there's no mention of Essentials. (Thanks to Directions on Microsoft for the heads-up.) ...

This is exactly what happened in Europe in 1709. Temperatures plummeted to dozens of degrees below zero, and stayed that way. What's more, to this day we don't know why it happened.

Microsoft is giving customers an additional six months of support for some variants of Windows 10 1709 as a result of the impact of COVID-19 on IT professionals.

Microsoft has launched Windows Server version 1709 at its Ignite conference, as previously promised. This also happens to be the first release of the software to ship in the Semi-Annual Channel.

This story is about the migration of Palatines in 1709-10 to the Hudson River area of New York. At that time the people of the Palatinate were suffering from a number of hardships.

Note: Enterprise IT must be running SCCM 1706 – July’s version – to deploy Windows 10 1709, as well as Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) 1709. The latter can be found here.