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Tomo Takeshita
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Oct 17, 2017
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Do you have plan for inbox?

Honolulu is great, but needs to download and out-box tool. Do you have any plan to ship as OS in-box tool? Our support team may be relactant to support out-box tool. Do you provide any support like...
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  • Samuel Li's avatar
    Samuel Li
    Oct 17, 2017
    At this time, shipping separately from the OS allows us to update more frequently. We currently don't have plans to ship in-box, but this could change in the future. When Honolulu GAs sometime next year, it will be licensed as part of Windows Server even though it’s a separate download, and it will be officially supported in a way that is consistent with other Microsoft technologies that are licensed with the OS or with an OS supplemental EULA (such as RSAT).
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Samuel Li
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Oct 17, 2017
At this time, shipping separately from the OS allows us to update more frequently. We currently don't have plans to ship in-box, but this could change in the future. When Honolulu GAs sometime next year, it will be licensed as part of Windows Server even though it’s a separate download, and it will be officially supported in a way that is consistent with other Microsoft technologies that are licensed with the OS or with an OS supplemental EULA (such as RSAT).