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Windows 10 device management: An edition-wise feature comparison list

Microsoft offers various editions for Windows 10 operating system, specifically tailored to meet different business use cases. Some editions of Windows 10 are distributed on devices directly from a device manufacturer, while the other editions such as Enterprise and Education are made available only through volume licensing channels.

Here’s the complete list of Windows device management features in Hexnode UEM along with the Windows 10 editions they support.

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Windows Kiosk Lockdown

Password

Home	Pro	Enterprise	Education	Mobile	Mobile Enterprise
✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Restrictions

Allow Device Functionality

Restriction	Home	Pro	Enterprise	Education	Mobile	Mobile Enterprise
Camera	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Copy and paste between apps	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
Cortana voice assistant	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Use Cortana if device is locked	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Use storage card	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Telemetry	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Location services	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Edit device name	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
Change language	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗
Voice recording	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
Users can enable/disable Workspace	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗
Allow Auto Play	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗

Allow App Settings

Restriction	Home	Pro	Enterprise	Education	Mobile	Mobile Enterprise
Sync Settings	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Save as Microsoft Office files	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
Show notifications on Action Center	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
Access Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
Allow SignIn Options	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗

Allow Network Settings

Restriction	Home	Pro	Enterprise	Education	Mobile	Mobile Enterprise
Wi-Fi	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Bluetooth	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Discover device over Bluetooth	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Users can turn VPN on/off	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Connect to VPN if on mobile network	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Connect to VPN if roaming	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Cellular data roaming	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Allow Security and Privacy Settings

Restriction	Home	Pro	Enterprise	Education	Mobile	Mobile Enterprise
Show toast notification on lock screen	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Account Settings

Restriction	Home	Pro	Enterprise	Education	Mobile	Mobile Enterprise
MMS	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
Sync MMS	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
RCS messaging	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
OneDrive file sync	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗

Advanced Restrictions

Allow Device Functionality

Advanced Restriction	Home	Pro	Enterprise	Education	Mobile	Mobile Enterprise
NFC	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
USB connection	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
Users can reset the device	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Screen capture	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
Users can change date and time	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Users can change power and sleep settings	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗
Allow Embedded Mode	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Allow Region	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗

Allow App Settings

Advanced Restriction	Home	Pro	Enterprise	Education	Mobile	Mobile Enterprise
Windows Store	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
Unlock developer options	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Users can turn Safe Search on/off	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
Search can use user location	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Users can add non-Microsoft accounts	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Allow Network Settings

Advanced Restriction	Home	Pro	Enterprise	Education	Mobile	Mobile Enterprise
Internet Sharing	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Connect to Wi-Fi Sense automatically	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Connect to external Wi-Fi networks manually	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Wi-Fi Direct	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Users can turn Data Sense on/off	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Allow Security and Privacy Settings

Advanced Restriction	Home	Pro	Enterprise	Education	Mobile	Mobile Enterprise
Manually install root certificate	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
Install provisioning package	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Mandate signed certificate for provisioning package	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Remove provisioning package	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Receive advertisements over Bluetooth	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Pair with other devices automatically	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Users can download Windows beta updates	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Customize Start Menu

Advanced Restriction	Home	Pro	Enterprise	Education	Mobile	Mobile Enterprise
Documents folder	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗
Downloads folder	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗
File Explorer	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗
Home group	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗
Music folder	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗
Networks	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗
Personal folder	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗
Pictures folder	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗
Settings	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗
Videos folder	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗

Network

Wi-Fi

Home	Pro	Enterprise	Education	Mobile	Mobile Enterprise
✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Accounts

Email

Home	Pro	Enterprise	Education	Mobile	Mobile Enterprise
✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Exchange ActiveSync

Home	Pro	Enterprise	Education	Mobile	Mobile Enterprise
✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

App Management

Mandatory Apps

Home	Pro	Enterprise	Education	Mobile	Mobile Enterprise
✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Blacklist/Whitelist

Home	Pro	Enterprise	Education	Mobile	Mobile Enterprise
✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Security

BitLocker

Home	Pro (v1809+)	Enterprise	Education	Mobile	Mobile Enterprise
✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗

Windows Kiosk Lockdown

Single App

Home	Pro (v1709+)	Enterprise	Education	Mobile	Mobile Enterprise
✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗

Multi App

Home	Pro (v1709+)	Enterprise	Education	Mobile	Mobile Enterprise
✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗

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