How to find Windows 10 language packs if your organization has Windows 10 Enterprise subscriptions

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If you have a Windows 10 Enterprise subscriptions (formerly called Software Assurance), we recommend that you download language pack media from the Volume Licensing Service Center (VLSC).

 

Upon signing in, you can access the downloads by searching under Downloads and Keys for "Windows 10."

 

How to search for downloads and product keys within the Volume Licensing Service Center

 

To select and download multiple language packs at once, select MultiLanguage. If you only need one language pack, select the individual language pack and then select Continue.

 

Selecting more than one language pack in the Volume Licensing Service Center

 

The results will return the currently available ISO images containing language packs and local experience packs.

 

How language pack results are presented in the Volume Licensing Service Center

 

Note: Be sure to reinstall the latest cumulative update (LCU) after installing any language packs, as the LCUs often contain resource updates. If the LCU is not reinstalled after the language pack, you might see some under-localized strings.

 

Adding language packs, local experience packs, and language features

 

 

Windows imaging starts with at least one language pack and its language components. You can add:

 

• Language packs
  
• Local Experience Packs
  
• Language Features on Demand (FODs)
  

 

To learn more, see Adding languages to Windows images.

 

Updating Windows 10 devices

 

 

For machines connected directly to Windows Update, we provide a seamless experience to preserve language packs, language features, and other optional content.

 

For on-premises environments, there are different options available to organizations to update their managed PCs to the latest Windows 10 feature update. See the blog post on Language pack acquisition and retention for enterprise devices for an outline of the various options available depending on the Windows 10 release.

 

Retaining optional content during OS updates

 

 

Optional content is part of the Windows OS but does not ship by default in the released Windows 10 media. Optional content includes the following items:

 

• General FODs (for example, Windows Mixed Reality)
  
• Language features
  
• Local Experience Packs
  

 

For details on how to retain optional content during an operating system (OS) update, see Migrating and acquiring Windows 10 optional content.

 

 

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