Some industrial software (e.g., configuration tools for Siemens PLCs) now ships as Store apps. Without the Store client in Build 19044, you cannot install them. The workaround is to provision licenses via the (now deprecated), forcing companies to use wsreset -i to manually restore the Store.

Within embedded engineering circles, is frequently referred to as the "last great LTSC." Why? Because its successor (Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2024) moved to a new kernel with higher hardware requirements and a different servicing model. Meanwhile, the previous LTSC (Build 17763 from 2019) is older and lacks some modern security certificates required for financial/healthcare compliance.