At the beginning of this year we told you that you were no longer able to buy new computers with Windows 10 on them and that Windows 11 computers would be the way going forward. That being said, Windows 10 is still installed on a pile of our client machines, and it’s still a fully supported operating system for a bit longer.
Windows 10 is fully supported until October of next year. On October 14, 2025, Windows 10 will reach end of support and will no longer receive support, security updates, or other patches.
What that means is that you’ll want to make sure all your computers are running Windows 11 by that point to avoid potential security and compliance issues with your network.
So there are two ways you can achieve that:
- You can replace your computers. If you have computers that are going to be nearing four-years old next year, we’d recommend replacement regardless.
- If your computers aren’t that old, they could be potentially upgraded to Windows 11, which works pretty darn well now that the major kinks are all worked out.
We’re currently researching and testing out a method to automate option number two right now for our clients. Our tools can run a background script to test your computer’s ability to automatically upgrade to Windows 11. Once we determine compatibility, we’ll work with you to schedule upgrades (staggered so we don’t do your whole company at once). They’ll be done overnight so your staff will come in in the morning and have a new (and fully supported) operating system waiting for them. We’ll be contacting you as we get closer to finalizing that roll out, but that will make sure that anything that is easy enough to upgrade gets upgraded properly.