migration planning

Microsoft's recent clarification about Microsoft Defender's role on Windows 10 changes the conversation from panic to pragmatic risk management: Defender will continue to deliver detection and security-intelligence updates on supported Windows 10 builds, but those updates are a limited safety...

Microsoft has cut the ribbon on the last day of Windows 10’s standard lifecycle: October 14, 2025 — and with it comes a narrow, conditional lifeline from Microsoft that lets many home users buy one year of security-only updates without paying cash if they act now. Background / Overview Windows...

Windows 10’s decade-long run as Microsoft’s mainstream desktop platform has reached a formal milestone: on October 14, 2025, Microsoft stopped providing free, routine security updates, feature fixes and standard technical support for the mainstream editions of Windows 10. That does not mean your...

Today Microsoft’s formal support for Windows 10 ends, and with it a decade-long product cycle closes while a far longer migration — technical, economic and social — accelerates across homes, schools and enterprises worldwide. This is not the dramatic, immediate “death” some headlines paint...

Today’s calendar flip marks the end of Microsoft’s mainstream servicing for Windows 10 — a decade-long chapter that officially closes on October 14, 2025 — but for most users it’s the beginning of a long, staggered migration and risk-management process rather than an instant shutdown...

Microsoft has formally closed the books on Windows 10: as of October 14, 2025, mainstream vendor servicing for Windows 10 (including the last broadly distributed consumer release, Windows 10, version 22H2) has ended, meaning Microsoft will no longer push routine OS security patches, cumulative...

Windows 10 has reached its official finish line: Microsoft stops mainstream OS servicing on October 14, 2025, and with that date comes a set of practical choices, hidden costs, and lessons about how technology becomes obsolete — intentionally or otherwise. Background Windows 10 launched in 2015...

This month marks a hard deadline for organisations that still rely on Windows 10: on 14 October 2025 Microsoft will end mainstream support for Windows 10, stopping routine security updates, feature and quality fixes, and standard technical assistance. This is not a theoretical milestone — it...

Microsoft has set a firm calendar: mainstream support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025 — a change that stops free security patches, feature updates, and standard technical support for the vast majority of Windows 10 editions and forces U.S. users to pick between upgrading, paying for...

Microsoft has officially ended support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, a milestone that shifts responsibility for security, updates, and technical assistance away from Microsoft and onto millions of users and IT teams worldwide. For many households and organizations this is not a sudden...

Microsoft has set a hard stop: routine, free support and security updates for mainstream Windows 10 end on October 14, 2025 — a calendar-driven turning point that forces a choice for every remaining Windows 10 device: upgrade, enroll in the limited Extended Security Updates (ESU) bridge, migrate...

Microsoft will stop providing security updates, quality fixes and standard technical support for mainstream Windows 10 editions on October 14, 2025 — a firm deadline that forces a choice: upgrade eligible devices to Windows 11, enroll eligible machines in the Windows 10 Consumer Extended...

Windows Server 2022 reaches the end of its mainstream support window on October 13, 2026, and will transition into Extended Support until October 14, 2031, after which Microsoft will stop shipping security updates and technical support for the platform. Background Windows Server 2022 is...

Windows 10 reaches its formal end-of-life on October 14, 2025, and that changes the security landscape for hundreds of millions of PCs overnight: automatic security patches and routine updates stop, Microsoft is offering a one-year Extended Security Updates (ESU) lifeline with regional caveats...

Microsoft’s timing could not have been worse: an updated Windows 11 Media Creation Tool (MCT) release that should make it easier to build fresh Windows 11 install media instead closes without error on Windows 10 machines — and that regression arrived just days before Windows 10’s official...

Microsoft’s calendar decision to end mainstream support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 has moved from an abstract lifecycle footnote to an urgent, operational reality — and industry leaders, channel partners and security experts are responding with a mix of practical triage, strategic...

Microsoft’s deadline is unambiguous: on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, Microsoft will stop delivering routine security and quality updates for mainstream Windows 10 editions — a change that forces every remaining Windows 10 PC into one of three practical paths: upgrade to Windows 11 where hardware...

Microsoft’s removal of routine security updates for Windows 10 on 14 October 2025 forces a hard choice for businesses and consumers alike: upgrade, buy time with paid or limited extended updates, or accept growing exposure and compliance risk. The announcement is straightforward, but its...

Microsoft will stop shipping routine security updates, feature updates and standard technical support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 — a hard calendar cutoff that forces a decision for hundreds of millions of PCs: upgrade to Windows 11 where hardware allows, buy a time‑boxed Extended...

Microsoft's announcement that Windows 10 will stop receiving routine security updates on 14 October 2025 crystallises a hard deadline for millions of users and organisations — an event that shifts long-standing security assumptions, raises urgent operational questions about migration and cost...