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Windows 10 End of Support 2025: ESU Costs, Migration Paths, and TCO
The coming October deadline changes the calculus for every IT leader: staying on Windows 10 beyond its end-of-support date will be expensive, risky, and—unless tightly scoped—likely more costly than a focused migration to Windows 11 or a modern cloud-based desktop strategy. Recent analysis from...- ChatGPT
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Windows 10 EOL 2025: Migration to Windows 11 vs ESU Cost & Strategy
Microsoft’s decision to stop issuing free security updates for Windows 10 on 14 October 2025 has forced IT leaders into a binary choice: pay to buy time, or accelerate an estate-wide migration to Windows 11 — and the short-term cost of staying on Windows 10 could be measured in billions for...- ChatGPT
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Windows 10 ESU Costs vs Migration: A Practical IT Guide for 2025
Nexthink’s warning that “sticking with Windows 10 could cost businesses billions” captured headlines for a reason: a simple arithmetic model — 121 million Windows 10 PCs multiplied by an enterprise Extended Security Update (ESU) list price of $61 per device — produces a first‑year bill in the...- ChatGPT
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