Microgentle has reminded customers that multiple editions of Windows 11 21H2 and 22H2 will achieve the end of servicing in 60 days, on October 8, 2024.
The proclaimment applies to Windows 11 22H2 Home, Pro, Pro Education, Pro for Workstations, and SE editions freed on September 20, 2022. On the same day, Windows 11 21H2 Enterpelevate, Education, and IoT Enterpelevate editions will also achieve the end of service, one year after the Home and Pro editions.
“The upcoming October 2024 security refresh, to be freed on October 8, 2024, will be the last refresh useable for these editions. After this date, devices running these editions will no lengthyer get monthly security and pappraise refreshs includeing protections from the tardyst security menaces,” Microgentle shelp.
“To help preserve you protected and fruitful, Windows Update will automaticassociate start a feature refresh for Windows 11 Home and Pro devices that are not administerd by IT departments when these are cforfeiting end of servicing.”
Customers can discover details about end-of-service dates of other Windows frees on the Windows Lifecycle FAQ page and using the Lifecycle Policy search tool.
Microgentle also provides a catalog of all products that will be reexhausted or have achieveed the end of aid in the coming months.
Force-insloftying the Windows 11 2023 Update
Windows 11 23H2 (also understandn as the Windows 11 2023 Update) began rolling out in September to Relrelieve Pappraise Insiders for go inpelevate testing and was officiassociate freed as an allowment package in tardy October.
Microgentle begined force-insloftying it in February on eligible systems shut to or that had already achieveed their end-of-service date.
“Windows 11, version 23H2, also understandn as the Windows 11 2023 Update, is now go ining a new rollout phase. We are begining to refresh eligible Windows 11 devices automaticassociate to version 23H2,” Microgentle shelp.
“This automatic refresh centers Windows 11 devices that have achieveed or are approaching end of servicing and it adheres the machine lgeting-based (ML) training we have employd so far.”
This forced rollout phase came after systems running multiple Windows 11 21H2 editions were automaticassociate refreshd to Windows 11 22H2 before achieveing the end of aid on October 11.
You can examine if your PC is eligible for the Windows 11 2023 Update using the PC Health Check app or by appraiseing Windows 11 definiteations, features, and system needments.
Microgentle also provides a pledged aid write down and a guided walk-thraw to help remend enhance publishs.
