Friday, April 28th 2023
Microsoft Ends Feature Support for Windows 10 22H2
Microsoft has confirmed that the current version of Windows 10 - 22H2 - will be the final one. A company product manager revealed this information yesterday in a Windows IT Pro Blog entry posted alongside a mass of articles on Microsoft's Tech Community site. As covered on TPU almost two years ago, Microsoft had given advance notice that it was terminating support for Windows 10 on October 14th 2025 - for both Home and Pro versions of the operating system. Windows 11 was released later on in 2021, and thus became the priority OS product for the North American tech firm.
Yesterday's blog reiterates key information from the past, and details an interim update cycle (albeit small): "Windows 10 will reach end of support on October 14, 2025. The current version, 22H2, will be the final version of Windows 10, and all editions will remain in support with monthly security update releases through that date. Existing (enterprise) releases will continue to receive updates beyond that date based on their specific lifecycles." Microsoft has proceeded to update the lifecycle page entry for Windows 10 Home and Pro in line with the latest announcement. The product manager (in his blog) recommends that current Windows 10 users move to 11 as soon as possible, in order to enjoy a continued stream of feature updates.
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Microsoft Tech Community
Yesterday's blog reiterates key information from the past, and details an interim update cycle (albeit small): "Windows 10 will reach end of support on October 14, 2025. The current version, 22H2, will be the final version of Windows 10, and all editions will remain in support with monthly security update releases through that date. Existing (enterprise) releases will continue to receive updates beyond that date based on their specific lifecycles." Microsoft has proceeded to update the lifecycle page entry for Windows 10 Home and Pro in line with the latest announcement. The product manager (in his blog) recommends that current Windows 10 users move to 11 as soon as possible, in order to enjoy a continued stream of feature updates.
46 Comments on Microsoft Ends Feature Support for Windows 10 22H2
Does anyone enjoy a continued stream of feature updates?
Even if there is an update I want, it should be installed on request and not automatically.
Someone should update Microsoft CEO.
telemetry and spywarefeatures which we can use tosell your life to marketersimprove your life andmake it into an ad-ridden nightmarehelp you work! We haveadspuppies! Andan AI which listens to you at all timescute kittens!I think I'll wait for Windows 12 instead. 11 is being pretty meh from what I saw.
They can have my W10Pro licenses when they can pry them from my cold, dead hands !
Though, as others have said, now everyone can enjoy what makes LTSC so great (no annoying feature updates, just an OS that mostly works).
Windows 11 does.I cant imagine why ANYONE wants to be part of the "feature update" program. They ALL suck. MS has been slowly ripping windows apart since the glory days of 7.
Granted there are some features that consist of security improvements, but if it's something really essential it usually is and gets rolled as a security patch as it should and those will keep rolling for the near future (until october 2025 for consumer versions)More refined, less bugs, I wouldn't be able to name anything in particular but I'm sure in 8 years something must have improved right? right?????
I'm getting tired of the bloatware/telemetry/half-baked features of Windows nowadays, they can't even make a unified control panel
"Windows 10 will reach end of support on October 14, 2025. The current version, 22H2, will be the final version of Windows 10, and all editions will remain in support with monthly security update releases through that date. Existing LTSC releases will continue to receive updates beyond that date based on their specific lifecycles."