The interesting questions revolve around what comes next and when it will happen. There isn't any real question about the end of life at this point Microsoft has published it, and we have no reason to think it won't happen. There was no retirement date for Windows 10 as a whole shown on the home-and-pro life cycle page until recently. What has changed is the way Microsoft talks about that end of support.
Microsoft initially launched the operating system with "mainstream support" through October 2020 and "extended support" through October 2025, the same five- to 10-year-support period it provides for server and enterprise operating systems. Retired is retired-hit the pasture.Īs Windows Central points out, the retirement date isn't entirely a new phenomenon. "Retiring" is a part of the Modern Lifecycle Policy and means that the retired product leaves support entirely this does not follow the old Fixed Lifecycle Policy with "mainstream" and "extended" support. "Windows 10 Home and Pro"-no code names, no minor version numbers-is now listed as retiring on October 14, 2025. The first strong indication that bigger things may be coming landed last week from a Microsoft- published EOL notice for Windows 10. It seemed likely that Sun Valley's "sweeping visual rejuvenation" would result in Windows 10 21H2 looking very different from Windows 10 21H1. Windows 10 was intended to be Windows as a Service-a radical departure from the prior era of new, major Windows releases every three years or so. Rumors of Sun Valley being "Windows 11" have been circulating for months, but until recently, we didn't put much stock in them.
is on the way this summer. Until recently, we've assumed that this update would simply bring a new look for Windows 10 21H2-the major release of Windows 10 in the second half of 2021-but new information in the form of end-of-life (EOL) dates for Windows 10 and a leaked screenshot of something purporting to be "Windows 11 Pro" heavily imply that serious changes are on the way. Further Reading Windows 10 “Sun Valley” will do away with Windows 95 era iconsA new Windows visual refresh, codenamed Sun Valley.
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