Windows 10 End of Life

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Windows 10 2016 LTSB (Editions: Enterprise and IoT Enterprise) will be going end of life on the 13th of October, 2026. The LTSB and LTSC versions are some of the last Windows 10 holdouts to go end of life. While users are advised to upgrade to Windows 11, there is still an option to purchase extended security updates for when that upgrade is not possible.

Windows 10 Lifecycle

Windows 10 officially reached its final end-of-life date on the 14th of October, 2025.

Some organizations that require longer support cycles extended their Windows 10 support with the LTSB and LTSC channels. These follow the Fixed lifecycle policy. This means these products have their end of life dates fixed from the moment of release. They receive 5 years of mainstream support, followed by 5 years of extended support.

Windows 10 2016 LTSB End of Life

Windows 10 2016 LTSB (Enterprise and IoT Enterprise editions) will reach its end of life on the 13th of October, 2026. Make sure to update any installations in you network to a supported version to continue receiving updates and support. At this moment these are the options:

• Upgrade to Windows 11 LTSC (recommended)
• Upgrade to Windows 10 LTSC 2021 (note that this version, will itself go end of life on the 12th of January, 2027)
• Enable extended security updates (ESU)

Run the Windows 10 End of Life Audit

The Windows 10 EOL audit will help you with identifying which machines need to be updated. It also shows you how long your other machines still have before they go end of life. It gives you a complete list of all Windows 10 devices, their EOL date, and how many days there are remaining until end of support. Please note that this audit does not take into account extended security updates.

Are you ready for Windows 11?

Are you ready to say goodbye to Windows 10 entirely? We have made a special Windows 11 blog and report to help you audit your network to do a Windows 11 readiness check of systems you are interested in upgrading. The audit will aid you in discovering which devices meet the Windows 11 requirements.

If you want more details on how to approach a large scale infrastructure upgrade like the Windows 11 migration, make sure to check out our whitepaper, as it specifically goes into detail on Windows 10 as a use case and provides a step-by-step migration guide.