Windows 10 will go end of life in 2025. It will be followed up Windows 11. Running an unsupported version of Windows can be a significant security risk for your organization since those computers will no longer get critical security patches. Additionally, you won’t be able to rely on Microsoft for any issues regarding the operating system either. Once Windows 10 reaches end of life in 2025, it is important that you have finished moving all your computers to Windows 11. Find more information on the Windows 11 minimum system requirements in our dedicated blog: Is Your Business Ready for Windows 11?
The report requires you to scan the Secure boot state, you can add the following configuration to your registry scanning.
Rootkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Regpath: SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SecureBoot\State
Regvalue: UEFISecureBootEnabled
*configuration only required if you are not using Network Discovery 4.6.3 or higher
Compared to Windows 10, the hardware requirements are much stricter and it won’t be as easy as updating to a new Windows 10 version. To prevent confusion, you can find the official Microsoft requirements here which we use in our report. The current report uses the following requirements:
| RAM: | 4 gigabyte (GB) |
| Storage: | 64 GB or larger storage device |
| System firmware: | UEFI, Secure Boot capable Note 1: UEFI is determined by the usage of GPT boot partition, if you have edge cases that utilize legacy boot (using IFS) you’ll have to make adjustments in the report. Note 2: The report requires you to scan the Secure boot state, you can add the following configuration to your registry scanning. Rootkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
| TPM: | Trusted Platform Module (TPM) version 2.0 |
The report below provided an overview of which devices are capable of running Windows 11. A device is considered capable when it meets the RAM, storage, system firmware, and TPM requirements listed above.
Processor and other requirements listed by Microsoft need to be manually verified, or you can use the Lansweeper Classic audit which provides more functionality.
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