For Enterprise and Education customers the Windows Update for Business deployment service provides more IT control over Windows Update than ever before to approve, schedule or expedite updates via Microsoft Endpoint Manager, PowerShell or even custom tools created using the Microsoft Graph SDK. You will also be able to use many of the same familiar management and deployment tools and processes including but not limited to Windows Update for Business, Microsoft Endpoint Manager, and Windows Autopilot.

Windows 11 will be available via all the existing Windows 10 servicing channels our commercial organizations are familiar with. We will continue to document all our releases and updates with release notes (in 36 languages) and share information on releases via the Windows release health hub. You can find more information on device and hardware requirements here. For users who are not eligible for Windows 11 due to the hardware requirements, the seeking experience will not be available. The feature update process for Windows 10 to Windows 11 will be a user-initiated ‘seeker’ process to choose to update to Windows 11. This includes the ability to schedule a restart, pause an update, and have full control over which optional updates to install. Windows 11 for consumersįor consumers we will continue to provide choices for control and transparency related to device updates. The change to an annual update cadence and slightly longer lifecycle versus Windows 10 is based on user feedback and our overall update approach. Windows 11 will come with 36 months of support for Enterprise and Education editions, continuing to provide additional time and flexibility for the validation and at-scale deployments common on those editions.

Windows 11 feature updates will release in the second half of the calendar year and will come with 24 months of support for Home, Pro, Pro for Workstations, and Pro Education editions. Windows 11 will have an annual feature update cadence, a change from the semi-annual cadence of Windows 10. Along with the end user experience and security improvements in Windows 11, we are also introducing enhancements you have suggested and asked for to our servicing approach. We are pleased with the progress we have made in keeping over 1.3 billion devices updated on a global scale. When we originally released Windows 10, we made a commitment to keep devices protected and productive through best-in-class servicing. Windows 11 is built on the familiar Windows 10 foundation and will begin to be available the second half of this year. Last week we announced Windows 11, the future of Windows for all users. Today, I'm offering an overview of the product lifecycle and details on how we will service Windows 11.

Windows update 11 release date