- Windows 10 ESU will be available from November 2025 for three years
- It will cost $ 61 per year, and prices will double annually from then on
- Windows 10 is still preferred in Windows 11 by many users
With the official deadline of Windows 10 at the end of life, Microsoft still expects users older software.
A recently updated support document of the company has detailed the Windows 10 (ESU) security updates program, including costs and eligibility.
Microsoft promises that its ESU will continue to provide “critical and important security updates” for a period after Windows 10 loses support, but this will come at the expense of an annual subscription.
Details of the Windows 10 ESU revealed
In the publication, Microsoft revealed that the devices that run Windows 10 22H2 will be eligible to participate in the ESU program, but emphasized that this would only include important security updates and not new features, updates without security, requests for change of design or general support .
Users can register in the ESU program through the Microsoft volume licenses program, and will cost $ 61 per device to cover between November 2025 and November 2026. From there, the costs will be doubled annually, but the Membreía de Esu It ends after three years. In other words, Windows 10 fans can buy another three years of safe use before they are finally forced to execute a potentially insecure operating system or update Windows 11.
The company also added that Esus is cumulative, so it will need to have bought the first year before updating two. If you decide at the beginning of the second year to obtain security updates, you can retrospectively unite paying for the coverage of the previous year.
“Windows 10 PCs will continue to run, but we recommend customers to update eligible PC to Windows 11 using Windows Autath, Microsoft Intune or the transition to a new PC with Windows 11 to get the best safer computer experience,” added the company.
The rose between the thorns is that the virtual Windows 10 machines that are executed in Windows 365 or the Azure virtual desktop will obtain extended safety updates free of charge.
However, even Microsoft’s best efforts have not deteriorate users to opt for Windows 10: the almost declared operating system represents 60% of all Windows facilities (through Statcounter). Even so, the adoption of Windows 11 has increased slowly in recent months to a 37%market share.
