Anyone who still wants to install Windows 10 will have to be quick. Microsoft will no longer offer licenses after January 31. Support will continue for several years.
January 31, 2023 is the last day on which Microsoft will make licenses for Windows 10 available. From February, the Windows version will therefore no longer be available directly from Microsoft, it is not known whether you can still obtain a license through authorized Microsoft resellers. The notice applies to both the private Home version (145 euros, incl. VAT) and the Pro version for SMEs (259 euros, incl. VAT).
By discontinuing Windows 10 licenses, Microsoft wants to promote the transition to Windows 11. Windows 10 has been on the market since 2014, so Microsoft must have thought there was enough time to download the operating system. Hobbyists who are still building their own Windows 10 PC or companies who have until the last day stuck with Windows 7 and ineligible for Windows 11 will have to be quick.
Support until 2025
If you still want to continue using Windows 10, don’t worry. Microsoft promises to continue to provide the software with updates until October 2025, and also repeats that promise. Although support for Windows 10 21H1 is now available even discontinued. So little by little, Microsoft already seems to want to prepare us for the end of Windows 10.
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