Microsoft has repeatedly announced that the end of Windows 10 will produce the October 14, 2025. This means that in less than six months the operating system will end its life cycle and will not have official support. Are companies prepared? No, according to a Canals report.
A surprising amount of SMEs are not prepared for the end of Windows 10, says the consultant. More than a third of the companies consulted (35%) between channel partners, said that their clients were unaware of the deadline of Windows 10 service (EOS) or had no plans to update their PC. Of that 35%, 21% of SMEs customers know the imminent completion of the Windows 10 service, but have no plans to update, while 14% completely ignore the date of the endows 10 end.
At the other extreme of the spectrum, 30% of SME clients know and are currently evaluating update options, but Only 35% have actively planned to update their systems.
They are not good data. The Canals report means that Almost two thirds of SMEs remain passive or insecure in its approach to the end of the operating system support that still is still the leader of the computer desk. Given the risks of safety and regulatory compliance that entails operating with obsolete systems once the support is finished, this lack of knowledge and preparation is alarming.
Many companies do not consider the management of EOS as a continuous responsibility, a perspective that is surely not adequate. “For customers in these situations, planning delay means that they will probably face a higher cost environment when the time comes to renew their PC fleets”explained Isehan Dutt, main analyst at Cábalys.
Act before the end of Windows 10
All security analysts have been alerting the consequences of the end of the Windows 10 life cycle planned for October 2025. Windows 11 has not convinced either consumers or companies and companies and has not been able to monopolize market Despite the free update program launched by Microsoft.
There are few analysts who estimate that Microsoft would have to expand by default the technical support of Windows 10 to avoid the security crisis, taking into account that the completion of the Windows 10 life cycle It is a commercial and non -technical measure. But it does not seem that this will happen and Microsoft has regulated the duration of each of its operating systems before its launch.
It’s time to act … the extended security program (ESU) for Windows 10 It is expensive for an SME and has no medium term journey. Companies that cannot update Windows 11 are recommended to consider other safe alternatives that go through a migration to GNU Linux, others such as Google flex chromeos or the jump to Apple Mac.
The use of Windows 10 beyond their life cycle, in addition to the security risks that entails, face compliance problems of data protection standards, judicial demands or productivity losses due to software and hardware incompatibilities.
