Microsoft has published more details of the extended Windows 10 support for companies. This is the extended security program (ESU) that the company will announce last spring to “Provide people and organizations with all sizes to expand the use of Windows 10 on devices beyond the date of completion of technical support in a safer way”.
The end of the Windows 10 life cycle is becoming a ‘question of state’ in Microsoft as we approach October 14, 2025 and this version Keep the worldwide computer desks continues to dominate. All analysts have been alerting the consequences of this, especially those of security, to which they would mean that dozens of millions of machines remain without technical support and with it without safety updates that protect them from cyber attacks.
Although Microsoft does not recommend using Windows 10 beyond the end of their life cycle and insists on recommending mass migrations to Windows 11 using the free update program or investing in the purchase of new PCs in cases where the hardware does not Minimum requirements, it offers companies (and consumers) a way to extend the support under a payment program.
Windows 10 extended support
Microsoft has recently updated the documentation of the ESU program for companies, adding Price details, as well as information related to Windows 365/Azure VD, minimum requirements for buying licenses and other issues that the companies that intend to accept are needed to know.
Extended security updates can already be acquired through the Microsoft volume licenses program, with a price of $ 61 per device During the first year from October 2025. The price will double every consecutive year, for a maximum of three years.
ESU is available at no additional cost for Windows 10 virtual machines that are executed in Windows 365 or Azure Virtual Desktop. In addition, the Windows 10 connection points that connect to PC with Windows 365 Cloud will be entitled to ESU for up to three years, with a Windows 365 active subscription license.
Will Windows 10 work from October?
The PCs with Windows 10 will continue to function, but Microsoft continues to recommend customers to update, once verified that they meet the requirements to Windows 11 via Windows Autath or Microsoft Intune, or that they make the transition to a new PC. Companies also have the option to migrate to the cloud and subscribe to Windows 365 so that Windows 11 is available for users on any device with a cloud PC.
Clarify that ESU is not a technical support program, nor includes new characteristics of functions, characteristics, quality or design changes for the operating system, and is limited to providing monthly security updates. In this regard, to say that Microsoft will also continue to provide security intelligence updates for the Microsoft Antivirus defend at least until October 2028.
