![]() This means that when 22H2 goes end of life on October 14, 2025, Windows 10 will be fully out of support. In late April 2023, Microsoft confirmed that the current version of Windows 10, 22H2 will be the final version. Combined with the numbers for Windows Server (9.14%), this means that 98.05% of users are using a supported Windows OS. Together, Windows 11 and Windows 10 make up 88.91% of installations. Windows 11 adoption has overtaken all the other options with Windows 7 (1.34%) and 8 (0.14%) showing the most decline. The infographic below shows the OS distribution of Windows devices:įor the moment, Windows 10 (80.56%) remains the most popular OS by a long stretch. This makes any user – personal or enterprise – significantly more susceptible to malware attacks. They no longer receive any bug fixes, security patches, or new functionality. Running outdated operating systems like Windows 7 or Windows 8 has its cybersecurity dangers. The use of these older systems has steeply declined and old machines are being replaced by Windows 11. On top of that, Windows 11 has now had 2 years to mature, making the OS more reliable and the upgrade less risky in the eyes of cautious IT teams.įinally, most older popular OSs like Windows 7, 8, and XP are now irrevocably out of support. The most obvious and most impactful one is the fact that new devices come with Windows 11 by default. This is the first year we have seen significant growth in Windows 11 adoption. ![]() This shows that the percentage of Windows 11 users has more than tripled since then. However, that does show a growth of 5.74% since our check back in September 2022. So far, only 8.35% of users have made the jump to Windows 11. Windows 11 Adoption RateĪdditional Lansweeper data research focused on Windows 11 adoption rates revealed some interesting data. Although this does fall short of the Windows 10 end-of-life on October 14, 2025. If this growth continues, theoretically all devices should be Windows 11 compatible by 2026. The percentage of machines meeting the RAM requirement also keeps moving up ever so slightly by 1%. ![]() This can be explained by old Windows end-user devices steadily being replaced by new ones. The percentage of devices that meet the CPU and TPM requirements has steadily gone up by roughly 10% each year. However, only about 74.80% of the workstation TPMs tested met the requirements, while just under 9% failed and 16.44% were not TPM compatible or did not have it enabled.Ĭompared to our original numbers from 2021, these are good signs for Microsoft. The majority of machines passed the RAM test (93.86%). Specifically, only 67.57% of CPUs for workstations tested met the system requirements for upgrading to Windows 11, while 32.43% did not. The rest would be ineligible. While this number still leaves 32.43% of machines ineligible, it is still an encouraging 10% increase since September 2022 (when only 57.26% of machines met the CPU requirement). ![]() Lansweeper data based on an estimated 33 million Windows devices reveals that on average, only 67.57% of workstations are eligible to receive the automatic upgrade. While, Microsoft has already changed its stance somewhat, allowing anyone to manually install Windows 11 regardless of the CPU, future Windows 11 updates are not guaranteed if you do not meet the system requirements. Now a year later, things are looking better, as that number has gone down to 32%.Īn automatic upgrade to Windows 11 is only possible if three critical components of your computer - the CPU, the RAM, and the TPM - meet the requirements necessary to execute the upgrade. A year ago our research showed that over 42% of workstations were not eligible to be updated. They will need a quick and cost-effective Windows 11 readiness check to identify machines that are eligible - or ineligible - for the upgrade. IT teams managing IT Assets in large enterprises are still working to roll out the new OS. It has been 2 years since Microsoft first released Windows 11.
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