Support for Windows 11 23H2 Ends November 10, 2025

[ThatPlace928]

Has anyone seen or heard about this? If you're still on Windows 11 23H2, you need to update to 25H2 by tomorrow for Enterprise and Education editions or you will no longer receive security updates, bug fixes, or new features.

All of the Windows 11 PCs my customers bring in [and all the ones in my shop] are Home or Pro, nothing else. Any reason for these versions to be affected down the road? Just curious.

When does Windows 11 version 23H2 support end for commercial editions?​

Windows 11 version 23H2 is supported until November 10, 2026 on Enterprise and Education editions.

What happens if I stay on Windows 11 version 23H2 after support ends?​

Users who choose to remain on an unsupported version of Windows 11 will no longer receive security updates, bug fixes, or new features. This means your PC will be unsecure against any security vulnerabilities that are discovered in the OS going forward. Your apps and driver should continue to work for the foreseeable future, however.

Microsoft pulls the plug on Windows 11 23H2 — here’s what you need to do before November 11

Windows 11 version 23H2 reaches end-of-life next month. If you’re still running it, it’s time to move to 24H2 or 25H2 to stay protected.

www.windowscentral.com

 

[Porthos]

Check this page after Tuesday.

Windows 11 Home and Pro - Microsoft Lifecycle

Windows 11 Home and Pro follows the Modern Lifecycle Policy.

learn.microsoft.com

 

[britechguy]

Has anyone seen or heard about this?

Absolutely. Windows 11 Home and Pro Lifecycle Page.

I do take a peek there occasionally, but even if I didn't, anyone running a fully functioning 23H2 instance where updating was neither broken nor blocked should have long ago gone to 24H2 (and I realize that there are systems where Windows Update gets broken).

But since Microsoft has gone to once a year feature update cadence, and it's always in the second half of the year (and generally October or November) I count on whatever XXH2 I've got needing to be replaced by (XX+1)H2 in the fall of the year, every year.

It's also been being announced on any number of the blind-tech-centric groups I haunt: Event: End of support for Windows 11 Version 23H2 (2023 Update/build 22631) - Tuesday, November 11, 2025

 

[britechguy]

Check this page after Tuesday.

Windows 11 Home and Pro - Microsoft Lifecycle

Windows 11 Home and Pro follows the Modern Lifecycle Policy.

learn.microsoft.com

You beat me to it as I was typing the rest of my message. I rely on the various Microsoft lifecycle pages, which exist for every product they release. But in the case of Windows 11, since the once-a-year update cadence was established, expect that every October or November you will be going to the next "H2" release bearing the year number that's the last 2 digits of the one you're currently in. And if you don't get that, automatically, by the end of January, at latest, then apply it manually.

 

[ThatPlace928]

I read somewhere that Windows 11 would be supported until some time in 2032. Can anyone confirm? It's been awhile so I don't even remember where I read it.

 

[britechguy]

I can't confirm that and it doesn't seem to be published anywhere. Windows 11 will go into "extended support" much as earlier versions of Windows have when the successor versions have come out. I don't think that an end of life date will be announced until the release of Windows 12 (or whatever Microsoft chooses to call it) is released.

The "Modern Lifecycle" doesn't have fixed sunset dates until it does, unlike days of old when you knew end-of-life dates at the time of introduction.

 

[ThatPlace928]

I can't confirm that and it doesn't seem to be published anywhere. Windows 11 will go into "extended support" much as earlier versions of Windows have when the successor versions have come out. I don't think that an end of life date will be announced until the release of Windows 12 (or whatever Microsoft chooses to call it) is released.

The "Modern Lifecycle" doesn't have fixed sunset dates until it does, unlike days of old when you knew end-of-life dates at the time of introduction.

I'll just have to keep my eyes and ears open, like everyone else.

 

[Diggs]

So what's with 25H2? I see it's been hanging out in optional updates for at least a few weeks now. When does it become mandatory? 24H2 doesn't have an end date until October next year.

 

[ThatPlace928]

So what's with 25H2? I see it's been hanging out in optional updates for at least a few weeks now. When does it become mandatory? 24H2 doesn't have an end date until October next year.

For now, and as far as I can tell, the update to 25H2 is only required for Enterprise and Education operating systems. If you're on Home or Pro, you can just update when you're ready. You won't lose support, like the other 2 will.

 

[britechguy]

25H2 has been in an "in between state" since the first machine I saw it offered on. It's not in the true "optional updates" category, but it has its own separate "Download & Install" button on the main Windows Update pane.

Since this feature update has no user-facing features, everything in it is aimed at IT professionals who centrally administer fleets of computers, and it's also just an enablement package for code paths that have been being installed bit by bit during cumulative updates to 24H2, it's "lazy install," that's for sure.

 

[Sky-Knight]

For now, and as far as I can tell, the update to 25H2 is only required for Enterprise and Education operating systems. If you're on Home or Pro, you can just update when you're ready. You won't lose support, like the other 2 will.

The upgrade to 25H2 wont be required for anyone until 26H2 is out. The Windows 11 lifecycle accounts for two years of support for each release. So yes, it's 2025, so you need to be on something younger than 2023. I'm confused why this is confusing.

Windows 10 did two releases a year, and each of them would live 18 months. THAT was confusing, and left us with this revolving door of feature updates that congealed into three active versions of Windows 10 being supported at a time. With Windows 11, there's only two. Feel free to run a year behind.

Note, there is no currently published end of life for Windows 11. Unless there's a massive hardware shift required again, I do not expect it to ever end. But regardless we won't know until Windows 12 appears, and again... it's not going to anytime soon, and anyone that says otherwise is selling something.

 

[Diggs]

The upgrade to 25H2 wont be required for anyone until 26H2 is out. The Windows 11 lifecycle accounts for two years of support for each release. So yes, it's 2025, so you need to be on something younger than 2023. I'm confused why this is confusing.

Not confused, just never aware of those details until now. Thanks!