Windows 10: Releases, patches & end-of-life
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Lifecycle guide for Windows 10 from Microsoft

All releases, patches, maintenance and support periods at a glance

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📅 Last update on 2026-04-11

What is Windows 10?

Automate product release and end-of-life managementMicrosoft Windows 10 is an operating system from the US company Microsoft, which was released on 29 July 2015. It is the successor to Windows 8.1 and was first introduced in parallel with Microsoft Windows Server 2016, the successor to Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2, on 30 September 2014.
 

The entire lifecycle of Windows 10

The following figure shows you the visualised product life cycle of Windows 10. You can see all releases with the latest patch version, the long-term support characteristics (orange flag in the green circle, the periods for version provision, maintenance and support.
Windows 10 (Microsoft) release, version and end-of-life information
XWindows 10 (Microsoft) release, version and end-of-life information
Figure: Release, patch and end-of-life cycle of product Windows 10 (Microsoft)
 

What is the Windows 10 release strategy?

New versions of Windows 10 (also called feature updates) will be released twice a year for Windows 10 via the Semi-Annual Channel. Customers should always install the latest version before the current version reaches end of servicing to remain supported by Microsoft.

Facts and figures about Windows 10

Product
Windows 10
Vendor
Microsoft
Latest version
10.0.19045.7058
Number of releases
14
Number of versions
666
Number of unstable versions
0
Number of versions affected by CVE
619
Licence
Commercial
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_10
 
 

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