Windows 11 IoT: Releases, patches & end-of-life
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Lifecycle guide for Windows 11 IoT from Microsoft

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

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📅 Last update on 2026-02-03

What is Windows 11 IoT?

Automate product release and end-of-life managementWindows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC is intended for fixed-function, special-purpose devices that require a long support lifecycle of 10 years. These devices are typically found in industries including banking, quick-service restaurants, healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing, and retail.Windows IoT Enterprise LTSC is based on the same foundation as Windows Professional and Windows Enterprise, delivering the same compatibility, security and management capabilities required for commercial deployments. Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC provides additional capabilities to lockdown the device experience for public facing or employee facing scenarios along with the ability to customize the operating system footprint.Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC is available for both x64 and ARM64 architecture.
 

The entire lifecycle of Windows 11 IoT

The following figure shows you the visualised product life cycle of Windows 11 IoT. 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 11 IoT (Microsoft) release, version and end-of-life information
XWindows 11 IoT (Microsoft) release, version and end-of-life information
Figure: Release, patch and end-of-life cycle of product Windows 11 IoT (Microsoft)
 

Facts and figures about Windows 11 IoT

Product
Windows 11 IoT
Vendor
Microsoft
Latest version
10.0.26100.7705
Number of releases
2
Number of versions
40
Number of unstable versions
0
Number of versions affected by CVE
-
Licence
Commercial
 
 

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