Lifecycle guide for Windows 11 from Microsoft

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

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📅 Last update on 2026-06-15

What is Windows 11?

Automate product release and end-of-life management

Windows 11 is an upcoming major version of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. Announced on June 24, 2021, it is the successor to Windows 10, released in 2015. Windows 11 will be available as a free upgrade to some compatible Windows 10 devices through Windows Update. Windows 11 will be officially released on October 5, 2021.

The entire lifecycle of Windows 11

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

Figure: Release, patch and end-of-life cycle of product Windows 11 (Microsoft)

What is the Windows 11 release strategy?

New versions of Windows 11 will be released once per year. 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 11

Product

Windows 11

Vendor

Microsoft

Latest version

10.0.28000.2179

Number of releases

Number of versions

287

Number of unstable versions

Number of versions affected by CVE

228

Licence

Commercial

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_11

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