Unmanaged Windows 10 Pro PCs will be invited to upgrade to Windows 11 for free

While the majority of large organizations and businesses that own Windows-based PC systems will generally take charge of managing and arranging operating system updates according to their own wishes, there are also some The company chose to leave it up to Microsoft to apply the necessary updates to its internal Windows systems.

Such systems can be temporarily called 'unmanaged PCs', and Microsoft has just announced that it will soon send invitations to systems using Windows 10 Pro of this type to upgrade to Windows 11 for free. .

In a blog post, Microsoft said Windows 10 Pro and Pro Workstation users using "unmanaged enterprise devices that have joined the cloud domain" will see invitations to upgrade to Windows 11 starting in September. April 2024 security update. In other words, these update invitations will appear in "Patch Tuesday" scheduled for release on April 9.

An invitation to upgrade to Windows 11 appears after logging in and usually after a reboot. Invitations will only appear on qualified Windows 10 Pro and Pro Workstation devices running Windows 11 and are not directly managed by the IT departments of organizations or businesses. Once invited, users will be able to choose to download Windows 11 version 23H2, or continue using Windows 10. Of course, we recommend Windows 11!

So after the invitation appears, users will have the freedom to set a schedule for when to start the Windows 11 upgrade process so that it does not affect normal operations and work.

Of course, companies and organizations that manage their own Windows updates and have not yet upgraded their PCs to Windows 11 22H3 will be able to do so at any time through Windows Autopatch in Intune.

Currently, support for Windows 10 Home and Pro 22H2 is expected to end on October 14, 2025. In theory, unmanaged Windows 10 Pro PCs still have plenty of time to migrate to Windows 11 Pro. Microsoft is working hard to convince users to get as many Windows 10 Pro PCs as possible to upgrade to Windows 11 before support ends.