{"id":13043,"date":"2025-06-25T08:36:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T08:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/13043\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T08:36:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T08:36:09","slug":"microsoft-extends-windows-10-security-updates-for-one-year-with-new-enrollment-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/13043\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Extends Windows 10 Security Updates for One Year with New Enrollment Options"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\ue802Jun 25, 2025\ue804Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security \/ IT Management <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/windows.jpg\" style=\"display: block;  text-align: center; clear: left; float: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/windows.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"380\" data-original-width=\"728\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft on Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.windows.com\/windowsexperience\/2025\/06\/24\/stay-secure-with-windows-11-copilot-pcs-and-windows-365-before-support-ends-for-windows-10\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> that it&#8217;s extending Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (<a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/lifecycle\/faq\/extended-security-updates\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESU<\/a>) for an extra year by letting users either pay a small fee of $30 or by sync their PC settings to the cloud.<\/p>\n<p>The development comes ahead of the tech giant&#8217;s upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/lifecycle\/products\/windows-10-home-and-pro\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 14, 2025, deadline<\/a>, when it plans to officially end support and stop providing security updates for devices running Windows 10. The desktop operating system was launched in July 2015.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehackernews.uk\/2025-threat-report-d\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Cybersecurity\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Cybersecurity\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/report-d.png\" width=\"729\" height=\"91\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Windows maker describes ESU as a &#8220;last resort option&#8221; for customers who need to run legacy Microsoft software that has reached end-of-life (EoL) status. This is meant to be a temporary solution while migrating to a newer supported platform.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the new enrollment options announced by Microsoft, individuals can opt-in to the program from their personal Windows 10 PC through an &#8220;enrollment wizard&#8221; available in the Settings app. Users can choose one of the three options &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use Windows Backup to sync your settings to the cloud (at no additional cost)<\/li>\n<li>Redeem 1,000 Microsoft Rewards points (at no additional cost)<\/li>\n<li>Pay $30 (local pricing may change)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Once the appropriate option is selected, users&#8217; PCs will be automatically enrolled into the program. ESU coverage for Windows 10 devices runs from October 15, 2025, to October 13, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The enrollment wizard is currently available in the Windows Insider Program, and is expected to be rolled out to Windows 10 customers in July, with expanded availability set for mid-August.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehackernews.uk\/security-zscaler\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Cybersecurity\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Cybersecurity\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/june-d.png\" width=\"729\" height=\"91\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth noting that ESUs do not cover new features, non-security updates, or design change requests. Another key aspect to factor in is that using Microsoft Rewards or Windows Backup requires users to sign up for a Microsoft account, if they don&#8217;t have it already.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Individuals or organizations who elect to continue using Windows 10 after support ends on October 14, 2025, will have the option of enrolling their PCs into a paid ESU subscription,&#8221; Microsoft <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/whats-new\/extended-security-updates\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">notes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The ESU program enables PCs to continue to receive critical and important security updates through an annual subscription service after support ends.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Found this article interesting?  Follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thehackersnews\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter \uf099<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/thehackernews\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn<\/a> to read more exclusive content we post.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\ue802Jun 25, 2025\ue804Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security \/ IT Management Microsoft on Tuesday announced that it&#8217;s extending Windows 10 Extended&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13044,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[13810,13804,13797,13796,13798,13799,13800,13805,13801,13802,13807,346,13808,13806,13803,158,13809,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-13043","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-computer-security","9":"tag-cyber-attacks","10":"tag-cyber-news","11":"tag-cyber-security-news","12":"tag-cyber-security-news-today","13":"tag-cyber-security-updates","14":"tag-cyber-updates","15":"tag-data-breach","16":"tag-hacker-news","17":"tag-hacking-news","18":"tag-how-to-hack","19":"tag-information-security","20":"tag-network-security","21":"tag-ransomware-malware","22":"tag-software-vulnerability","23":"tag-technology","24":"tag-the-hacker-news","25":"tag-united-states","26":"tag-unitedstates","27":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114743095041089271","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}