Planning Your Upgrade Path After Windows 10 End of Support

With Windows 10 approaching its end-of-support milestone, organizations and IT professionals must make critical decisions regarding their operating system strategy. Failing to plan can lead to security vulnerabilities, compliance issues, and operational disruption. This text-only course guides you through assessing your current environment, understanding hardware compatibility, and choosing the optimal upgrade path. You will learn to evaluate Windows 11 requirements, explore cloud-based desktop alternatives, and implement a structured migration plan. What you'll learn: - Understand the timeline, risks, and implications of the Windows 10 end-of-support milestone. - Assess hardware compatibility, focusing on modern security requirements like TPM 2.0 and secure boot. - Evaluate alternative upgrade paths, including Windows 11, cloud-managed PCs, and virtual desktops. - Analyze application compatibility and mitigate migration risks using structured assessment frameworks. - Apply zero-trust security principles to your operating system upgrade and lifecycle strategy. - Formulate a step-by-step transition plan tailored to budget, security, and infrastructure needs. The course begins with foundational concepts of operating system lifecycles and support timelines. It then progresses through hardware assessments, compatibility testing, and comparative analyses of modern deployment and cloud-based virtualization options. This course is designed for IT administrators, system integrators, and technology decision-makers who are new to OS lifecycle planning. No advanced deployment experience is required to get started. Prepare your organization for a seamless and secure transition by mastering the upgrade planning process today.