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ESU is $61 per device for Year One, and Microsoft says the price doubles every year.[1]
Act means: change a setting or plan before the date. You can stay.
Windows 10 ESU for business PCs: Year Two costs twice as much
Businesses pay for Windows 10 Extended Security Updates one year at a time. Microsoft says the price doubles every year, for up to three years. Joining late means you also pay for the years you missed.
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| Price for Year One | $61 per device[1] |
|---|---|
| Later years | The price doubles every year, for at most three years[1] |
| Year One started | November 2025[1] |
| Joining in Year Two | You must also pay for Year One, because ESU is cumulative[1] |
| How it is sold | By the year only; no shorter periods[1] |
| How long | Up to three years after Windows 10 support ended[1] |
| Windows 10 support ended | October 14, 2025[1] |
| Microsoft's suggested next step | Move eligible PCs to Windows 11 with Windows Autopatch or Intune[1] |
| Included at no extra cost | Windows 10 on Windows 365, Azure Virtual Desktop and Azure virtual machines[1] |
| If you do nothing | Windows 10 PCs keep working, but get no security fixes[1] |
| Businesses that keep Windows 10 PCs | Pay for each ESU year; each year costs more[1] |
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Time to bail on Windows 10 ESU for business PCs? Check. You can stay. ESU is $61 per device for Year One, and Microsoft says the price doubles every year.
On our scale this is Act: change a setting or plan before the date. You can stay.
Businesses pay for Windows 10 Extended Security Updates one year at a time. Microsoft says the price doubles every year, for up to three years. Joining late means you also pay for the years you missed.
Here are the facts we checked:
You can stay on Windows. You have to change a setting or plan before the date.
Leaving is a choice here, not a must.
Microsoft is the main source for this page. Windows has not said more than what is listed here. If a fact is not on this page, we do not know it yet.
Businesses that keep Windows 10 PCs: Pay for each ESU year; each year costs more.
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