Unless Microsoft doesn’t I already did that very Clearly it wants you to upgrade your Windows 10 PC this year, the company has announced that it will stop supporting Office apps on the older operating system by October.
In a Blog postMicrosoft has confirmed that to continue using the Microsoft 365 suite of apps on your device, you will “need to upgrade to Windows 11” by October 14 — the same day support for Windows 10 will also end. In many cases, upgrading to Windows 11 will require an upgrade. Your device too.
That’s because Windows 11 has some huge features Hardware requirements Which millions of old devices cannot meet, and Microsoft has already confirmed that it does not intend to budge on these basic requirements.
It is so confident in the move that Yousef Mahdi, Microsoft’s chief marketing officer, declared 2025 as the “year of the Windows 11 PC update.”
“Whether your current PC needs an update, or has security vulnerabilities that require the latest hardware-backed protection, now is the time to move forward with a new Windows 11 PC,” he wrote in another article. Blog postearlier this month.
It’s fair to say that some devices that won’t reach the minimum hardware requirements may be close to 10 years old, and will likely need an upgrade anyway. But it’s also true that the sheer number of devices running Windows 10 — data published by Statistics counter In December 2024, it suggests that there will be almost twice as many PCs running Windows 10 than PCs running Windows 11 — which means swapping them all out before support ends is unlikely.
There’s some good news for any Windows 10 users hoping to hang on to their Office apps and keep using them. Just like the operating system itself, Microsoft 365 won’t fall off the cliff and stop working by October 14. And he confirmed Office apps “will continue to work as they did before,” but there may be “performance and reliability issues over time” as security and feature updates are discontinued, it said.
If this is your tactic, it might be worth considering Extended security updates from MicrosoftWhich is being offered to consumers for the first time. Users can pay $30 to keep their computers secure with updates for a year, while businesses can protect their devices for up to three. This won’t prevent your apps from becoming obsolete, of course, but it will at least help keep the bad stuff at bay while you plan your next move.