Upgrading to Windows 11 is now a lot faster and easier

Microsoft has removed another obstacle for some Windows 10 users to upgrade as quickly and easily as possible to Windows 11 to upgrade.

Microsoft has made it much, much easier to go from Windows 10 to Windows 11 23H2, the latest major update for Windows 11. From now on, all Windows 10 users can upgrade directly to Windows 11 23H2, as noted by Windows Latest.

This eliminates the annoying and time‑consuming intermediate step where you first have to go from Windows 10 to Windows 11 22H2 upgraded and then only after that to Windows 11 23H2.

This cumbersome procedure was previously necessary for some, but not for all Windows 10 users. Microsoft introduced the streamlined process recently, but has not communicated it publicly.

Microsoft is implementing this change on the server side; therefore Windows 10 users generally no longer receive the upgrade to Windows 11 22H2 offered, but directly the upgrade to Windows 11 23H2. The company has already started the transition, but it is possible that some Windows 10 users still need to be converted. So if the direct upgrade to Windows 11 23H2 is not yet available on your Windows 10 computer, you need to update the system again after the upgrade to Windows 11.

The end is approaching for Windows 10. Making upgrades to Windows 11 is vital for Microsoft. Windows 10 reaches the status ‘end of life’ in 2025, but the market share of Windows 11 has been stagnating for months (at best).

Shifting downloads to Windows 11 23H2 makes even more sense when you take into account the support plans for Windows 11. Microsoft will end support for Windows 11 22H2 beëindigen on October 8, 2024. For Windows 11 23H2 will Microsoft however provide support until November 11, 2025. The company from Redmond has published the exact support periods here.

Although Windows 11 23H2 (also known as Moment 4) is the latest major version of the operating system, but it is not the very last version of Windows 11. That is reserved for Moment 5, which Microsoft released in the spring of 2024. You only need a simple Windows Update to receive the quality improvements of Moment 5