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Windows 10 End of Life: What Businesses Need to Know (Uncut)

April 30, 2025 • Synextra • Season 1 • Episode 19

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Windows 10 support ends in October 2025 — but what does that really mean for organisations still running it?

In this uncut episode of Experts in Polo Shirts, Synextra consultants Matt and Chris dive deep into the real-world impact of Windows 10's end of life. From AVD multi-session migration to Windows 11 adoption, extended support costs, and the risks of doing nothing — this is a practical guide for IT leaders, sysadmins, and anyone tasked with upgrading a large estate.

They also explore common upgrade pain points, like legacy applications, FSLogix profiles, group policy rework, and migrating from on-prem file servers to OneDrive or SharePoint. Plus, there’s discussion around tools like Intune, Autopilot, MSIX, App-V, PDQ, and more — and whether Windows 12 is worth waiting for.

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Chapters:

0:00 Intro

0:13 History of Windows releases

4:25 What does end of life mean for Windows 10?

11:23 What improvements does Windows 11 bring?

15:06 Staying on Windows 10? How to stay secure

17:42 The upgrade, Windows 10 to 11

20:40 Widows 11 performance

22:21 How will the upgrade affect Azure Virtual Desktop?

29:16 Tips and tools for upgrading to Windows 11

33:47 Windows 12 rumours already?

35:14 Should you upgrade to Windows 11?

38:00 Top tips for upgrading AVD multi-session

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