Windows 11, version 25H2
Answer: Windows 11 25H2 entered general availability September 30, 2025. Home/Pro support ends October 12, 2027; Enterprise/Education support ends October 10, 2028.
Administrator playbook
Decide, verify, and document
Use the curated answer as a starting point, then prove the outcome against the target tenant or device.
What it means
- Annual General Availability Channel release
- Build family 26200
- Home/Pro receives 24 months; Enterprise/Education receives 36 months
What to check next
- Confirm edition before selecting the lifecycle date
- Match the complete build to the release history
- Review release health safeguards before deployment
Verify success
- Confirm winver or inventory reports the expected edition, version, and full build.
- Match the edition-specific end date in Microsoft release information.
- Confirm the target update path in a pilot ring before broad rollout.
Escalate when
- Release health shows a safeguard or active issue affecting your hardware.
- Your required support horizon exceeds the confirmed edition lifecycle.
- A specialized LTSC, IoT, ESU, or OEM entitlement is unclear.
Copyable admin briefAnswer, next checks, source, and review date
Capture Windows identity
Get-ComputerInfo | Select-Object WindowsProductName,WindowsVersion,OsBuildNumber,OsArchitectureRead-only. Preserve the complete build and edition because lifecycle dates vary by servicing option.
Evidence to preserve
- Availability
- 2025-09-30
- Home/Pro end
- 2027-10-12
- Enterprise/Education end
- 2028-10-10
- Build family
- 26200
- Edition and servicing channel
- Version and complete OS build
- Device population and update ring
- Required support horizon