"the company waved the white flag and announced new "free enrollment options" for the ESU program, along with a description of the steps customers will need to follow to sign up. Anyone willing to try out Microsoft's cloud-based Windows Backup or spend a few minutes per day with the Bing search engine over the course of a week can avoid the $30 tariff and get that subscription for free using the enrollment wizard shown here."
"which praises Windows 11 and encourages customers to upgrade their old PCs, buy new ones, or migrate to cloud-based alternatives like Windows 365 -- anything but keep running Windows 10. The announcement that free ESU subscriptions will be available applies to tens of millions of consumer PCs that are ineligible for the free Windows 11 upgrade because they don't meet compatibility requirements."
"Enterprise customers are, alas, not eligible for those free options and will be required to pay a significantly higher price (starting at $61 per device per year, and then doubling each year after that) for up to three years of a commercial ESU subscriptio"
Microsoft is offering free enrollment options for Extended Security Updates (ESU) to many consumer Windows 10 PCs that cannot upgrade to Windows 11. Consumers who enroll with a Microsoft account can obtain a one-year free ESU extension that ends in October 2026. Enrollment can be completed via an enrollment wizard by trying Windows Backup or using Bing daily for a week to avoid the $30 fee. Microsoft continues to promote Windows 11, new PCs, and cloud options such as Windows 365. Enterprise customers are not eligible for free ESUs and face paid ESU pricing starting at $61 per device per year, rising in subsequent years for up to three years.
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