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Windows 10 Pro
Like Windows 10 Home, mainstream support ended October 14, 2025 — Pro's Extended Security Updates path runs longer for organizations paying for the traditional multi-year ESU program.
Platform
Windows
Edition
Pro
Released
July 2015
Support ends
October 2025 (Extended Security Updates available through October 2028 for enrolled/licensed devices)
System requirements
1 GHz CPU, 1GB RAM (32-bit) / 2GB RAM (64-bit), 16GB-32GB storage, DirectX 9 GPU with WDDM 1.0 driver.
Windows 10 Pro reached the same October 14, 2025 end-of-support date as Home, but businesses running Pro (or Enterprise) have access to the traditional paid Extended Security Updates program, which can extend critical security patches up to three years further (through October 2028) rather than the single free consumer year Home got. For a business still running Windows 10 Pro today, ESU should be treated as a bridge to actually finish migrating to Windows 11, not a long-term plan -- each year of ESU typically costs more than the last under Microsoft's standard pricing.
Release dates, support windows, and system requirements come from Microsoft's and Apple's own published lifecycle pages (linked above) — always confirm there before relying on this for a production/enterprise deployment decision, since support policies occasionally change.