The Windows 10 November 2021 Update comes in the form of an enablement package, as did Windows 10 versions 21H1 and 20H2.
The Windows 10 November 2021 Update is really aimed more at businesses who might not be ready to upgrade to Windows 11 yet. The company also released new ISOs for the latest Dev channel build, build 22483.Īs for what’s actually new, there’s not much. What’s new today is that there’s an ISO for build 19044.1288, the final build that should ship to non-Insiders that are still on Windows 10. While you couldn’t test the update by enrolling your PC in the Release Preview channel, you could test it by clean installing an ISO. Strangely, ISOs have been available for Windows Insiders for a while too. As a sort of consolation prize, they got to test out Windows 10 version 21H2. The reason that some people were kicked out of the Beta channel is that when Windows 11 was announced, it had much higher system requirements than Windows 10, so when Windows 11 hit the Beta channel, a whole bunch of Windows Insiders were moved to the Release Preview channel. Prior to this, the Windows 10 November 2021 Update, then only known as version 21H2, was only available to commercial users in the Release Preview ring, and people who were booted out of the Beta channel. It’s also confirmed that build 19044.1288 is likely going to be the final build, something that’s actually called RTM in another dimension. The big news is that it’s available for everyone in the Release Preview channel, and ISOs are available. Thanks to a blog post today, we now know that it will be called the Windows 10 November 2021 Update. In fact, it’s supported for another four years, so as expected, there’s a version 21H2 coming for the OS. While Windows 11 was released earlier this month, it almost flies under the radar that Windows 10 is alive and well.