Windows 10 End of Life Looming - What if I do nothing?

As we shared earlier, Microsoft has announced the official end of life date for Windows 10 will be October 14, 2025. If you haven’t already made plans, now is the time to plan for migrations and/or upgrades now to eliminate potential operational disruption to your organization. Some have asked what if I do nothing? What will happen? Let’s explore this more closely.

What if I do Nothing?

While doing nothing is technically an option because your system will continue to operate, it is not a very smart option that will only create more challenges further down the road.

Keeping the status quo creates significant risks and exposures to individuals and businesses:

• Increased Security Risks and Vulnerabilities: We continue to focus on the importance of security because it is that important. Once support ends, security ends. As stated earlier, you may become a prime target for an attack. Trying to recover from a cyber incident will be much more costly and disruptive than any migration. A software or hardware migration is a known cost and can be planned and will have minimal business disruption. A cyberattack can stop you from conducting any business instantly and last for weeks or months and can literally put you out of business. Additionally, running on an unsupported OS will negate any cyber insurance policy that you might have in place.

• Compliance Issues: This is often a forgotten consideration. Many industries have compliance requirements that include maintaining up to date systems. An unsupported OS could put your organization out of compliance, leading to potential fines and legal repercussions.

• Operational System Failures: As you look at other solutions to improve your business operations, outdated OS may limit your ability for future integrations hampering your ability to improve overall operational efficiencies and/or increased support costs for maintaining legacy platforms.

• Reputation Damage: Just like improving technology can give you a competitive advantage, doing nothing can create serious damage to client relations, vendor relations and employee relations leading to lost business and talent.

Want to discuss this further and review your specific environment? Contact your Account Advisor directly or call us and we'll get a team member to work directly with you.

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