Companies like Accenture and L’Oreal are taking the lead Windows 11 operating system Adoption is among companies, and while there’s still a long way to go, analysts aren’t worried.
The latest data from Statcounter web analytics service (via log (Opens in a new tab)) shows that Windows 11 was launched on 16.93% of PCs worldwide in December 2022, a slow but sure increase over the 15% adoption rate recorded by Statcounter in October 2022 and mentioned by TechRadar Pro In early November of that year.
Although those numbers initially appeared low, Steve Kinhans, vice president of research for digital workspace infrastructure and operations at market research firm Gartner, wasn’t worried when he spoke to logclaiming that the numbers are in “the right ballpark”.
A history of Windows 11 adoption
In November 2021, a month after the release of Windows 11, Lansweeper reported open Less than 1% of computers have been upgraded to a new operating system.
Comparing this number to the most recent adoption rates suggests that convincing companies to upgrade business computers To Windows 11 for their security mode is an insurmountable task.
It is critical that companies upgrade the operating systems on their computers before the operating system reaches the end of its life cycle – a date set by the software manufacturer, after which it will no longer offer security patches.
Windows 10 is scheduled to reach end of life on October 15, 2025. However, our November 2022 Statcounter data report also showed that 70% of PCs running any type of Microsoft Windows were running it.
With Microsoft itself Warning In November 2022, as many security trends such as ransomware and phishing attacks are “moving in the wrong direction”, it is important for organizations to keep their systems protected through operating system upgrades.
However, in October 2022, TechRadar Pro mentioned On this long-standing issue that abound Treatments On-premises business PCs do not support Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 compatibility, making 40% of the 60,000 businesses tested devices ineligible to upgrade to the latest operating system from Microsoft.
At the time, Lansweeper guessed that all PCs should be compatible by 2026, an estimate significantly lower than the Windows 11 cycle end date.
like log titles, organizations can pay to continue receiving security updates for Windows 10 after that date, but that can be counterintuitive for organizations looking to Reduce cyber security costs midst of a recession.
However, Microsoft itself remains confident in the adoption of Windows 11 across enterprises, with the big-name companies leading the way and the rest is expected to follow.
Speaking in October 2022 about first-quarter results for the current fiscal year, CEO Satya Nadella claimed that “Accenture, for example, has deployed Windows 11 to more than 450,000 employee computers, up from just 25,000, seven months ago, and L’ Oreal deployed the operating system to 85,000 employees.