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It’s likely the only users deploying Windows 11 today are doing so outside the approval of their IT shops, Kleynhans added.

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And, with little to currently gain from moving quickly, organizations don’t have a good reason to install the upgrade right away.

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Windows 11 is also a less comprehensive update compared to Windows 10, according to Kleynhans. That allows organizations to take their time planning for, and testing, the new platform. 16.Įven so, Lansweeper’s data points to a drip, not a flood, of adoption, with several reasons cited for the less-than-robust uptake of Windows 11 in enterprises.įor one, Microsoft has said it will continue to support Windows 10 through 2025, offering a much longer runway for corporate upgrades to Windows 11. As a result, the company is advancing the pace of the rollout faster than it had anticipated, “and now making the Windows 11 upgrade more broadly available to eligible Windows 10 devices,” John Cable, vice president of program management for Windows Servicing and Delivery, wrote in his blog on Nov. If Lansweeper’s data is accurate, more PCs are running Windows XP (3.62%) and Windows 8 (0.95%) than are running Windows 11.įor its part, Microsoft said in a blog post that Windows 11 adoption has yielded mostly positive user feedback. This is the first time in “modern history” when an 'older' version of the OS (Windows 10 21H2) entered the market later than a newer one (Windows 11 21H2), AdDuplex noted on its website. One is from the Windows 10 branch, the other is Windows 11.) (There are two Windows versions named 21H2 on the market now. 16, has reached 3.7% adoption, according to AdDuplex. The latest release of Windows 10 (21H2), which was rolled out on Nov.

“It’s important to take all numbers with a grain of salt,” Kleynhans said.Īnecdotally, he said, Windows 11 is faring better in its early release days than Windows 10 did six years ago. Sample sizes are typically smaller and small percentages are sensitive to any changes. AdDuplex bases its data on about 60,000 Windows 10 or 11 PCs running its monitoring software.ĭiscrepancies among data for OS adoption is not unusual, according to Steve Kleynhans, a vice president of research at Gartner. Lansweeper gleans its Windows adoption data from more than 10 million devices running on business and home networks.