Microsoft known for Office 365 email today revealed that Windows 10 November 2021, also known as version 21H2, will be available to the general public. It will bring new security, administration, and virtualization capabilities.
Microsoft confirmed that Windows 10 will be supported until October 2025 and that the Windows 10 release cycle will be reduced to only one feature upgrade per year from now on, similar to Windows 11.
The business has published an online feature comparison between the current version of Windows 10 21H2 and Windows 11.
The successor to Windows 10, Windows 11, which was released on October 5, was the spark for the switch to Windows 10. Windows 11 will replace the older Windows 10 as the repository of the new, with its own adjusted maintenance plan — one feature upgrade per year with 36 months of support for those using the Enterprise or Education SKUs.
To begin with, updates to the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) VPN APIs in Windows 10 21H2 include the ability to use standard web-based authentication techniques and reuse existing protocols.
Wi-Fi 6 with Wi-Fi Protected Access 3 Hash-to-Element protocol (WPA3 H2E) is also supported in version 21H2, which provides enhanced security against Wi-Fi side-channel attacks that might steal Wi-Fi passwords and other sensitive information.
“When connecting to open networks or home networks in a hybrid work circumstance, users will now be able to keep their cheap web hosting traffic encrypted,” Alan Meeus, a product manager for Windows 10, said in a blog post.
