Windows 11 Migration
Every Windows 10 machine checked against Windows 11's hardware requirements, upgraded in place where it qualifies, replaced on a plan where it does not, and covered by Extended Security Updates in between, with files, apps and settings intact.
Overview
Windows 10 is out of support. The machines still running it will not upgrade themselves.
Microsoft ended support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025. A year on, most businesses still have a few machines on it: the PC that failed the hardware check, the one running software its vendor never certified, the laptop nobody got round to. Every month those machines go without security fixes is a month an insurer, an auditor or an attacker can point at.
We run the move as a project with a finish line. Every Windows device we manage reports its processor, TPM, Secure Boot state, memory and disk to our management platform, so the first deliverable is a list: which machines can upgrade today, which need a firmware setting changed, and which have to be replaced. Upgrades go out in small rings during agreed windows, line-of-business software is tested on a pilot group first, and machines that cannot move yet are enrolled in Extended Security Updates and given a retirement date rather than left exposed.
Capabilities
What's included
- Fleet readiness reportProcessor, TPM 2.0, Secure Boot, UEFI, memory and disk checked on every Windows machine, with a verdict per device: upgrade, change a setting, or replace.
- Application compatibility testingLine-of-business software, printers, scanners and peripherals tested on a pilot group before the wider rollout, and vendors chased for supported versions where needed.
- Staged in-place upgradesUpgrades pushed remotely in rings during agreed windows, keeping files, applications and settings, with Windows' rollback option available if a machine misbehaves.
- Firmware fixesTPM and Secure Boot switched on, and legacy BIOS installs converted to UEFI, on machines whose hardware qualifies but whose settings were never changed.
- Replacement planning and procurementMachines that cannot run Windows 11 quoted for replacement on a single consolidated quote, enrolled before delivery, and swapped with the user's data moved across.
- Extended Security UpdatesDevices that have to stay on Windows 10 for a while enrolled in Microsoft's ESU program, isolated where they cannot be, and tracked toward a firm retirement date.
- Windows 11 baselineSecurity settings, feature-update policy and a familiar Start menu and taskbar applied after the upgrade, so the first morning on Windows 11 is not a support call.
How It Works
Delivered through managed IT
Readiness checks, upgrade deployment and post-upgrade patching run through our endpoint management platform, so the console that reports a machine's hardware also delivers its upgrade and confirms it finished. Replacement hardware is sourced through our technology sourcing arm and enrolled in management before it reaches the desk.
Why Atlas
Secure. Reliable. Responsive.
Flat monthly fee
Predictable per-device pricing. No surprise invoices and no hourly meter running while your team waits for help.
Proactive, not reactive
Monitoring, patching, and automation run around the clock — so most issues are resolved before your staff ever notice them.
Responsive & accountable
One team that knows your environment and answers fast. You reach a real technician, not a ticket queue in another time zone.
Month-to-month
We earn your business every month. No multi-year lock-in — you stay because the service works, not because a contract traps you.
Common Questions
Questions we get asked
Windows 10 support has already ended. How exposed are we?
Windows 10 still runs, but it no longer receives security fixes unless the machine is enrolled in Extended Security Updates, so every vulnerability found since October 2025 stays open on it. Cyber insurance applications and frameworks such as HIPAA and PCI DSS ask about unsupported operating systems directly. The readiness report shows exactly how many of your machines are affected, which is usually the first useful number.
Do our computers need replacing, or can they be upgraded?
Many can be upgraded. Windows 11 needs a supported processor, TPM 2.0, Secure Boot and UEFI firmware, and plenty of machines fail Microsoft's check only because TPM or Secure Boot was never switched on, which is a settings change rather than a purchase. Machines with processors older than Microsoft's supported list do need replacing. The report gives a verdict per device, so you only buy what you have to.
Will people lose their files, programs or settings?
No. Qualifying machines are upgraded in place, which keeps files, installed applications and most settings. Before the wider rollout we upgrade a pilot group that covers each department's software, fix whatever breaks there, and only then schedule everyone else. Each upgrade runs in an agreed window, and Windows keeps a rollback option for a short period afterwards if a machine has a problem we cannot fix quickly.
How is a Windows 11 migration priced?
It is scoped and quoted in writing before work starts: how many machines upgrade, how many need replacing, and whether any Extended Security Updates licenses are needed. For machines already under our management, most of the work runs through tools that are in place, which keeps the project small. Hardware goes on a single consolidated quote, and nothing is ordered until you approve it.
Some of our machines have to stay on Windows 10. What then?
Some do: a lab instrument, a machine-shop controller, software whose vendor has not certified Windows 11. Those machines are enrolled in Extended Security Updates where Microsoft allows it, isolated on the network where it does not, and recorded in your documentation with the reason and a target date. Microsoft sells ESU to organizations for a limited number of years at a price that rises each year, so it buys time rather than replacing the plan.
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