Updating Windows 10 to Windows 11: 23H2 or 24H2?

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I’m getting ready to encourage several users from Windows 10 to Windows 11.  I know that there are still reservations about Windows 11 24H2 and known issues, and that the AskWoody recommendation for Win 11 users still on 23H2 to continue to wait for more issues to be fixed in 24H2.

The question I have is whether an upgrade for Win 10 to Win 11 deployed through Windows Update will be for 23H2 or 24H2.

If  Windows Update is delivering 24H2, then I’ll have my users upgrade from the 23H2 .ISO (mount .ISO as virtual disk, run SETUP.EXE and keep all data), and then have them wait until there’s a more enthusiastic go-ahead for 24H2.

This is something that I’ve tried to check with a virtual machine, but at the moment, a VirtualBox implementation on a Windows host is struggling with getting Direct/X 12 and WDDM 1.3 detected properly in the video card (as reported by WhyNotWin11), and as a result, I believe that’s why this implementation of Windows 1o is not offering a Win 11 upgrade.

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Still Anonymous wrote:

The question I have is whether an upgrade for Win 10 to Win 11 deployed through Windows Update will be for 23H2 or 24H2.

You will get 24H2.

In order to update to 23H2 you can use InControl and set it to Windows 11 23H2
or
On Windows Pro you can set TRV (Target Release Version) to Windows 11 23H2

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opti1

That’s what I needed to know, thanks.

I know about InControl, but I’ve never been aware of it doing anything more than a binary on/off.  The machines in question are Pro versions, but I don’t know TRV — presumably, that’s something managed with Group Policy Editor, and I’ve never tried to do anything there.

In the meantime, it’s entirely possible that some of the machines in question aren’t being offered Win 11 updates, even if they are capable of updates.  In fact, my own working machine seems to be one of those. By my experience, I’ve never had problems with doing upgrades (whether Win 7 to Win 10 or semi-annual Win 10 updates) with installation by the .ISO. To me, the only negative with an upgrade via .ISO is that it tends to run a little longer, and also that it’s something that takes over the machine, rather than something that will run in the bakground

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