Microsoft confirms new Windows 10 update release date

tarting with immediate effect, Microsoft has confirmed its future Windows 10 updates will roll out every March and September.

Making the announcement, Bernardo Caldas, General Manager of Windows Commercial Marketing stated: “Windows is committing to a predictable twice-per-year feature release schedule, targeting September and March of each year.”

He added that each version of the software will be fully supported for 18 months.

After this timeframe, users will be required to update their OS to one of the more recent versions of the software.

The usual bug-fixing, threat-blocking minor Windows 10 updates will be introduced on a semi-regular basis.

Microsoft has claimed that these twice-annual updates will make the need for major OS updates a thing of the past.

That means Windows 10 could be Microsoft’s last full Window’s release.

“This approach has made large-scale, costly wipe-and-replace Windows deployments every few years a thing of the past,” Caldas said.

“Our customers want more predictability and simplicity from this update servicing model to help make deployment and updates of Microsoft products easier.”

This isn’t the first time Microsoft has suggested Windows 10 could be it last full OS release.

Back in 2015, the company’s Jerry Nixon referred to Windows 10 as “the last version of Windows,” a statement that suggests Windows 11 will never be a reality.

Ahead of September’s Windows update, the Windows 10 Creators Update was the latest major Windows 10 refresh, with the reworked software being rolled out earlier this month.

The Creators Update brought a range of creative-focussed updates, including an all-new Paint 3D app that makes it easier to create 3D models in real time.

Microsoft also used the patch to expand its virtual reality efforts with support for its new Windows VR platform.