EtherAssist for Windows 11 readiness
EtherAssist helps IT teams plan Windows 11 readiness work after Windows 10 end of support. Use it to assess readiness signals, generate migration documents, draft scripts, and prepare stakeholder communications.
Microsoft states that Windows 10 support ended on October 14, 2025 for the main Home, Pro, Enterprise, Education, and related editions covered by the lifecycle announcement. Confirm current lifecycle and support options in Microsoft documentation before issuing customer commitments.
Before you begin
- Sign in with an account that has access to this area.
- Confirm the organisation, tenant, or source material you need to work with.
- Keep customer data, secrets, and screenshots within your organisation's handling policy.
Prerequisites
- Device inventory source such as Microsoft Intune, CSV export, Configuration Manager data, or manual counts.
- Known business constraints such as refresh budget, migration windows, locations, and user groups.
- Access to EtherAssist features for chat, templates, exports, and Windows 11 readiness tooling.
Recommended workflow
- Define the device estate and source data.
- Run or import readiness checks.
- Identify blockers such as unsupported CPU, TPM, Secure Boot, storage, application, or driver risks.
- Create remediation groups and migration waves.
- Generate the plan, communication pack, or export required by stakeholders.
Key capabilities
| Capability | Use it for |
|---|---|
| Readiness assessment | Summarise compatibility results and blockers. |
| Migration assessment | Build phased migration and hardware refresh plans. |
| Cost review | Compare refresh, remediation, and support assumptions. |
| Secure documentation | Draft communications, runbooks, and change material. |
| PowerShell support | Generate reviewed scripts for data collection or transformation. |
| Diagrams | Explain readiness and remediation flows to stakeholders. |
Expected result
You have a readiness view that separates devices ready for upgrade, devices needing remediation, devices requiring refresh, and exceptions requiring business review.
Tips
- Keep names, prompts, and configuration values specific to the task you are performing.
- Check role, subscription, region, and tenant policy when a feature is not visible.
Troubleshooting
| Issue | What to do |
|---|---|
| Inventory data is incomplete | Use CSV or manual inputs for early planning, then replace with authoritative device data when available. |
| Readiness blockers are unclear | Ask EtherAssist to group blockers by hardware, firmware, application, driver, and reporting age. |
| Stakeholders need non-technical material | Generate an executive summary and migration wave plan from the technical findings. |