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# Germany's digital ministry admits it has no plan to replace Windows 10
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-10-22-germany-windows11-migration-no-strategy/
- Published: 2025-10-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-13T12:01:42.000Z
- Description: Germany's finance ministry told the Bundestag it cannot say how many federal computers still run Windows 10 or what a move to Windows 11 will cost. Officials are considering paid Microsoft extended support instead of a migration plan.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, Policy and law, #news, #reported, #editor-read

Reported Editor-read [netzpolitik.org, 22 October 2025](https://netzpolitik.org/2025/digitalministerium-ratlos-keine-strategie-fuer-umstieg-auf-windows-11/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish that the government will buy paid Windows 10 support or set any concrete migration deadline.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-13\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)