Secure your Windows 11 Pro future with SCC and Intel

Your complete migration solution: Strategic assessment, AI-ready hardware, and flexible implementation

October 14, 2025, marks the end of Windows 10 support. This rapidly approaching deadline means that organisations the world over are facing an urgent Windows 11 Pro migration journey, presenting both technical challenges and significant strategic opportunities for positive change – especially at a time when AI innovation is key.

For organisations that haven’t begun their migration journey, the tight timeline presents a significant challenge. With studies showing organisations could need up to 440 days to fully transition a PC fleet, the October 2025 deadline requires strategic planning. This migration involves critical steps—hardware compatibility assessments, software evaluations, deployment planning, and financial considerations—all essential to unlock the substantial benefits of Windows 11 Pro: enhanced productivity capabilities, stronger security protocols, and improved operational efficiencies.

How can organisations approach Windows 11 Pro migration at this late stage, ensure nothing is overlooked, and bring together the very best in software, hardware and support to unlock the benefits of your investment?

The Critical Timeframe for Windows 11 Pro Transition

Now is the time to start a Windows 11 Pro migration journey if your organisation hasn’t done so already. Those still using Windows 10 after the deadline risk issues across security, incompatibility, compliance and support costs. The more time you have available, the better your chances of mitigating constraints such as:

• Supply chain: demand for hardware and support will increase, and become more expensive, as the deadline approaches
• Time: a short migration timeframe can lead to areas such as stakeholder buy-in, testing, pilots and deployments being compromised
• Security vulnerabilities: older devices are increasingly susceptible to sophisticated attacks. They require more maintenance, expose your organisation to costly security breaches, and lack the advanced hardware-based protections built into newer, Windows 11 Pro PCs powered by Intel® Core™ Ultra Processors and Intel vPro®
• Budget: addressing a large-scale migration in one go can create funding pressures, and missing the October deadline comes with immediate extended support costs of roughly £45 per device, which will double year-on-year
• Future proofing: ensuring that new technology maximises the potential of current and future innovations

With the deadline looming, it can be easy to make hasty decisions without the benefit of data, insights and context that enable more rational choices to be made. But even though there’s no time to lose, a considered, expert approach is still the best way forward.

SCC and Intel: AI-ready Windows 11 Pro Migration

The combination of Intel® Core™ Ultra processors, the Intel vPro® platform, and SCC’s deployment and service expertise can help you future-proof your Windows 11 Pro technology in the long term. We’ll ensure you enhance security, transform performance and reduce your IT admin burden through a combination of:

• Strategic assessment and planning: SCC’s Windows 11 Readiness Pathfinder explores your current device estate, identifies any compatibility issues, and informs tailored migration roadmaps and future-proof strategies that account for emerging AI innovations
• Advanced AI-ready hardware: Intel® Core™ Ultra processors deliver unprecedented power through three specialised compute engines: a fast-response CPU for productivity and low-latency tasks, a high-throughput GPU for graphics and AI applications, and a dedicated NPU for sustained AI workloads and battery optimisation.
• Multilayer, hardware-based security: chip-to-cloud security from the Intel vPro® platform creates a comprehensive security architecture from hardware to cloud services, reducing the potential attack surface by up to 70% while delivering performance, enterprise-grade manageability, and AI scalability
• Complete Deployment and Management Services: robust supply chain partnerships and full project lifecycle management take care of every part of the process, across discovery, design, build, deployment, management, support and recycling.
• Flexible Financial Solutions: SCC can provide in-house financing, structured buyback programmes for legacy equipment, and lifecycle management strategies that all help you maximise your return on investment.

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Expert Deployment Meets Leading Technology

SCC and Intel are long-standing partners, bringing together SCC’s comprehensive IT service expertise, and the proven track record of Intel’s world-leading processor technology. As an Intel Gold partner, SCC is ideally placed to connect all the dots of your Windows 11 Pro migration strategy into one complete package:

• End-to-end support: a complete approach from initial assessment, through design and implementation, to ongoing long-term support for your Windows 11 Pro PCs powered by Intel® Core™ Ultra Processors and Intel vPro® and associated new hardware
• Supply chain access: our deep vendor relationships means we can connect you to the kit you need, even as demand rises towards the Windows 10 end-of-support deadline
• Proven technology: Intel architecture powers 80% of all PCs worldwide, with Intel® Core™ Ultra processors now enabling AI experiences that transform productivity – from up to 47% better office application productivity to 36% lower power consumption for video conferencing. These AI capabilities help drive innovation, with 80% of employees wanting AI to summarise meetings and 86% welcoming help finding information
• Tailored approach: we can mould the migration and refresh strategy to your specific needs, from contextual roadmapping and support to flexible payment and financing plans