Windows 11 upgrade readiness
Decide whether a PC can move to Windows 11 and get it there safely: hardware requirements, TPM and Secure Boot checks, MBR to GPT, compatibility scans, upgrade logs and the rollback window.
- Level
- Intermediate
- Length
- About 50 minutes
- Contents
- 3 lessons · 1 video · final exam
- Status
- Published · updated 1 Oct 2026
Skills you'll practise
- Check a PC against Windows 11 hardware requirements (TPM 2.0, UEFI and Secure Boot capable, supported CPU, RAM and storage).
- Prepare firmware changes safely (MBR to GPT, UEFI, Secure Boot) without triggering BitLocker recovery.
- Run and read a compatibility scan and the upgrade logs.
- Plan the rollback window and explain end-of-support options for Windows 10.
Course outline
- 1.Windows 11 upgrade readinessVideo · 5 min
- 2.Checking the hardwareLesson · 8 min
- 3.Scanning, upgrading and going backLesson · 8 min
- 4.Planning an upgrade waveLesson · 8 min
- 5.Windows 11 upgrade readiness: knowledge checkKnowledge check · 18 questions
- 6.Windows 11 upgrade readiness: practical exerciseKnowledge check · 1 question
- 7.Twelve laptops won't take Windows 11Scenario
- 8.Final exam7 questions · passing it completes the course, so people who already know the material can test out
Sources it draws on
The lessons and questions are written from these references, so learners can go back to the original.
- Microsoft Learn: Windows 11 requirements
- Microsoft Learn: MBR2GPT.EXE
- Microsoft Learn: SetupDiag
- Microsoft Support: Windows 10 support has ended on October 14, 2025
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