https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-will-offer-free-windows-10-security-updates-in-europe/

Good news for consumers in Europe.

I'm wondering now what this means for enterprise environments. Will this be extended to Wsus / MECM / WuFB updating? Would the pc need to be hybrid or Entra joined for that?

This won't change our upgrade path and timeline to W11 but it might offer a solution for those problem cases where a bit of extra time would come in handy.

Update: additional guidance from microsoft makes it very clear:

The consumer ESU programme can’t be used by commercial devices. Consumer ESU enrollment won’t be offered to devices in the following scenarios:

• Devices in kiosk mode.

• Devices joined to an Active Directory domain or that are Microsoft Entra joined.

  • However, devices that are Microsoft Entra registered can use the Consumer ESU programme.

• Devices enrolled in a Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution.

• Devices that already have an ESU license.

• If a device is enrolled in the Consumer ESU programme and then participates in one of the Commercial ESU scenarios listed above, the Consumer ESU enrollment on the device will be suspended until it is no longer being used as a Commercial device.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/extended-security-updates?r=1#:~:text=Het%20ESU-programma%20voor%20consumenten%20mag%20niet%20worden%20gebruikt%20door%20commerci%C3%ABle%20apparaten.

Microsoft has announced that its controversial Extended Support Updates (ESU) for Windows 10, starting this October, have been made free exclusively in the European Economic Area. The announcement also heralds the discontinuation of Microsoft's alternative data-sharing measures to keep a device on Windows 10 in the region.