Hello,
This issue is not related to Windows for Business or Windows 365 Enterprise. It is specifically about obtaining the official installation media for Windows 11 Pro.
To perform a clean install, you need to download the Windows 11 Media Creation Tool directly from Microsoft. The tool allows you to create bootable USB or ISO media that can be used to install Windows 11 Pro. The download is available on Microsoft’s official site under the “Download Windows 11” section. Once you run the tool, you can select “Create installation media (USB flash drive, DVD, or ISO file) for another PC.” During installation, the edition will be determined by the product key you enter. If you provide a Windows 11 Pro key, the setup will install Pro rather than Home.
Here is the official Microsoft download page: microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11
Make sure you have a valid Windows 11 Pro license key ready, as the Media Creation Tool itself does not provide a key—it only prepares the installation media. If your device already has a digital entitlement for Pro, the installer will automatically recognize it during setup.
I hope you've found something useful here. If it helps you get more insight into the issue, it's appreciated to accept the answer. Should you have more questions, feel free to leave a message. Have a nice day!
Domic Vo.
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Hello,
This issue is not related to Windows for Business or Windows 365 Enterprise. It is specifically about obtaining the official installation media for Windows 11 Pro.
To perform a clean install, you need to download the Windows 11 Media Creation Tool directly from Microsoft. The tool allows you to create bootable USB or ISO media that can be used to install Windows 11 Pro. The download is available on Microsoft’s official site under the “Download Windows 11” section. Once you run the tool, you can select “Create installation media (USB flash drive, DVD, or ISO file) for another PC.” During installation, the edition will be determined by the product key you enter. If you provide a Windows 11 Pro key, the setup will install Pro rather than Home.
Here is the official Microsoft download page: microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11
Make sure you have a valid Windows 11 Pro license key ready, as the Media Creation Tool itself does not provide a key—it only prepares the installation media. If your device already has a digital entitlement for Pro, the installer will automatically recognize it during setup.
I hope you've found something useful here. If it helps you get more insight into the issue, it's appreciated to accept the answer. Should you have more questions, feel free to leave a message. Have a nice day!
Domic Vo.
To download the Windows 11 Pro media creation tool, follow these steps:
- Go to the Windows 11 software download page.
- Under the section Create Windows 11 Installation Media, select Download Now.
- Install the media creation tool by accepting the license agreement and following the on-screen instructions to create a bootable USB drive with the Windows 11 installation files.
Once you have the bootable USB drive, you can use it to conduct a clean install of Windows 11 Pro.
Tried running it today on two different client machines, and all i get is a brief Windows logo flash and then… nothing. No error, no dialog, no logs that i can see. Just a silent fail.
Anyone else seeing this, or did i just hit the unlucky lottery?
Update:
It's getting better and better...
Now I can't even download the ISO anymore.
All I get is a chef's kiss quality Microsoft error page:
"We encountered a problem processing your request. Please try again later."
Reference ID: [insert absurd GUID here]
At this point, even Rufus is starting to feel like a critical infrastructure tool.
Seriously, how does Microsoft manage to break their own installer and their ISO download in the same two weeks?
(X-Ref: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5584581/cant-download-the-windows-11-iso)
“Try using the Microsoft Media Creation Tool,” they said.
“This method bypasses the web-based ISO download and is more reliable,” they said.
*rofl*
And the best part?
This all happens on the exact day Windows 10 support officially ends.
You literally couldn't script better timing.