Security News > 2021 > August > Microsoft releases the first official Windows 11 ISOs
Microsoft has finally released the first official ISOs for Windows 11, allowing users to perform clean installs of the new operating system.
Microsoft released their first preview build of Windows 11 at the end of June, and since then, users have been eagerly anticipating the first release of ISO images.
With these ISOs, users will also get a look at Windows 11 new setup experience, which guides the user through the initial setup of the operating system.
"As you use these ISOs to install Windows 11, you will go through the new Windows 11 setup experience which is designed to build excitement for Windows 11 right from the moment you first turn on a new Windows 11 PC for the very first time," explains Microsoft in an announcement.
To download the Windows 11 ISO, you need to first join the Windows Insider Program.
You can go to the Windows Insider Preview Downloads page and select the Windows version you wish to download. There are currently Windows 11 ISOs for the Dev and Beta channel and are the same builds.
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