With today's release of the Windows 10 (21H1) May 2021 Update, you now download the Windows 10 21H1 ISO for the operating system directly from Microsoft.

Learn how to download a Windows 10 ISO file without using the Media Creation tool with this step-by-step guide.

However, I plan to install Windows 10 onto a virtual machine using my newly created ISO file and then upgrade that VM to Windows 11. It should be an interesting experiment.

Windows Insiders can now grab ISO files for Windows 10 version 21H1. These can be used to perform an in-place update or a clean installation.

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