With Windows 10 about to ship and Windows 8 largely panned, it’s not a surprise that Gartner has recommended that enterprises skip the latter and migrate directly to the former from Windows 7.

“It is likely that Windows 8.1 will suffer a similar fate to Windows Vista, whereby industry support died off relatively quickly,” said Gartner analyst Steve Kleynhans in a report for clients.

He advised companies that had already started deploying Windows 8.1 to reconsider and instead shift to a plan to migrate to Windows 10, even if that delays the roll-out beyond the earlier timetable envisioned for Windows 8.1.

“Windows 8.1 is no longer the right option for new enterprise deployment, and indeed, resources should be refocused on early adoption of Windows 10,” Kleynhans wrote.

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