
If you have a PC with Windows 11 Home and you need Pro though, you can always upgrade. The odds are if you need Windows 11 Pro, you already know you need it and why. For the average person walking into a store, you're probably going to be just fine with Windows 11 Home. Some are designed to protect especially sensitive information, while others have to do with quickly setting up devices for users and managing them remotely.

As we've mentioned, most of them revolve around features meant for business users.

These are the core differences in Windows 11 Home vs Pro editions.

Microsoft is actually retiring the Microsoft Store for Business altogether and replacing it with a new management experience using Microsoft Intune and the Windows Package Manager. In Windows 10, there was also the Microsoft Store for Business, but Windows 11 is going to use a different approach.
