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Eaglesoft Windows 11 Compatibility: What to Know
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Ezra Angelo
- • June 21, 2026
Patterson Dental has not announced a hard Eaglesoft Windows 10 cutoff date equivalent to Henry Schein’s, but Microsoft’s general Windows 10 support ended October 2025. Eaglesoft workstations still running Windows 10 are accumulating unpatched vulnerabilities regardless of what Patterson’s official support policy says.
Ekim IT Solutions is the dental-exclusive IT provider managing Eaglesoft Windows 11 upgrades for dental practices across Maine, New England, Tampa Bay, and nationally. While most attention on the Windows 10 end-of-support issue has focused on Dentrix and Henry Schein’s June 30, 2026 deadline, Eaglesoft practices face the same underlying risk with a different vendor timeline.
The absence of a hard Patterson Dental Windows 10 cutoff for Eaglesoft does not mean Windows 10 is safe for Eaglesoft practices to keep running.
Is Eaglesoft Compatible with Windows 11
Yes. Patterson Dental has confirmed Eaglesoft compatibility with Windows 11 and recommends Windows 11 for all new workstation purchases in 2026. Eaglesoft’s database server continues to run on Windows Server 2016, 2019, or 2022, separate from the workstation operating system upgrade. A practice upgrading workstations to Windows 11 does not need to change its Eaglesoft server operating system simultaneously, though Ekim IT Solutions recommends confirming the server is on Windows Server 2019 or 2022 for long-term support.
Eaglesoft System Requirements on Windows 11
Ekim IT Solutions verifies these specifications for Eaglesoft workstations upgrading to Windows 11.
Windows 11 requires a TPM 2.0 chip, UEFI firmware, and a supported processor.
Many Eaglesoft workstations purchased before 2018 lack TPM 2.0 and cannot upgrade in place. These machines require full hardware replacement.
Patterson Dental recommends 16GB RAM for Eaglesoft workstations.
Windows 11’s minimum is 4GB, but 4GB is not sufficient for Eaglesoft plus imaging software running simultaneously. 16GB is the practical floor.
SSD strongly recommended.
Eaglesoft database performance on a traditional spinning hard drive is noticeably slower, particularly on workstations that also run DEXIS, Carestream, or other imaging software.
The HIPAA Risk Eaglesoft Practices Cannot Ignore
A dental practice running Eaglesoft on Windows 10 past October 2025 is operating an unpatched operating system on a system that handles protected health information. This is a documented, publicly known vulnerability that must appear in the practice’s Security Risk Assessment with a remediation plan. An OCR auditor reviewing a practice that has not acknowledged or addressed this gap finds exactly the kind of compliance failure that generates corrective action plans and, in egregious cases, penalties. Ekim IT Solutions documents this gap and the remediation timeline for every Eaglesoft practice we manage.
Check Your Workstation Readiness
Check each item currently confirmed for your Eaglesoft environment.
Workstations have a TPM 2.0 chip and UEFI firmware
Workstations have at least 16GB of RAM
Workstations use SSD storage rather than a spinning hard drive
The Eaglesoft server runs Windows Server 2019 or 2022
The Windows 11 upgrade timeline is documented in the Security Risk Assessment
Frequently Asked Questions
Ekim IT Solutions works exclusively with dental practices. We serve New England and New York with on-site support and dental practices nationwide with remote support. We audit Eaglesoft workstations against Windows 11 compatibility and manage the upgrade so your practice closes the unpatched vulnerability gap regardless of what Patterson’s official support timeline says.
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- • June 21, 2026
