# Read Windows 11 hardware readiness separately from the remote-work score

> Does a favorable Work from anywhere score establish that the devices can upgrade to Windows 11?

- Canonical URL: https://update.dsesecurity.com/updates/dse-20260909-267-read-windows-11-hardware-readiness-separately-from-the-remote-work-score/
- Publisher: Detection Systems & Engineering (DSE Security)
- Author: DSE Security Editorial Team
- Published: 2026-09-10T00:27:29+00:00
- Modified: 2026-09-10T01:23:48+00:00
- Last reviewed by DSE: 2026-09-09
- Resource type: Guide
- DSE priority: Information
- Topics: Cybersecurity, IT
- Reading time: 2 minutes

## What you need to know

Does a favorable Work from anywhere score establish that the devices can upgrade to Windows 11?

## Potentially affected

Use this distinction when reviewing Endpoint analytics' Work from anywhere report. Confirm that the device population meets the report's current prerequisites and separate hardware readiness from the broader remote-work metrics.

## DSE recommendation

Build the upgrade decision from the readiness view, not the headline score.

## Article

## Source facts

Microsoft says Windows 11 hardware readiness does not affect the Work from anywhere score. The report provides a separate device-level readiness status and reasons for hardware blockers. An Unknown readiness result is often associated with an inactive device, so Microsoft recommends reviewing its last Intune check-in. The report considers a device active after at least one Endpoint analytics event in the previous 29 days. [Microsoft Learn](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/intune/endpoint-analytics/work-from-anywhere).

## Applicability

Use this distinction when reviewing Endpoint analytics’ Work from anywhere report. Confirm that the device population meets the report’s current prerequisites and separate hardware readiness from the broader remote-work metrics.

## DSE recommendation

Build the upgrade decision from the readiness view, not the headline score. Ask the endpoint owner to reconcile the intended upgrade population with individual statuses and recorded blockers. Put Unknown devices into an evidence-gathering queue before labeling them capable or incapable. Review their activity and management state without deleting records merely to improve the appearance of the report. Keep any change to collection targeting separate from the hardware decision.

## Verification

For representative devices, compare the report’s readiness reason with the actual approved inventory evidence and last check-in. Record unresolved or stale entries explicitly. Revisit the readiness view after the planned evidence refresh and confirm which blockers remain. Retain the remote-work score as a different measure; an improvement in that number should not be used as the acceptance result for a hardware-upgrade assessment.

## Official references

[Microsoft Learn: Work From Anywhere Report in Endpoint Analytics](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/intune/endpoint-analytics/work-from-anywhere).

## Primary reference

- Name: Work From Anywhere Report in Endpoint Analytics - Microsoft Intune | Microsoft Learn
- Authority: Microsoft Learn
- URL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/intune/endpoint-analytics/work-from-anywhere
- Source publication date: Not stated by the source

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