Installing Windows 11 on an ARM system or VM used to be quite the process, but the goal is to eventually make it as easy as it currently is on x86 systems. Now, Microsoft has taken a big step in that direction by finally making ARM ISOs available.

Windows 11 disk images (ISOs) for Arm-based PCs are now available for users who want to create virtual machines, run Windows Setup from within a running copy of Windows, or create bootable media for installing Windows,

The ISO is for the current release, Windows 11 24H2, and is an indicator the Windows-maker is taking the platform seriously. This is important, as Microsoft wants customers to take its Copilot+ PCs seriously too, and Arm's CEO, Rene Haas, recently claimed a 50 percent market share on PCs was achievable within five years.