Microsoft will hold a special event on Thursday, June 24 to announce the next version of Windows.

Notably, Microsoft Chief Product Officer Panos Panay announced the event on Twitter, suggesting the number 11 for animation, and Microsoft Vice President Yusuf Mehdi responded with a tweet claiming that he was "excited about the new version of Windows." He responded to that with a tweet claiming. Furthermore, the developer build of the OS leaked this month was also clearly branded "Windows 11."

However, the next version of Microsoft's flagship OS could be branded "Windows Sun Valley." This is the codename for a major Windows update that Microsoft is working on, and the HTML meta-description of the Windows Application Management website's "Application Management in Windows 10 and Windows Sun Valley. It was mentioned in a line (now removed) called "Learn.

We won't know what the next version of Windows will be called until we see for ourselves on June 24. Read this article and see for yourself.

Anyone with an Internet connection can participate in a special live stream revealing "What's Next for Windows" on Thursday, June 24 at 11:00 am ET / 8:00 am ET / 4:00 pm ET.

Microsoft sent out a general invitation to watch this event live on the Windows event page earlier this month. The event will almost certainly be streamed on Microsoft's YouTube channel as well.

The big unveiling will take place at 11:00 AM Eastern Time, but Microsoft is planning more video streams throughout the day, focusing on different aspects of what comes next in the Windows ecosystem. We expect to see more developer broadcasts later in the day on the Windows Developer YouTube channel, and we're also likely to see follow-up presentations about Windows 11 on the main Microsoft YouTube channel Very likely.