While Windows 10 Enterprise and Education customers are getting a longer support cycle for major feature updates today, Microsoft is also throwing a bone to business customers still running Windows 7.
Microsoft announced today that it will offer paid Windows 7 Extended Security Updates (ESU) through January 2023. Sold at a per-device cost, the service is available for all Windows 7 Professional and Enterprise customers with volume licensing. The price will continue to increase each year through 2023.
The ESU program will give customers a lifeline past Windows 7's current extended support, which is set to end in January of 2020. Those who opt into the program will also continue to enjoy support for Office 365 ProPlus through the 2023 end date.
Office 365 ProPlus and 2016 changes
In keeping with the "extended support" theme, Office 365 ProPlus will continue to be supported on Windows 8.1 through January 2023, when Microsoft is set to end support for the OS. Windows Server 2016 users will also be able to take advantage of Office 365 ProPlus through October of 2025.
Finally, Microsoft revealed it will extend mainstream support for Office 2016 connectivity for Office 365 services through October of 2023. This is a revision of the original October 13, 2020, cutoff date that Microsoft announced in February. After the 2023 cutoff, users will have to move to Office 365 ProPlus or the Office 2019 to connect to Office 365 services.
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