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With Windows 10 re-release, Microsoft decides not to cheat on promised support | Computerworld.Windows 10, version end of servicing - Microsoft Lifecycle | Microsoft Learn- Win 10 1809 support
Microsoft yesterday re-released the Windows 10 October Update after a day delay caused by multiple bugs, including two that deleted customer files. As it re-issued the fall feature upgrade, Microsoft also reset its support, a move that Computerworld expected by the time the distribution stoppage had run through much of October.
By ignoring the original launch date of Oct. According to the definitive "Windows lifecycle fact sheet," the original end of support for Windows 10 Home and Windows 10 Pro - the four-digit label is the upgrade's name in Microsoft's yymm format - was April 14, Support was to expire for Windows 10 Enterprise and Windows 10 Education on April 13, Microsoft recently extended support for Enterprise and Education from 18 to 30 months for all upgrades released in the fall with the xx09 moniker.
But by relaunching on Nov. Which is why it did just that: The new support expiration dates are now May 12, Home and Pro , and May 11, Enterprise and Education. Those dates provide the and month support timelines that Microsoft pledged as recently as September.
This was the second consecutive feature upgrade to be significantly delayed. In April, Microsoft released Windows 10 on April Rather than stick with an Oct. That date gave users slightly more than 18 months of support. The only problem with extending support this way is that Windows 10's cadence of releases and matching retirements slips out of sync. Under a strict month schedule, should drop out of support around the same time that the March version launches, so Microsoft simultaneously supports only three feature upgrades N, the current upgrade; N-1; and N But the delays - as well as the month support extension for Enterprise and Education customers - mean that Microsoft will be supporting more than a trio of upgrades at a time.
In April , for example when would have been retired if it had launched on time , Microsoft will be supporting at least five upgrades: , , , and Microsoft released the last two Windows 10 feature upgrades after significant delays but made it up to customers by rescheduling support so that the pledged 18 or 30 months was available. More from the Foundry Network. FAQ: Windows 10, now with more upgrade skipping.
FAQ: Microsoft ups Windows 10 support to 30 months. What's next for Windows 10? Warning: Multiple Windows 10 retirements ahead.
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