Microsoft leaves Windows Server support as-is, doesn't prune pledged timeline as with Windows 7
Microsoft last week said that the support rules for the Windows Server software would not change, even though the Redmond, Wash. company has said it will curtail support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 after mid-2017.
"There is no change to our current policy," Microsoft said in a post to a company blog Feb. 19 that focused on Windows Server.
A month before, Microsoft shortened support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 on the newest PCs -- those equipped with Intel's Skylake processors -- by 30 months, and laid down a new law that said next-generation processors would require the "latest Windows platform at that time for support." Older operating systems will be supported only until July 17, 2017 on the new silicon, and then only on specific PCs.
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