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Microsoft Product Roadmaps
An all-in-one-place software version product roadmap resource that summarizes the current and future versions of 100+ Microsoft enterprise and developer technologies. Our product roadmaps will give you the forward looking information you need to efficiently plan projects, schedule migrations and budget purchases.
| Hasta la Vista Mainstream Support |
| Tuesday, 17 April 2012 |
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Windows Vista, which became generally available on Jan. 25, 2007, exited the Mainstream support phase and entered the Extended support phase of its product support life cycle on Apr. 10, 2012. Customers still running Windows Vista may want to consider upgrading to Windows 7 at this time. Under Mainstream support, which is the first phase of the product support life cycle, customers using Vista at the currently supported service pack level could receive no-charge support services, including nonsecurity hotfixes and security and nonsecurity updates, as well as paid support.
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Additional Microsoft Roadmaps Reports
- Desktop Optimization Pack 2013 Arrives
- Excel GeoFlow Preview Available
- Office 2010, SharePoint 2010 SP2 Previewed
- Latest ASP.NET Brings Coding, Performance Improvements
- Azure IaaS Features Go into Production
- Windows XP to Exit Extended Support
- Blue Signals Faster Release Cycle
- Duet will no longer be sold by Microsoft as of Apr. 1, 2013
- Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 Available
- News from MMS 2013
- OnRamp Tests Office 365 Readiness
- Dynamics Roadmap Updated at Convergence
- Exchange 2013 CU1 Eases Migration
- SharePoint 2013 Improves and Consolidates Search
- New Kinect SDK Adds 3D Modeling, Hand Gestures
- SharePoint 2013 eDiscovery and Compliance Improvements
- Windows Phone 8 Improves Platform, Market Share Still Weak
- Cloud Monitoring Start-up Acquired
- Visio Brought to Parity with Office
- Windows 8 Embedded Generally Available
- Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Improvements Include Replicas
- Lync Roadmap Update
- New Update Policy for Exchange Server 2013
- Windows Embedded Roadmap Updated for Windows 8
- Microsoft Strategic Roadmap for 2013
- Workflow, Communications Improved in .NET 4.5
- Windows 8 in the Enterprise
- Application Versions Support on Recent Platforms
- Intune to Manage Windows Phone 8, Windows RT
- PowerShell 3.0 in Preview Release
- Azure Revamped with IaaS Features
- PowerShell 3.0 in Preview Release
- System Center Roadmap Update
- System Center 2012 Arrives
- Entity Framework Updates Continue
- Windows 8 Packaging Details Emerge
- Windows Server 8 Beta Available
- Rules Drafted for Windows 8 Applications
