System Center Service Packs Required Soon

System Center 2012 and 2012 R2 require service packs to qualify for support after July 2016. Shown here are current and expected releases for products in the System Center product line for client, server, and virtual machine management. All System Center products were updated for the 2012 R2 release, they all can run on Windows Server 2012 R2, and they all can manage Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2. On May 12, 2015, Microsoft released two System Center service packs: System Center 2012 SP2 and System Center 2012 R2 SP1. Both service packs support Windows 10. System Center 2012 and System Center 2012 R2 (including Configuration Manager and Endpoint Protection) must be updated to these respective service packs by July 12, 2016, in order to remain eligible for product support. Customers should already have planned their migration, which can be complex and may involve multiple steps and choosing the correct update package.

Microsoft has not published the Extended support end date for System Center Essentials 2007.