Configuration Manager Servicing Timelines

Configuration Manager version 1702 is the latest Current Branch release and became available in Mar. 2017. Shown here are released and expected versions of Configuration Manager with retirement dates for support of particular releases. Released earlier than the rest of System Center 2016 (to support managing Windows 10), Configuration Manager now has two servicing and support branches: The Configuration Manager Current Branch which gets updated at approximately three- to four-month intervals, and the Configuration Manager Long-Term Servicing Branch (LTSB), which gets updated with System Center. There are monthly technical previews, and then one of the previews becomes the Current Branch.

Configuration Manager versions are derived from the year and month of the software build. For example, the first release under the naming scheme was version 1511 because the final build occurred in Nov. 2015; it was released in Dec. 2015. The latest Current Branch is version 1702, released in Mar. 2017, and another Current Branch release will probably occur in the next few months (labeled 1706 here.)