Updated: July 9, 2020 (January 28, 2013)

Important Dates for System Center

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System Center 2007 installations should be targeted for migration. Mainstream support has ended (Data Protection Manager 2007, Virtual Machine Manager 2007) or will end soon (all other System Center 2007 products). None will likely be updated for newer Microsoft OSs or applications. Shown here are important upcoming support dates for recent versions of System Center products. Note that Microsoft occasionally changes these dates according to the company’s support life-cycle policy. Dates shown here are as published at press time.

Support for System Center 2012 after Nov. 30, 2013, will require updating to System Center 2012 SP1.

Date	Version	Event
Apr. 9, 2013	Capacity Planner 2007	Mainstream support ends
July 9, 2013	Mobile Device Manager 2008	Mainstream support ends
Nov. 30, 2013	System Center 2012 (all products)	SP1 required for support after this date
Apr. 8, 2014	Virtual Machine Manager 2008	Mainstream support

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