Updated: July 9, 2020 (July 30, 2012)

Important Dates for System Center

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System Center 2007 installations should be targeted for migration since Mainstream support ends soon. 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.

Date	Version	Event
Jan. 8, 2013	Data Protection Manager 2007	Mainstream support ends
Jan. 8, 2013	Virtual Machine Manager 2007	Mainstream support ends
Apr. 9, 2013	Capacity Planner 2007	Mainstream support ends
July 9, 2013	Mobile Device Manager 2008	Mainstream support ends
Apr. 8, 2014	Virtual Machine Manager 2008	Mainstream support ends
Apr. 8, 2014	Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2	Mainstream support ends
July 8, 2014	Configuration Manager 2007	Mainstream support ends
July 8, 2014	Configuration Manager 2007 R2

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