Updated: March 19, 2024 (March 19, 2024)

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Mainstream Support

A five-year period, beginning at the point a new version of an on-premises product becomes generally available, where Microsoft provides customers with free security and nonsecurity updates, offers break/fix support as part of paid support contracts, and entertains product design change requests.

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