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Microsoft Support Life-Cycle

For Microsoft’s product support life-cycle policies, see support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/.

Release and retirement dates for existing products are at support.microsoft.com/gp/lifeselectindex.

Supported service packs and release dates appear at support.microsoft.com/gp/lifesupsps.

Some service pack release histories are listed at support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];sp&.

Custom support contracts are explained in “Legacy Software Support Continues” on page 37 of the Nov. 2006 Update.

Windows

Windows Client

Windows Vista features for enterprises are summarized in the Dec. 2006 Research Report, “Windows Vista: Benefits for Business.”

A breakdown of the consumer and business editions of Windows Vista is provided in “More Editions in Windows Vista” on page 6 of the Apr. 2006 Update.

Changes to the Vista desktop are summarized in “Vista Boasts Redesigned Interface” on page 27 of the June 2007 Update.

For guidance and tools to deploy Windows Vista and applications such as Office, see the Business Desktop Deployment Accelerator at www.microsoft.com/technet/desktopdeployment/bdd/2007/default.mspx.

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