Retirement of Windows XP Professional

[Guest]

Could I ask if Microsoft have made any forcasts as to the retirement of
Windows XP or when support for it and related products will stop?

Cheers

 

[Guest]

Hi Dave,

See here for XP Pro support lifecycle:
http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=3223

As for service packs, from http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifesupsps#Windows
"Support ends either 12 months after the next service pack releases or at
the end of the product's support lifecycle, whichever comes first. "



Regards,

 

[Tom Porterfield]

Could I ask if Microsoft have made any forcasts as to the retirement of
Windows XP or when support for it and related products will stop?

Microsoft's product support lifecycle is well documented and available at
http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/. As I have recently done some
digging through that, if you do what you'll find is that mainstream support
for Windows XP is scheduled to come to an end April 2009. The end of
mainstream support means it then goes into a five year period of extended
support which would conclude in April 2014. Now for some definitions.

_Mainstream Support_

Mainstream Support is the first phase of the product support lifecycle.
At the supported service pack level, Mainstream Support includes:

-Incident support (no-charge incident support, paid incident support,
support charged on an hourly basis, support for warranty claims)
-Security update support
-The ability to request non-security hotfixes

_Extended Support_

The Extended Support phase follows Mainstream Support for Business and
Developer products (note that XP Home, Pro and Media Center will all have an
extended support period. See
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/jan07/01-24ExtendedSupportWindowsMA.mspx
for additional info on that).
At the supported service pack level, Extended Support includes:

-Paid support
-Security update support at no additional cost
-Non-security related hotfix support requires a separate Extended Hotfix
Support Agreement to be purchased (per-fix fees also apply)

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the link and the summary information. I'll have a read throught
the lifecycle page to get the full story, but the summary info answers my
questions for now.

Many Thanks

 

[Anon]

Only 2 more years.... which might give them enough time to come up with SP1
for Vista



REDMOND, Wash. - Jan. 24, 2007

Who: Microsoft Corp.

What: Today, Microsoft is announcing the addition of an Extended Support
phase for the Windows® XP Home Edition and Windows XP Media Center Edition
operating systems, providing consumers with an additional phase of support.

With the addition of Extended Support, the support life cycle for Windows XP
Home Edition and Windows XP Media Center Edition will include a total of
five years of Mainstream Support (until April 2009) and five years of
Extended Support, matching the support policy provided for Windows XP
Professional.

The Microsoft Support Lifecycle policy standardizes Microsoft® product
support policies for business and developer products as well as for
consumer, hardware, multimedia and Microsoft DynamicsT products.

When: Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2007, 6 a.m. EST

 

[Rock]

Only 2 more years.... which might give them enough time to come up with
SP1 for Vista

REDMOND, Wash. - Jan. 24, 2007

Who: Microsoft Corp.

What: Today, Microsoft is announcing the addition of an Extended Support
phase for the Windows® XP Home Edition and Windows XP Media Center Edition
operating systems, providing consumers with an additional phase of
support.

With the addition of Extended Support, the support life cycle for Windows
XP Home Edition and Windows XP Media Center Edition will include a total
of five years of Mainstream Support (until April 2009) and five years of
Extended Support, matching the support policy provided for Windows XP
Professional.

Why do you say only two more years when even the source you quote specifies
extended support is for 5 years after 2009? SP1 for Vista will coincide
with the release of Longhorn Server which is planned for the end of this
year. Longhorn Server will be released at the SP1 level.