With 2020 officially here, there are several major deadlines on the horizon that you need to be aware of when it comes to software in your environment. While we all know, hopefully, about Windows 7 reaching the end of support in about a week, there are other Microsoft products that will reach this milestone later this year too.
The most obvious is on January 14th, Windows 7 officially reaches its end of support but also dropping on this date is Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2. And in October, the Office 2010 suite, including SharePoint 2010, will reach its end of supported life.
A user on Reddit put together a helpful list of all the major Microsoft products that will soon no longer be supported, I’ve posted the major items below:
January 14th
Windows 7
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008R2
April 14th
Windows 10 1709 Enterprise / Education
May 12th
Windows 10 1809 Home / Professional
July 14th
Visual Studio 2010
Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010
September 8th
System Center Service Manager 2010
October 13th
System Center Essentials 2007
System Center Data Protection Manager 2010
Exchange 2010
Office 2010
Sharepoint 2010
Project Server 2010
November 10th
Windows 10 1803 Enterprise / Education
December 8th
Windows 10 1903 Home / Professional / Enterprise / Education
If there is a piece of software that you are using from Microsoft that is not on the list but you are trying to figure out when it will expire, this portal can help you dig up the information.
While the software expiring will still operate after the product reaches the end of the support window, it will create an exposure for your environment. If you absolutely must keep running Windows 7 or SharePoint 2010, you need to immediately look into extended support agreements to keep your environment secure.