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Microsoft 365 patches for Windows 7 to end in 2023
2022-07-12 12:15

Microsoft has warned users clinging to Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 that the end really is nigh.

Windows 7 went out of support in 2020, but Microsoft recognized that many enterprises were quite happy where they were.

Released in 2009, Windows 7 outlived its successor Windows 8 but now the time has come to say goodbye.

With the Windows 7 ESU program gasping its last on January 10, 2023, along with support for Windows 8.1, Microsoft 365 apps running on the deprecated code will also stop receiving security updates.

"Additionally," said Microsoft, "New installations of Microsoft 365 Apps will be blocked on Windows 8.1 devices."

An April report by asset management platform Lansweeper showed Windows 7 still squatting on 4.7 percent of the PCs surveyed, although the still-in-support Windows 10 accounted for over 80 per cent.


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