Forecast 5 Support Policy - Supported Operating Systems
Unfortunately we are constrained by Microsoft's support of our development environments and operating systems.
As such we can only support Operating Systems that are still within mainstream support.
Below is a list of Windows operating systems and their current support status:
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Operating systems |
Latest update or service pack |
End of mainstream support |
End of extended support |
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Windows XP |
Service Pack 3 |
April 14, 2009 |
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Windows Vista |
April 10, 2012 |
April 11, 2017 |
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Windows 7* |
January 13, 2015 |
January 14, 2020 |
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Windows 8 |
January 9, 2018 |
January 10, 2023 |
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Windows 10, released in July 2015** |
October 13, 2020 |
October 14, 2025 |
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Windows Server 2012 |
January 9, 2018 |
January 10, 2023 |
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Windows Server 2012 R2 |
January 9, 2018 |
January 10, 2023 |
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