As expected, Microsoft has named May 9 as the date it will issue the final updates for 2015’s debut edition of Windows 10.
As expected, Microsoft named May 9 as the date it will issue the final updates for the debut edition of Windows 10 that launched in 2015.
Two months ago, Microsoft had extended support for Windows 10 version 1507 —Microsoft labels feature upgrades by year and month—from March to May, but did not specify the date in the latter month. Computerworld anticipated May 9 as the end-of-support because that is the date for the month’s Patch Tuesday.
The May 9 retirement was quietly announced on several support documents, including the “ Windows lifecycle fact sheet ,” which lists several kinds of deadlines for various versions of the operating system.
Another document put it plainly. “The time has now come to end servicing for version 1507,” the support document read.
Stopping support for Windows 10 editions—Microsoft released the fourth on Tuesday—is an important part of the company’s software-as-a-service model. The company has pledged to support an individual edition, such as 1507, not for 10 years, as policy required for, say, Windows 7 or 8.
