As of today, it’s T-minus one year and counting before Windows 7 exits mainstream support. Let’s look at some important numbers for the year ahead.
A year from today, Microsoft will issue the final public security update for Windows 7, ending the operating system’s 10-year run.
Here are some of the important numbers related to Windows 7’s final 12 months.
The label for the version of Windows slated to replace Windows 7 as the default OS in the enterprise. Currently, Windows 10’s adoption rate lags behind Windows 7’s at the same point in its post-launch timeline. In March 2013,41 months after its debut, Windows 7 powered approximately 49% of all Windows PCs.
The number of Patch Tuesday security releases remaining for Windows 7. These updates, issued on the second Tuesday of each month, are the primary patch collections for newly reported or discovered vulnerabilities.
The number of months Microsoft will support the final Windows 10 feature upgrade available prior to Windows 7’s retirement. The feature upgrade, likely carrying the labels « Windows 10 October 2019 Update » and « 1909, » will probably begin reaching users in October.
Last year, Microsoft extended support for individual feature upgrades from 18 to 30 months when those upgrades were issued in the fall for the Enterprise and Education editions only.
