Microsoft is dropping its Windows Server Semi-Annual Channel updates and moving to a new model with only Windows Server LTSC releases coming once every two to three years.
Starting with Windows Server 2022, Microsoft will no longer be providing Semi-Annual Channel releases of Windows Server. Instead, going forward, there will only be Long Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) releases of Windows Server, which will get 10 years of support (five mainstream and five extended), according to a new servicing update for the product published on July 26. Microsoft officials already have said to expect the Windows Server 2022 release, designated an LTSC release, in the second half of calendar 2021. The product already is « done » but is currently in testing with OEM partners and available to customers who want to evaluate it.
