End of Extended Support
Windows 7 and Server 2008
What is happening?
On January the 14th 2020 Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 reach their End of Extended Support milestone.
After a version of Windows has reached its end of mainstream support date, which was the 12th of January 2015 for Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2, Microsoft offers Extended Support in which they will continue to provide critical security updates and paid support.
| Security Updates | Non-Security Updates | Support | Paid Support | |
| Mainstream Support | Available | Available | Available | Available |
| Extended Support | Available | Not Available | Not Available | Available |
After the Extended Support deadline has been reached security updates and paid support are no longer available for these versions.
41% of all Windows desktop OS web traffic still originates from Windows 7 desktops
Netmarketshare.com
What does this mean?
As of the 14th of January 2020:
Microsoft will no longer be issuing security or reliability fixes for Windows 7 or Windows 2008 R2 operating systems.
– Systems running Windows 7 or Windows 2008 R2 will be at a much greater risk of direct compromise.
– Wider infrastructure accessible from Windows 8 or Windows 2008 R2 systems are at a greater risk of being compromised indirectly.
– Services run on Windows 7 or 2008 R2 are at risk of instability and performance degradation.
65% of medium/large businesses identified cyber security breaches in the last 12 months
UK Government 2018 National Cyber Security Survey
What are our options?
Option 1: Upgrade – Upgrade existing infrastructure or migrating to a supported operating system on premises, in the cloud or in a hybrid model.
Option 2 – Refactor for Cloud – Refactoring current services could mean moving from virtual machines into the cloud (IaaS), adopting a virtual desktop as a service or adopting more of service-based offerings (PaaS/SaaS).
Option 3 – Buy more time by migrating workloads to Azure – Have a service or application that cannot be moved from Windows 7 or Windows 2008 R2? Is your legacy application replacement project overrunning? Migrating existing workloads to Microsoft Azure will buy you an additional 3 years support.
The WannaCry attack led to disruption in at least 34% of NHS trusts due to NHS organisations running unpatched or unsupported Windows operating systems.
UK National Audit Office
How we can help
It’s important your organisation has a plan to meet these tight deadlines, Coffee Cup Solutions can help to assess the risk to your organisation and create a plan that works for you.
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