Supported Operating Systems
We are constrained by Microsoft's support of our development environments and operating systems.
As such we support Operating Systems that are still within mainstream support.
Below is a list of Windows operating systems and their current support status:
Operating systems
|
Latest update or service pack
|
End of mainstream support
|
End of extended support
|
Windows XP
|
Service Pack 3
| April 14, 2009
| April 8, 2014
|
Windows Vista
|
Service Pack 2
| April 10, 2012
| April 11, 2017
|
Windows 7*
|
Service Pack 1
| January 13, 2015
| January 14, 2020
|
Windows 8
|
Windows 8.1
| January 9, 2018
| January 10, 2023
|
Windows 10, released in July 2015**
|
| October 13, 2020
| October 14, 2025
|
Windows Server 2012
|
| January 9, 2018
| January 10, 2023
|
Windows Server 2012 R2
|
| January 9, 2018
| January 10, 2023
|
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