Win10 Lifetime Exposure: Microsoft will provide free updates for 10 years

According to foreign media reports, Microsoft policy shows that for Windows 10 operating system, Microsoft will still implement the traditional Windows 10-year product support cycle, the first five years of "mainstream support" (MainstreamSupport), the last five years “Extended support" (ExtendedSupport).

Microsoft's update and support for the Windows 10 operating system will expire in October 2025. Because the system supports technical reasons for time calculations, the end time is not July 29, 2025. Following the traditional model, subsequent support and update upgrades will be free.

In January 2015, when Windows 10 was released, Terry Myerson, the head of Microsoft's Windows business, said that Windows will turn to "Windows as a service" in the future, "Once Windows" The device is upgraded to the Windows 10 system, and we will keep Windows 10 up-to-date for free during the device's support lifecycle. ”

Merson mentioned the "support life cycle of the device", which later led to misinterpretation of the media. With the introduction of the user support policy, Windows 10 follow-up support is charged. The length of time is now clear.

Before, Microsoft executives have made it clear that the Windows operating system will be a service rather than a one-off product in the future, and the system will be updated with a long stream of water, instead of re-selling every few years. Updated version of Windows.

US media pointed out that since it is a permanent update service, if ten years of free technical support is stopped, how Microsoft will carry out the Windows 10 version will be worthy of attention, perhaps Microsoft will modify Windows 10 every few years. The version number, and modify the final age of technical support, so that Windows 10 will continue to update.