Windows 7 after end of Support: prices and availability for paid Updates

Windows-7-Updates after end of Support only for the volume of customers at a surcharge meant to be. This Option opens Microsoft now for all the companies. All The Info.

For the consumer, is 14. January 2020 final with Windows 7 Updates: The Support comes to an end. Microsoft announced currently that, in addition to Enterprise users with volume contracts, but also small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can continue to receive security Updates. These Updates are according to the current condition for a maximum of three years and an increasing surcharge for each advancing year of Use. Appropriate fees Microsoft calls per device.

The following prices for the advanced security Updates called Microsoft back in February for companies with volume agreements, you can now apply for Business customers who do not update their Windows 7 machine, (Windows 7 Pro), or replace want or can:

  • 1. Year (from January 2020 to January 2021): US $ 50 per device
  • 2. Year (January 2021-January 2022): 100 US-Dollar per device
  • 3. Year (January 2022 to February 2023): 200 US-Dollar per device

Who runs Windows 7 Enterprise and more security Updates wish to get the pays on a per-device half.

Companies to the Updates from 1. December 2019 on the “Cloud Solution Provider”program. For more information, administrators and, accordingly, responsible users get on this Microsoft website. In a detailed FAQ, Microsoft answered a number of pressing questions that will be asked in Affected more frequently.

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Windows 7 is for the 22. October 2009 on the market on patch day in January 2020, the last security Update for the Otto normal consumer roll out. The deadline was extended several times. Reasons can be, among other things, in the little popular, because the changes in Windows 8, and the privacy issues accompanied the launch of Windows 10, the hesitation of many users of how long, and some had up to today not require.