Microsoft has closed the final vendor‑backed update channel for the Windows Vista/Windows Server 2008 codebase: the last Premium Assurance entitlements expired on January 13, 2026, and with them went Microsoft’s final promised security updates for the NT 6.x (Vista/Longhorn) lineage. Background...
Microsoft has quietly drawn a line under one of the longest‑lived branches of Windows: the Vista‑derived codebase that powered Windows Server 2008 has reached the absolute end of vendor‑supplied security updates, with the final paid lifecycle option (Premium Assurance) closing on January 13...
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