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...
compliance risk management
end of life
end of support
extended security updates
legacy driver removal security
legacy hardware driver removal
legacy systems
migration planning
migration strategy
premium assurance
premium assurance ends 2026
premium assurance esu
security updates
security updates end
server2008 lifecycle
vendor lifecycle policy
vista
windows2008windowsserver2008windowsserver2008 end of support
windowsserver2008sunsetwindows vista end life
