Tag Archives: Support

Microsoft .NET 7 will no longer be supported on May 14, 2024

Posted on 2024-03-29 by guenni

Brief information for people who use Microsoft .NET 7. This runtime environment will cease to be supported on May 14, 2024 and will no longer receive security updates.

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Windows Server 2012 R2 is EOL; ESU license not for on-premises systems?

Posted on 2023-10-16 by guenni

[German]After releasing the October 2023 updates, Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 have reached their end of support; there will be no more security updates in the future – unless customers buys an Extended Security Update extension (ESU … Continue reading →

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Google Dropcam and Nest Secure reaches End of Live on April 8, 2024

Posted on 2023-04-09 by guenni

[German]Bad news for users of Google's home automation products like the Net Thermostats, the Dropcam camera or the Google Secure solutions. Google has announced that their support will be discontinued on April 4, 2024. The solutions in question will then … Continue reading →

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SQL- and Windows Server 2012 get Extended Support (ESU)

Posted on 2021-07-16 by guenni

[German]It's still a few days away until support for Windows Server 2012 R2 changes as scheduled. But at the Ignite 2021 partner conference, Microsoft announced that there will be an Extended Support Program for this software product. Here's a quick … Continue reading →

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Windows 7/8.1: Nvidia ends graphics driver support in October 2021

Posted on 2021-06-14 by guenni

[German]Graphics card manufacturer Nvidia has announced the end of Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 support with graphics card drivers on June 11, 2021. Starting October 4, 2021, Game Ready Driver upgrades, including performance improvements, new features, and bug fixes, will … Continue reading →

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Cumulative updates and changes to the KB articles

Posted on 2020-08-21 by guenni

This week, Microsoft has talked about changes to knowledge base articles that are created for cumulative updates. Azure also wants to provide better information about service outages.

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End of support for Internet Explorer 11 in Microsoft 365 and old Edge in Windows 10 from 2021

Posted on 2020-08-18 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has just announced the end of support for the two browsers Internet Explorer 11 and the old (legacy) Edge for the year 2021. This concerns the support of IE 11 under Microsoft 365 (e.g. teams as of the end … Continue reading →

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Support extension for further Microsoft (Server) products

Posted on 2020-04-15 by guenni

[German]On April 14, 2020, Microsoft announced a support extension beyond the previous end of life date for additional products such as Sharepoint Server 2010, Windows Server 1809, Configuration Manager and Dynamics 365 due to the Corona crisis.

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Windows 7 Extended Security Updates buyable from April 2019

Posted on 2019-03-08 by guenni

[German]Microsoft offers Extended Security Updates for Windows 7 SP1 for companies until January 2023. This extended support can be bought from April 1, 2019 (hope it's not an April fools prank).

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Skype Classic: Support ends on November 1st 2018

Posted on 2018-09-28 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has announced the end of support for Skype Classic (Skype Client 7.x) for November 1st 2018 and recommends users to update to Skype 8.x and later immediately.

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