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Microsoft announces pricing for Windows 7 extended support

<p>As announced by Microsoft Windows 7 support will end in January 2020&period; Unfortunately&comma; there is no extended support option for consumers and small business customers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-546 size-full" title&equals;"Windows 7 Extended" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wincert&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;01&sol;windows-7&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Windows 7 Box&comma;install&comma;printers&comma;set network location&comma;graphic card memory&comma; aero peek&comma;screensaver&comma;synch&comma;windows live&comma;movie maker&comma;remote desktop&comma;destination path&comma;driver signing&comma;thinkvantage&comma;printers&comma;sensor&comma;print drivers&comma;grace period&comma;8024402C&comma;language pack&comma;theme&comma;memory dump&comma;godmode&comma;computer info&comma;keys&comma;folder&comma;windows 7 profile&comma;NTDS General error 1173&comma;hidden&comma;corrupted&comma;backup failed&comma;map FTP site&comma;administrator account&comma;remove print drivers&semi;Windows 7 Extended" width&equals;"720" height&equals;"340" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After January 2020 <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wincert&period;net&sol;cast&sol;windows-7-support-can-be-extended-if-you-want-to-pay-for-it&sol;">Windows 7<&sol;a> won&&num;8217&semi;t receive any security patches from Microsoft and if you&&num;8217&semi;ll want to have a secure Operating System from then on&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;ll have to upgrade&period; However&comma; Microsoft will offer extended support for its Enterprise customers by providing Windows 7 Security Updates for 3 more years&period; Of course&comma; this extended support comes at a cost&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Those who will opt-in for extended support after the Windows 7 deadline will need to pay &dollar;25 per device for the Enterprise Edition and &dollar;50 per device for the Pro edition per year&period; The cost will rise for each additional year for up to a maximum of 3 years of extended support&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Here is the list of the prices for extended support for both Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Enterprise editions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Windows 7 Professional<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>Year 1 &&num;8212&semi; &dollar;50 per device<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Year 2 &&num;8212&semi; &dollar;100 per device<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Year 3 &&num;8212&semi; &dollar;200 per device<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p><strong>Windows 7 Enterprise<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>Year 1 &&num;8212&semi; &dollar;25 per device<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Year 2 &&num;8212&semi; &dollar;50 per device<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Year 3 &&num;8212&semi; &dollar;100 per device<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>Microsoft doesn&&num;8217&semi;t now encourage Enterprise customers to opt-in for Windows 7 extended support&comma; they rather offer more time and less painful migration to Windows 10 Operating System&period; Anyway&comma; we think that these prices are too steep for extended support per device considering that Enterprises will have to pay up to &dollar;350 per device for a 3-year support&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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