Microsoft Windows Server

Microsoft Windows Server is tracked by BlackTree as an operating system or system software product. Its lifecycle page separates release identity, maintenance and security boundaries using the publisher's registered source.

Lifecycle status

No support or retirement date is shown unless BlackTree can link it to a registered publisher source. A missing date means that a boundary is not publicly stated, has not yet been extracted, or still needs source routing. It does not mean the product is supported indefinitely.

Product overview

Main capabilities

Application and workload execution
Hardware, networking and storage management
Security updates and platform maintenance

Typical use

Used on endpoints, servers, appliances, virtual machines or cloud instances.

Deployment

Installed on physical or virtual systems, or delivered as an appliance or cloud image.

Lifecycle records

Release	Boundary	Date
2003	Fixed Lifecycle Policy	15 July 2015
2003 R2	Fixed Lifecycle Policy	15 July 2015
Windows Server 2003	Support ends	15 July 2015
Windows Server 2003 R2	Support ends	15 July 2015
Windows Server 2016 Nano Server installation option	Support ends	10 October 2018
2008	Fixed Lifecycle Policy	15 January 2020
2008 R2	Fixed Lifecycle Policy	15 January 2020
Windows Server 2008	Support ends	15 January 2020
Windows Server 2008 R2	Support ends	15 January 2020
Windows Server 2008 for Windows Essential Server Solutions	Support ends	15 January 2020
Windows Server Semi-Annual Channel	Support ends	10 August 2022
2012	Fixed Lifecycle Policy	11 October 2023
2012 R2	Fixed Lifecycle Policy	11 October 2023
Windows Server 2012 R2	Support ends	11 October 2023
2016	Fixed Lifecycle Policy	13 January 2027
Windows Server 2016	Support ends	13 January 2027
2019	Fixed Lifecycle Policy	10 January 2029
Windows Server 2019	Support ends	10 January 2029
Windows Server IoT 2019	Support ends	10 January 2029
Windows Server IoT 2019 for Storage	Support ends	10 January 2029
2022	Fixed Lifecycle Policy	15 October 2031
Windows Server 2022 Datacenter: Azure Edition	Support ends	15 October 2031
Windows Server 2022 Standard (MSL)	Support ends	15 October 2031
Windows Server IoT 2022	Support ends	15 October 2031
Windows Server IoT 2025	Support ends	11 October 2034
2025	Fixed Lifecycle Policy	15 November 2034
Windows Server 2025	Support ends	15 November 2034

Official sources

VERIFIED

Microsoft Windows Server official lifecycle source

Checked automatically.

Extracted 17 lifecycle record(s), including 17 bounded date record(s), from the registered official source.

Open publisher source

VERIFIED

Microsoft lifecycle discovery

Registered for manual verification because unattended extraction is unavailable or inappropriate.

Automatically registered from a structured publisher support matrix.

Open publisher source

Package vulnerability advisories

No OSV advisories are currently linked to this product identity. This is not evidence that the product has no vulnerabilities.