Microsoft tweaks support lifecycle
ENT News | at | by Mike
Microsoft today announced that it is slightly modifying its support lifecycle to provide what it calls "more predictability" for customers.
The change was driven by the end of support for Exchange Server 5.5. That occurred on the stroke of midnight on Dec. 31, 2005. But this is the first "Patch Tuesday" of the new year and, despite the end of support 10 days ago, Microsoft released a security bulletin and patch for a critical vulnerability in the aging e-mail server.
So from now on, product support periods, which traditionally end at quarterly cut-off dates, will be extended to the date of the next regular security update for that product.