{"id":11801,"date":"2019-11-07T16:01:05","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T15:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/159.69.82.204\/win\/?p=11801"},"modified":"2019-12-01T11:01:57","modified_gmt":"2019-12-01T10:01:57","slug":"windows-7-extended-security-updates-esu-reuirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2019\/11\/07\/windows-7-extended-security-updates-esu-reuirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 7 Extended Security Updates (ESU) requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"win7\" [German<\/a>]Microsoft has defined the requirements for Extended Security Updates (ESU) and provides a test update to check, if a machine is ready for ESU. Here is some information about what you need to know about Extended Security Updates.<\/p>\n

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What is the ESU program?<\/h2>\n

\"\"As of January 14, 2020, support for Windows 7 SP1 will end and the operating system will no longer receive security updates. Exceptions are only systems in enterprise environments, where support has been purchased through the Extended Security Update (ESU) program. I had blogged about the extended security update support in articles like Wow! Windows 7 get extended support until January 2023<\/a> (see also the links at the end of the article).<\/p>\n

Microsoft defines requirements for systems<\/h2>\n

It now appears that Microsoft is preparing the final steps so that appropriate systems can receive and install these advanced security updates. I became aware of this topic through a tweet by Woody Leonhard.<\/p>\n

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Microsoft starts testing infrastructure for Win7 Extended Security Update (ESU) patches. There are four new ESU-related patches in the Catalog. #PatchLady<\/a> has details. https:\/\/t.co\/ZSOKLPLXXb<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Woody Leonhard (@AskWoody) November 7, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n