"January 13 marked another milestone for legacy systems, as support for the software - codenamed Longhorn Server - expired for customers that bought Microsoft Premium Assurance (PA). Extended support ended for Windows Server 2008 on January 14, 2020. It was possible to keep the lights on until January 10, 2023, via Extended Security Updates. A fourth year came courtesy of Azure, which took the code to January 9, 2024, but that was it for anyone without PA."
"The long-defunct plan was a paid add-on to Software Assurance that kept security updates flowing for 6 years. It was eventually phased out in favor of Extended Security Updates to ease the transition between software versions. However, Microsoft said, "We will honor the terms of Premium Assurance for customers who already purchased it." The final patch means an end of support for the Windows Vista codebase, which was released to manufacturing in 2006 and made generally available in 2007."
"In another corner of the Microsoft universe, the US vendor called time on some modems in Windows 10 this week. The January 13, 2026, Windows 10 patches (for which many users will need Extended Security Updates to access) marked the end of the road for several models, as the company announced that the agrsm64.sys, agrsm.sys, smserl64.sys, and smserial.sys modem drivers were being removed."
Support for Windows Server 2008, the server variant built on the Windows Vista codebase, has ended for customers without Microsoft Premium Assurance. Extended support ended on January 14, 2020; Extended Security Updates covered until January 10, 2023, and Azure provided an additional year to January 9, 2024. Premium Assurance was a paid Software Assurance add-on that supplied up to six years of security updates, and Microsoft will honor existing PA purchases. The final patch ends support for the Vista-derived code, which shipped to manufacturing in 2006 and became generally available in 2007. Additionally, several Windows 10 modem drivers were removed in January 2026 patches.
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