Microsoft is an American technology company, Which major products are computer software like; Client & Server based Windows Operating Systems, Office Suits, Skype, Visual Studio, Azure, Services such as; MSN, Bing, Outlook mail, Technet, Internet Explorer & hardware like; Xbox, Windows Based Mobile etc. It’s headquarter is situated in Redmond, Washington, USA.
No doubt, Microsoft is worldwide biggest software maker company, If measure it by revenue, Which was founded 40 years ago in April 04, 1975 by Bill Gates (A richest person in the world) & Paul Allen. It has 128,076 employ with US$ 86.83 billion yearly Revenue in 2014.
Microsoft has many products as mentioned above, So we’ll get a brief introduction of its software products to know their release & expire dates.
Microsoft Windows:
Microsoft Product | Life-cycle Start Date | Mainstream Support Ends | Extended Support Ends | Service Pack Support Ends |
Windows XP | 24-08-2001 | Expired | Expired | Expired |
Windows Vista | 30-01-2007 | Expired | April 11, 2017 | Expired |
Windows 7 Service Pack 1 | 2/22/2011 | Review Note | Review Note | Review Policy |
Windows 7 Starter | 10/22/2009 | 1/13/2015 | 1/14/2020 | 4/9/2013 |
Windows 7 Home Basic | 10/22/2009 | 1/13/2015 | 1/14/2020 | 4/9/2013 |
Windows 7 Home Premium | 10/22/2009 | 1/13/2015 | 1/14/2020 | 4/9/2013 |
Windows 7 Professional | 10/22/2009 | 1/13/2015 | 1/14/2020 | 4/9/2013 |
Windows 7 Ultimate | 10/22/2009 | 1/13/2015 | 1/14/2020 | 4/9/2013 |
Windows 8 St | 10/30/2012 | 1/9/2018 | 1/10/2023 | 1/12/2016 |
Windows 8 Pro | 10/30/2012 | 1/9/2018 | 1/10/2023 | 1/12/2016 |
Windows 8 Enterprise | 10/30/2012 | 1/9/2018 | 1/10/2023 | 1/12/2016 |
Windows 8.1 St | 11/13/2013 | Review Note | Review Note | – |
Windows 8.1 Pro | 11/13/2013 | Review Note | Review Note | – |
Windows 8.1 Enterprise | 11/13/2013 | 7/11/2017 | Review Note | – |
Windows Phone 8.1 | 6/24/2014 | Review Note | Review Note | – |
Windows 10 Technical Preview | September 2014 | Review Note | Review Note | – |
Windows 10 | 29/07/2015 | TBD | TBD | – |
Microsoft Servers:
Microsoft Product | Life-cycle Start Date | Mainstream Support Ends | Extended Support Ends | Service Pack Support Ends |
Windows Server 2003 | 5/28/2003 | 7/13/2010 | 7/14/2015 | 4/10/2007 |
Windows Server 2003 R2 | 3/5/2006 | 7/13/2010 | 7/14/2015 | 4/14/2009 |
Windows Server 2008 | 5/6/2008 | 1/13/2015 | 1/14/2020 | 7/12/2011 |
Windows Server 2008 R2 | 10/22/2009 | 1/13/2015 | 1/14/2020 | 4/9/2013 |
Windows Server 2012 | 10/30/2012 | 1/9/2018 | 1/10/2023 | – |
Windows Server 2012 R2 | 11/25/2013 | 1/9/2018 | 1/10/2023 | – |
Microsoft Office Suite:
Microsoft Product | Life-cycle Start Date | Mainstream Support Ends | Extended Support Ends | Service Pack Support Ends |
Office 2003 Series | 11/17/2003 | 4/14/2009 | 4/8/2014 | 7/27/2005 |
Office 2007 Series | 1/27/2007 | 10/9/2012 | 10/10/2017 | 1/13/2009 |
Office 2010 Series | 7/15/2010 | 10/13/2015 | 10/13/2020 | 7/10/2012 |
Office 2011 Mac Series | 12/9/2010 | 1/12/2016 | Not Applicable | – |
Office 2013 Series | 1/9/2013 | 4/10/2018 | 4/11/2023 | 4/14/2015 |
Internet Explorers:
Microsoft Product | Life-cycle Start Date | Mainstream Support Ends | Extended Support Ends | Service Pack Support Ends |
Internet Explorer 7 | 10/18/2006 | Review Note | Review Note | – |
Internet Explorer 8 | 6/17/2009 | Review Note | Review Note | – |
Internet Explorer 9 | 3/15/2011 | Review Note | Review Note | – |
Internet Explorer 10 | 10/30/2012 | Review Note | Review Note | – |
Internet Explorer 11 | 11/13/2013 | Review Note | Review Note | – |
Author’s Point of View:
Recently, Microsoft has purchased Skype with seeing its popularity in market to make free calls everywhere from skype to skype. Microsoft also joined video game industry with Xbox & Mobile phones industry with Windows Phone OS. Microsoft entered first time in the PC production market launching Microsoft Surface (Windows RT based Tablet), Sometimes ago, Microsoft has offered its services for Nokia’s Windows Based Mobile, As its previous attempts with Danger Inc. to make Kin (Mobile for Social Networking).
Basically, Microsoft is a software company, But its founder has so much wealth that, You can consider him as 20th richest country in the world, So he can do anything as he want.
What do you want to do in your life, Must have A Mind Blowing Idea to Earn So Much???