New article: MICROSOFT RETIRING ORIGINAL WINDOWS 10 ON MAY 9 read more at here http://www.spinonews.com/index.php/technology/item/3306-microsoft-retiring-original-windows-10-on-may-9

Microsoft has declared May 9 as the final date for issue of the final updates for the debut edition of Windows 10 that launched in 2015, version 1507.

Two months back Microsoft had extended the support for this version from March to May but the date of final day of support was not specified.

The May 9 retirement was quietly announced on several support documents, including the ‘Windows Lifecycle Fact Sheet’ which lists several kinds of deadlines for various versions of the operating system. One of the support documents read, “The time has now come to end servicing for version 1507.”

Microsoft released the fourth edition of Windows 10 on Tuesday. Stopping support for Windows 10 editions is an important part of the company’s policy as it works on software as a service model.   

By the time Windows 10 1507 slips off the list, it will have been supported for about 21 months. Part of the reason it lasted longer than Microsoft's stated norm was because the firm issued just one feature upgrade version 1607 in 2016.

The next edition of Windows 10 i.e. version 1511 is also expected to be pulled out from support as soon as early October. That's because Microsoft has committed to simultaneously supporting just two Current Branch for Business (CBB) builds. At the release of N+2 onto CBB, the company starts a 60-day-or-so countdown. At the end of the 60 days, N drops off the support list. N+1 then becomes N and N+2 morphs into N+1.

Under that policy, N would be 1511, N+1 version 1607 (released in August 2016) and N+2 1703 (this month's feature upgrade). Version 1703 will likely be promoted to the CBB in four months, or August; two months more would put 1511's support demise in October.

 

Users running 1507 must have upgraded to 1511, 1607 or 1703 by May 10 to receive future security patches, and other fixes or enhancements. Windows 10 1507 will not suddenly fail to boot, however, the copies will face problems that have not been activated with a product key.