Securing your Windows clients
As a critical first step, it's important to keep Windows up to date and remain aligned with the modern life cycle policy from Microsoft to retain support. Once a product has been marked as "end of life," Microsoft no longer invests time in releasing features or security updates for these products and they can quickly become vulnerable and out of compliance. Depending on the servicing and licensing model you use, extended support is available in some instances and can be purchased at an additional cost. However, generally, it's a good practice to remain up to date by following the life cycle policy.
According to the modern life cycle policy guidelines, Windows remains in support if the following criteria are met:
- Windows remains current as per the servicing and system requirements that have been published for the product or service.
- Windows must be licensed.
- Microsoft must offer support for the product.
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