Microsoft today extended the support lifespan of Windows 10 Enterprise 1709

Citing the impact of 'the public health situation' on customers, Microsoft is going to continue to issue security updates for some flavors of Windows 10 1709 for six additional months.

Microsoft's planned end of support cut-off date for Windows 10 1709 was going to be on April 14. But, on March 19, the company began notifying customers that it had pushed that date back to October 13 for those running Enterprise, Education and IoT versions of the product. Microsoft's post doesn't refer to the COVID-19 coronavirus by name, but that's the implication as the reason for the push-back.

"We have been evaluating the public health situation, and we understand the impact this is having on you," wrote John Cable, director of program management, in a March 19 post to a company blog. "To ease one of the many burdens you are currently facing, and based on customer feedback, we have decided to delay the scheduled end of service date for the Enterprise, Education, and IoT Enterprise editions of Windows 10, version 1709." If you are in need of Cheap Windows 10 Pro CD Key, come to z2u.com, where you can enjoy the cheapest price online and 3% off with a coupon code “Z2U”.

Windows 10 1709 launched in October 2017, and although the Windows 10 Home and Windows 10 Pro editions of the release received just 18 months of support — until April 9, 2019 — Enterprise and Education got 30 months of updates. Microsoft split customers into 18- and 30-month groups in September 2018, when it created the latter support lifespan for its most important customers, larger businesses and organizations.

Support for Windows 10 1709 Home, Pro, Pro Education, and Pro Workstations Editions already ended on April 9, 2019.Enterprise and Education variants Windows 10 1803, which became broadly available on April 30, 2018, are slated to exit support on Nov. 10, 2020 at this point.