{"id":35423,"date":"2018-06-25T19:21:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T02:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moderneuc.com\/?p=35423"},"modified":"2026-02-18T13:02:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T20:02:30","slug":"infobits-windows-10-news-you-can-use-june-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/infobits-windows-10-news-you-can-use-june-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"InfoBits: Windows 10 News You can Use June 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><br>Windows 7&nbsp; End of Extended Support date<\/strong>: January 14, 2020 :&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Days Remaining to migrate your PC fleet:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Total&nbsp;Calendar Days: 569&nbsp;\/&nbsp;<strong>Business Days: &lt;395<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Call to Action:<\/strong>&nbsp; Ask your customers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How are you doing with your Windows 10 adoption ? Will you be fully migrated by the end of 2019?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Effectively it is less than 18 months from now!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If they are buying new machines with ProDeploy Client, ASK:&nbsp; How are you updating existing devices?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; How Many devices left to migrate?&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/jp251.com\/Win7RemainingDays\/\">Use the Windows 10 Migration Countdown Tool<\/a>&nbsp; to help!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Getting to Windows 10: Take the Blue Pill or the Red Pill<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Procrastination is real<\/strong>&nbsp;and unless something changes, many of our customers will continue to have Windows 7 -based devices will be out of support come January 14, 2020,&nbsp; which meant they will have a security compliance&nbsp; issue, not to mentioned the data security risks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The message is not new.&nbsp;&nbsp; But the reality of the timeline ahead,&nbsp; is! \u2013 We are at that point.&nbsp; (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zQ1_IbFFbzA?t=3m36s\">want the blue pill or red pill<\/a>&nbsp;)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of this writing, there are only 389 working business days until January 14, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further reading on my blog:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/inside.dell.com\/people\/jorge_pereira\/blog\/2018\/06\/15\/getting-to-windows-10-take-the-blue-pill-or-the-red-pill\">Getting to Windows 10: Take the Blue Pill or the Red Pill<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Keeping Windows 10 Current<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Windows 10 v1607 Enterprise extended support ends:&nbsp;<strong>October 19, 2018&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Windows 10 v1703 Professional&nbsp; will end of life&nbsp; October 19, 2018 and enter extended support for Enterprise customers until 4\/9\/2019.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Win10 Enterprise: Free extended support ends with v1803<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Microsoft ends extensions for Windows 10 Enterprise &#8211; The move came with the release of the Windows 10 April 2018 (v1803) feature upgrade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What does this means to your customers?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>All editions of Windows 10 1803 will be provided security patches and other bug fixes until November 2019, or for the standard 18 months<\/li><li>Microsoft eliminated supplemental servicing, in other words, it killed the free extended support.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This was never a permanent solution!<\/em>&nbsp;&#8212;&nbsp; The only reason Microsoft introduced it, was to get people on to WAAS and comfortable, past that, automated processes should maintain their environment on the bi-annual release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More details on my blog:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/inside.dell.com\/people\/jorge_pereira\/blog\/2018\/06\/25\/win10-enterprise-free-extended-support-ends-with-v1803\">Win10 Enterprise: Free extended support ends with v1803<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Call to Action:&nbsp;&nbsp; Ask YOUR Customers:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Is your Windows 10 environment up-to-date?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Are you keeping-up with Windows 10 releases?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Some additional items of interest:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Great article by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/inside.dell.com\/people\/colin_sainsbury\">Colin Guy Sainsbury<\/a>&nbsp;on the current transformation&nbsp; process our customers are involved in<ul><li>Read at:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/inside.dell.com\/groups\/client-deployment-ip\/blog\/2018\/06\/18\/should-you-shift-left-or-shift-right\">Should you Shift Left, or Shift Right?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Windows 10 now in use on 700 million active devices!&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.neowin.net\/news\/microsoft-announces-that-windows-10-is-now-on-over-700-million-active-devices\">Link to Article here<\/a><\/li><li>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.vmware.com\/euc\/2018\/05\/deep-dive-workspace-one-uem-9-4-features.html\">AirWatch name is disappearing<\/a>&nbsp;in favor of Workspace ONE Unified Endpoint Management (<a href=\"https:\/\/inside.dell.com\/blog\/-https:\/blogs.vmware.com\/euc\/2018\/05\/deep-dive-workspace-one-uem-9-4-features.html\">Article here<\/a>)<\/li><li>Brian Madden comes back to the industry after a 2-year sabbatical \u2013<ul><li>He is now working with the Dell Technology! Specifically for VMware EUC team&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.vmware.com\/euc\/2018\/04\/brian-madden-joins-vmware-euc-team.html\">Announcement here<\/a><ul><li>&#8211;&nbsp; Welcome&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/inside.dell.com\/people\/Roman_B_Vizuet\">Roman Benjamin Vizuet<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windows 7&nbsp; End of Extended Support date: January 14, 2020 :&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Days Remaining to migrate your PC fleet:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Total&nbsp;Calendar Days: 569&nbsp;\/&nbsp;Business Days: &lt;395 Call to Action:&nbsp; Ask your customers: How are you doing with your Windows 10 adoption ? Will you be fully migrated by the end of 2019? 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