When is Microsoft withdrawing support for Exchange 2000

[rramirez19]

Hello

I have heard that all windows 2000 servers will not be supported my Microsoft as of September 2005. I just wanted to know the end date for exchange 2000?

Regards

 

[BuckWeet]

Somehow i find win2k server support going away any time soon...

same for exchange

 

[rramirez19]

Microsoft have said officially that the Sept 2005 is the end sate for all windows 2000 support.

Still havent found if the exchange version is running out aswell

 

[dforney]

I find that against their published policy? If you have a link to the information, please post it. Here is the current Microsoft Lifecycle support info that I know of.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/support/lifecycle/

And to my knowledge, this policy is generic throughout the Microsoft product line.

 

[dkediger]

Per

http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifesrvr

Mainstream support ends Dec 31, 2005

Extended Support will end Dec 31, 2010

 

[rramirez19]

Thank you dkediger thats the page i was looking for

 

[kmcferrin]

A more descriptive page of the overall policy can be found here:

http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/

According to that policy, the definitions of mainstream and extended support are:

Mainstream support includes:

* Incident support (no-charge incident support, paid incident support, support charged on an hourly basis, support for warranty claims)
* Security update support
* The ability to request non-security hotfixes

Extended support includes:

* Paid support
* Security update support at no additional cost
* Non-security related hotfix support requires a separate Extended Hotfix Support contract to be purchased. Per-fix fees also apply.
* Microsoft will not accept requests for warranty support, design changes, or new features during the Extended support phase.
* Extended support is not available for Consumer, Hardware, Multimedia, and Business Solutions.

So it sounds like there should still be bugfixes until 2010, though that seems a bit optimistic.

From that page you can also look up the support timeframes for any current products.