Microsoft on Tuesday warned business customers to begin
migrating from Windows 7, exactly three years before it reaches end of life. Mr
Markus Nitschke, the Head of Windows at Microsoft Germany in a statement said
that enterprises would pay dearly for sticking with the platform’s outdated
security compared with Windows 10.
Microsoft on Tuesday warned business customers to begin
migrating from Windows 7, exactly three years before it reaches end of life. Mr
Markus Nitschke, the Head of Windows at Microsoft Germany in a statement said
that enterprises would pay dearly for sticking with the platform’s outdated
security compared with Windows 10.
According to him, Windows 7 does not meet the requirements
of modern technology, nor the high security requirements of IT departments.
“While newer tools make Windows 7 less difficult for enterprise customers to
migrate from than XP, Microsoft is still urging corporate customers to begin
the transition three years out from Windows 7’s end of support. “They stressed
that enterprise faces enormous dangers if they do not. “Microsoft has kicked
off its three-year countdown for Windows 7’s end of extended support, warning
enterprises they will pay dearly for sticking with the platform’s outdated
security compared with Windows 10. “Enterprises can of course delay upgrading
until Jan. 13, 2020, when extended support ends for the 2009 OS and it no
longer receives patches, unless the customer is paying for a pricey Microsoft
Custom Support Agreement. “However, as Microsoft has warned, Windows 7, which
moved to extended support in 2015, is outdated and will drive up operating
costs from remediating malware attacks that wouldn’t penetrate Windows 10
systems. “As early as in Windows XP, we saw that companies should take early
steps to avoid future risks or costs,” he said. Nitschke said that the message
came as Microsoft published research showing that Windows 10 Anniversary Update
in-built security could neutralise two recent zero-day exploits even without
the patches required to protect earlier versions of Windows. He said that
Windows 10’s modern security features touted by Microsoft include Windows Hello
biometric login, its AppContainer sandboxing technology, and Windows Defender
Advanced Threat Protection. According to him, it will gain new features in the
upcoming Creators Update.
Source:Vanguard Ng
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