vcenter end of life dates — full support timeline
8 of 11 tracked vcenter releases have already reached end of life. The dates below are published support dates, not estimates.
Version support timeline
| Release | Released | End of life | Latest | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.1 | 2026-05-12 | 2028-08-12 | 9.1.0.0300 | supported |
| 9.0 | 2025-06-17 | 2027-09-17 | 9.0.2.0100 | supported |
| 8.0 | 2022-10-11 | 2027-10-11 | 8.0 U3k | supported |
| 7.0 | 2020-04-02 | 2025-10-02 | 7.0 U3w | ended |
| 6.7 | 2018-04-17 | 2022-10-15 | 6.7 U3w | ended |
| 6.5 | 2016-11-15 | 2022-10-15 | 6.5 U3w | ended |
| 6.0 | 2015-03-12 | 2020-03-12 | 6.0 U3j | ended |
| 5.5 | 2013-09-19 | 2018-09-19 | 5.5 U3k | ended |
| 5.1 | 2012-08-13 | 2016-08-24 | 5.1 U3d | ended |
| 5.0 | 2011-08-24 | 2016-08-24 | 5.0 U3g | ended |
| 4 | 2009-05-21 | 2014-05-21 | 4.1 U3a | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported vcenter release. After end of life a version stops receiving security patches, which typically becomes an audit or compliance finding before it becomes an outage. Upgrading to a supported release is the migration path; the table above shows which releases still qualify.
Source
These dates are maintained by endoflife.date/vcenter, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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