windows embedded end of life dates — full support timeline
6 of 6 tracked windows embedded 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.1-industry | 2013-11-25 | 2023-07-11 | — | ended |
| 8.1-pro | 2013-11-13 | 2023-01-10 | — | ended |
| compact-2013 | 2013-08-11 | 2023-10-10 | — | ended |
| posready-7 | 2011-09-10 | 2021-10-12 | — | ended |
| compact-7 | 2011-03-15 | 2021-04-13 | — | ended |
| standard-7-sp1 | 2011-02-28 | 2020-10-13 | — | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported windows embedded 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/windows-embedded, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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