Microsoft Windows Server Core
OSMicrosoft Windows Server Core 2025 is the newest actively maintained release, currently at patch 10.0.26100. 6 of 16 tracked cycles remain supported. The next cycle scheduled to reach end-of-life is 2012-r2, on October 10, 2023.
Release lifecycle
Actively maintainedSecurity support onlyEnd of life
Today
2025Latest
10.0.26100 · —
2022
10.0.20348 · —
20h2
EOL Aug 9, 2022
2004
EOL Dec 14, 2021
1909
EOL May 11, 2021
1903
EOL Dec 8, 2020
1809
EOL Nov 10, 2020
2019
10.0.17763 · —
1803
EOL Nov 12, 2019
1709
EOL Apr 9, 2019
1607
EOL Jan 11, 2022
2016
10.0.14393 · —
2012-r2
EOL Oct 10, 2023
2012
EOL Oct 10, 2023
2008-r2-sp1
EOL Jan 14, 2020
2008-sp2
EOL Jan 14, 2020
20102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Data sourced from endoflife.date.
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