End of Life Software

• Exchange 2013; Oct 2025
• Office 2019 Perpetual; Oct 2025
• Windows 10; Oct 2025
• Server 2016; January 2027

The biggest one on this list is Windows 10, coming up in October. We’ve written a few articles on this, so I’ll keep this part short. Anyone with Windows 10 needs to upgrade (if possible) or replace; you and the WHOLE WORLD are in this position. Let’s review your Windows 10 computers, see if they can be updated, and if not, get some equipment ordered. With everyone around the globe in the same position, prices will go up and supplies will diminish in the coming months. Time to act now and stay in front of this change.

Now, the rest of what we’d like to share is to ask about your budget. Overall, contractors in general don’t seem to have overhead budgets. They are definitely in touch with their overhead as a percentage and know the target margins on their jobs, and this dictates what they can spend on overhead. That’s good as far as it goes.

For those who have overhead budgets, and those that don’t, we’d like to know if you have budgets to replace your computer equipment. Laptops, desktops, monitors, firewalls, switches, tablets, and phones have life cycles. The software that runs on these devices also updates. Newer versions of the software may not run on old hardware.

If you’re willing, we’d like to get on a call and talk through the age of these devices, their estimated life span, and help put together a budget for replacements.

If you’re one of the amazing companies that have already done all this work, we would appreciate the opportunity to review this with you to make sure the budgeted amount will match your need when the time comes. Are you willing? –CMW