In a support document, Microsoft has announced information about the end of support for the devices of the in-house Surface series. It’s not about the end of support for the installed Windows version, but about when Microsoft will not provide firmware updates or new drivers for these devices. For this, Microsoft promises four years of support from the first release of the device; in most cases the date of the market launch in the USA should apply here.

There was already a date for individual devices known, new additions are now Surface Laptop 3 (22. October 2023), Surface Pro 7 (22 October 2023), Surface Pro X (November 5th 2023), Surface Pro X SQ2 (13. October 2024), Surface Go 2 (May 6th 2024) and Surface-Laptop Go (13. October 2024).

Support consists of two parts: Support for the respective operating system version and that for drivers and firmware updates. Incidentally, the end of support for the hardware does not mean that the device then has to be disposed of: the operating system continues to receive updates. (ll)