Instead of a month, the release is named based on the release cycle. Starting with fall 2020 (20H2) releases, the identification changed. The support lifecycle for each release is 18 months. Fresh releases of Windows Server in the Semi-Annual Channel occurred twice each year. In this model, Windows Server releases were identified by the year and month of release: for example, in 2017, a release in the 9th month (September) would be identified as version 1709. Most of the features introduced in the Semi-Annual Channel have been rolled up into the next Long-Term Servicing Channel release of Windows Server. Semi-Annual Channel (SAC)Įach release in this channel is supported for 18 months from the initial release.
The Long-Term Servicing Channel will continue to receive security and non-security updates, but it will not receive the new features and functionality. Users are entitled to 5 years of mainstream support and 5 years of extended support. With the Long-Term Servicing Channel, a new major version of Windows Server is released every 2-3 years. There will be no future SAC releases of Windows Server. The Windows Server Semi-Annual Channel (SAC) was retired on August 9, 2022. Previously with Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019 there have been two primary release channels available: This site uses Just the Docs, a documentation theme for Jekyll.
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