Microsoft leaves Windows Server support as-is, doesn't prune pledged timeline as with Windows 7

Microsoft last week said that the support rules for the Windows Server software would not change, even though the Redmond, Wash. company has said it will curtail support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 after mid-2017.
"There is no change to our current policy," Microsoft said in a post to a company blog Feb. 19 that focused on Windows Server.
A month before, Microsoft shortened support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 on the newest PCs -- those equipped with Intel's Skylake processors -- by 30 month