Is your company still running SharePoint 2007? Has your company been considering an upgrade to SharePoint 2010? Well here's another compelling reason to upgrade - Microsoft's Mainstream Support will end on 10/9/2012.

See this link for more information...
<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/search/default.aspx?sort=PN&amp;qid=&amp;alpha=SharePoint+Server+2007&amp;Filter=FilterNO" target="_blank">http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/search/default.aspx?sort=PN&amp;qid=&amp;alpha=SharePoint+Server+2007&amp;Filter=FilterNO</a>

What does this mean? Here is Microsoft's explanation on what that means...

<strong>What is the difference between Mainstream Support, Extended Support, and online self-help support?</strong>
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<p align="center"><strong>Support provided</strong></p>
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<p align="center"><strong>Mainstream Support phase</strong></p>
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<p align="center"><strong>Extended Support phase</strong></p>
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<p align="center">Paid support (per-incident, per hour, and others)</p>
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<p align="center">X</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="center">X</p>
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<p align="center">Security update support</p>
</td>
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<p align="center">X</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="center">X</p>
</td>
</tr>
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<td>
<p align="center">Non-security hotfix support</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="center">X</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="center">Requires extended hotfix agreement, purchased within 90 days of mainstream support ending.</p>
</td>
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<td>
<p align="center">No-charge incident support</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="center">X</p>
</td>
<td></td>
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<p align="center">Warranty claims</p>
</td>
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<p align="center">X</p>
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<td></td>
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<p align="center">Design changes and feature requests</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="center">X</p>
</td>
<td></td>
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<p align="center">Product-specific information that is available by using the online Microsoft Knowledge Base</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="center">X</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="center">X</p>
</td>
</tr>
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<p align="center">Product-specific information that is available by using the Support site at Microsoft Help and Support to find answers to technical questions</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="center">X</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="center">X</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<strong>Note: </strong>A hotfix is a modification to the commercially available Microsoft product software code to address specific critical problem

See this link for the FAQ...
<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifepolicy" target="_blank">http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifepolicy</a>

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