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Business and Developer products

Microsoft will offer a minimum of 10 years of support for Business and Developer products. Mainstream Support for Business and Developer products will be provided for 5 years or for 2 years after the successor product (N+1) is released, whichever is longer. Microsoft will also provide Extended Support for the 5 years following Mainstream support or for 2 years after the second successor product (N+2) is released, whichever is longer. Finally, most Business and Developer products will receive at least 10 years of online self-help support.

19. What is the policy for service packs?

The Microsoft Support Lifecycle policy requires that the product’s supported service pack be installed to continue to receive support (including security updates).

Service Pack Support Policy

• When a new service pack is released, Microsoft will provide either 12 or 24 months of support for the previous service pack
• Support for the previous service packs is either 12 or 24 months, varying according to the product family (for example, Windows, Office, Servers, or Developer tools)
• Support timelines for service packs will remain consistent within the product family
• Microsoft will publish specific support timelines for a previous service pack when the new service pack is released
• When support for a product ends, support of the service packs for that product will also end. The product’s support lifecycle supersedes the service pack support policy

A matrix of the Microsoft product families and the duration of service pack support for each product family is as follows:

Product Family	12 Months	24 Months
Windows		Yes
Office	Yes
Servers	Yes
Developer Tools	Yes
Business Solutions	Yes
Consumer, Hardware, Multimedia, Games	Yes

If you run programs in the management operating system, you should run your antivirus solution there and add the following to the antivirus exclusions:

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• Virtual machine configuration files directory. By default, it is C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Hyper-V.
  
  
• Virtual machine virtual hard disk files directory. By default, it is C:\Users\Public\Documents\Hyper-V\Virtual Hard Disks.
  
  
• Snapshot files directory. By default, it is %systemdrive%\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Hyper-V\Snapshots.
  
  
• Vmms.exe
  
  
• Vmwp.exe
  
  
If you need to use the full version of Windows Server 2008 and run applications in the management operating system, then you should run an antivirus program there.

Ingredients




• 
  4 pounds sweet potatoes, quartered
• 
  1 1/4 cups margarine
• 
  1 1/4 cups brown sugar
• 
  3 cups miniature marshmallows, divided
• 
  ground cinnamon to taste
• 
  ground nutmeg to taste

Directions








1. 
   Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
   
2. 
   Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add potatoes and boil until slightly underdone, about 15 minutes. Drain, cool and peel.
   
3. 
   In a large saucepan over medium heat, combine margarine, brown sugar, 2 cups marshmallows, cinnamon and nutmeg. Cook, stirring occasionally, until marshmallows are melted.
   
4. 
   Stir potatoes into marshmallow sauce. While stirring mash about half of the potatoes, and break the others into bite-sized chunks. Transfer to prepared dish.
   
5. 
   Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and cover top evenly with remaining marshmallows. Return to oven and bake until marshmallows are golden brown.