Advice Request Microsoft will offer free Windows 7 support for election officials through 2020

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Microsoft said Friday it will offer state and local election officials free security support for Windows 7 operating systems used in voting systems through 2020.

“We want to make sure that Windows 7 end-of-life doesn’t…become a barrier to having a secure and safe election,” Jan Neutze, head of Microsoft’s cybersecurity and democracy team, said in announcing the news, which CyberScoop was first to report. “It’s the right thing to do,” he said at a conference hosted by the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

Microsoft will offer free Windows 7 support for election officials through 2020

The move is the latest step by Microsoft and other powerful tech companies to offer free or discounted services in support of election security.

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