Microsoft Surface End of Life (EOL) Dates & Support Timeline
Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Microsoft Surface versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
Running an EOL version? Get matched with support options — free ↓| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surface RT | — | Oct 26, 2012 | Apr 11, 2017 | 3407 days past EOL | EOL |
| Surface Pro | — | Feb 9, 2013 | Apr 11, 2017 | 3407 days past EOL | EOL |
| Surface Pro 2 | — | Oct 22, 2013 | Apr 10, 2018 | 3043 days past EOL | EOL |
| Surface 2 | — | Oct 22, 2013 | Apr 10, 2018 | 3043 days past EOL | EOL |
| Surface Pro 3 | — | Jun 20, 2014 | Nov 13, 2021 | 1730 days past EOL | EOL |
| Surface 3 | — | May 5, 2015 | Nov 13, 2021 | 1730 days past EOL | EOL |
| Surface Hub 84 | — | Jun 1, 2015 | Nov 30, 2022 | 1348 days past EOL | EOL |
| Surface Hub 55 | — | Jun 1, 2015 | Nov 30, 2022 | 1348 days past EOL | EOL |
| Surface Pro 4 | — | Oct 26, 2015 | Nov 13, 2021 | 1730 days past EOL | EOL |
| Surface Book | — | Oct 26, 2015 | Nov 13, 2021 | 1730 days past EOL | EOL |
| Surface Book with Performance Base | — | Nov 10, 2016 | Nov 13, 2021 | 1730 days past EOL | EOL |
| Surface Studio (1st gen) | — | Dec 15, 2016 | Nov 13, 2021 | 1730 days past EOL | EOL |
| Surface Laptop (1st gen) | — | Jun 14, 2017 | Nov 13, 2021 | 1730 days past EOL | EOL |
| Surface Pro (5th gen) | — | Jun 15, 2017 | Jan 15, 2024 | 937 days past EOL | EOL |
| Surface Book 2 | — | Nov 17, 2017 | Jun 30, 2023 | 1136 days past EOL | EOL |
| Surface Pro LTE (5th gen) (Model 1807) | — | Dec 1, 2017 | Jan 15, 2024 | 937 days past EOL | EOL |
| Surface Go | — | Aug 2, 2018 | Aug 2, 2022 | 1468 days past EOL | EOL |
| Surface Studio 2 | — | Oct 2, 2018 | Oct 2, 2024 | 676 days past EOL | EOL |
| Surface Laptop 2 | — | Oct 16, 2018 | Dec 27, 2022 | 1321 days past EOL | EOL |
| Surface Pro 6 | — | Oct 16, 2018 | Jun 30, 2023 | 1136 days past EOL | EOL |
| Surface Go with LTE Advanced | — | Nov 20, 2018 | Nov 20, 2022 | 1358 days past EOL | EOL |
| Surface Hub 2S | — | Apr 17, 2019 | Apr 17, 2023 | 1210 days past EOL | EOL |
| Surface Pro 7 | — | Oct 22, 2019 | Oct 30, 2025 | 283 days past EOL | EOL |
| Surface Laptop 3 | — | Oct 22, 2019 | Jul 30, 2024 | 740 days past EOL | EOL |
| Surface Pro X (SQ1) | — | Nov 5, 2019 | Aug 10, 2025 | 364 days past EOL | EOL |
| Surface Go 2 | — | May 6, 2020 | Dec 30, 2024 | 587 days past EOL | EOL |
| Surface Book 3 | — | May 26, 2020 | Apr 1, 2025 | 495 days past EOL | EOL |
| Surface Laptop Go | — | Oct 13, 2020 | Oct 13, 2024 | 665 days past EOL | EOL |
| Surface Pro X (SQ2) | — | Oct 13, 2020 | Aug 10, 2025 | 364 days past EOL | EOL |
| Surface Hub 2S 85 | — | Jan 11, 2021 | Jan 11, 2025 | 575 days past EOL | EOL |
| Surface Pro 7+ | — | Jan 15, 2021 | Jan 15, 2027 | 159 days remaining | Warning |
| Surface Laptop 4 | — | Apr 15, 2021 | Apr 15, 2027 | 249 days remaining | Active |
| Surface Go 3 | — | Oct 5, 2021 | Oct 5, 2027 | 422 days remaining | Active |
| Surface Laptop Studio | — | Oct 5, 2021 | Oct 5, 2027 | 422 days remaining | Active |
| Surface Pro 8 | — | Oct 5, 2021 | Oct 5, 2027 | 422 days remaining | Active |
| Surface Pro X Wi-Fi | — | Oct 5, 2021 | Oct 5, 2027 | 422 days remaining | Active |
| Surface Laptop SE | — | Jan 11, 2022 | Jan 11, 2028 | 520 days remaining | Active |
| Surface Laptop Go 2 | — | Jun 7, 2022 | Jun 7, 2028 | 668 days remaining | Active |
| Surface Pro 9 | — | Oct 25, 2022 | Oct 25, 2028 | 808 days remaining | Active |
| Surface Laptop 5 | — | Oct 25, 2022 | Oct 25, 2028 | 808 days remaining | Active |
| Surface Studio 2+ | — | Oct 25, 2022 | Oct 2, 2028 | 785 days remaining | Active |
| Surface Go 4 | — | Sep 21, 2023 | Sep 21, 2029 | 1139 days remaining | Active |
| Surface Laptop Go 3 | — | Oct 3, 2023 | Oct 3, 2029 | 1151 days remaining | Active |
| Surface Laptop Studio 2 | — | Oct 3, 2023 | Oct 3, 2029 | 1151 days remaining | Active |
| Surface Pro 10 | — | Apr 9, 2024 | Apr 9, 2030 | 1339 days remaining | Active |
| Surface Pro 10 for Business | — | Apr 9, 2024 | Apr 9, 2030 | 1339 days remaining | Active |
| Surface Laptop 6 for Business | — | Apr 9, 2024 | Apr 9, 2030 | 1339 days remaining | Active |
| Surface Laptop 6 | — | Apr 9, 2024 | Apr 9, 2030 | 1339 days remaining | Active |
| Surface Laptop (7th generation) | — | Jun 18, 2024 | Jun 18, 2030 | 1409 days remaining | Active |
| Surface Laptop 7th Edition, Snapdragon processor | — | Jun 18, 2024 | Sep 10, 2030 | 1493 days remaining | Active |
| Surface Pro 11th Edition, Snapdragon processor | — | Jun 18, 2024 | Sep 10, 2030 | 1493 days remaining | Active |
| Surface Pro (11th generation) | — | Jun 18, 2024 | Jun 18, 2030 | 1409 days remaining | Active |
| Surface Pro 11th Edition 5G | — | Sep 3, 2024 | Sep 26, 2030 | 1509 days remaining | Active |
| Surface Pro 10 with 5G | — | Oct 11, 2024 | Oct 11, 2030 | 1524 days remaining | Active |
| Surface Laptop 7th Edition, Intel processor | — | Feb 18, 2025 | Feb 18, 2031 | 1654 days remaining | Active |
| Surface Pro 11th Edition, Intel processor | — | Feb 18, 2025 | Feb 18, 2031 | 1654 days remaining | Active |
| Surface Laptop 13-inch | — | May 20, 2025 | May 20, 2031 | 1745 days remaining | Active |
| Surface Pro 12-inch | — | May 20, 2025 | May 20, 2031 | 1745 days remaining | Active |
| Surface Laptop 5G for Business | — | Aug 26, 2025 | Aug 26, 2031 | 1843 days remaining | Active |
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What does Microsoft Surface end of life mean for your organization?
When a version of Microsoft Surface reaches end of life, the maintainers stop issuing security patches. Vulnerabilities discovered after this date are publicly disclosed on the National Vulnerability Database, exploit code appears on GitHub, and your systems remain permanently exposed.
The CVE blind spot: Most vulnerability scanners check for known CVEs but do not flag the accumulation of unpatched vulnerabilities in EOL software. With a zero-day, nobody knows about the vulnerability. With EOL software, the vulnerability is public — listed, rated, and often weaponized — but no patch will ever exist. This is the most dangerous gap in enterprise security posture.
Organizations running EOL Microsoft Surface should treat it as a vulnerability class in their risk register, apply compensating controls (network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, access restriction), and prioritize migration to a supported version.
Your options when Microsoft Surface reaches end of life
There are four realistic paths. Which one is right depends far more on how long the system needs to keep running than on the version you are on today.
| Option | Best when | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|
| Move to a supported version | The system will outlive the current version's support window and you can schedule the work | Budget for compatibility testing, not just the upgrade itself — that is where the real cost sits |
| Replace the component | The project is unmaintained, or a better-supported alternative exists | The replacement has its own lifecycle and its own end-of-life date — you are changing vendors, not escaping the problem |
| Buy extended support | Migration is genuinely underway but cannot finish before the deadline, or the workload is frozen by certification or a third-party application | A bridge, not a destination — every year purchased is a year the migration still has to happen |
| Document accepted risk | The system is isolated, short-lived, or scheduled for retirement | Only defensible with real compensating controls and a written decision — auditors treat undocumented end-of-life software as a finding |
How to choose, in one question: how many more years does this system need to run? Under a year, extended support (where it exists) is usually cheaper than an emergency migration. One to three years, migrate — support purchased repeatedly costs more than doing the project once, and the project only gets harder as the version ages. Indefinitely, migrate now and plan the next migration before it surprises you.
Worth saying plainly, because vendors selling extended support rarely will: extended support is often the more expensive choice over a multi-year horizon. It is the right answer when a deadline is genuinely unreachable, not as a default. Compare the annual fee against the one-time cost of migrating before committing to either.
Extended Support Options
If you cannot migrate immediately, extended support vendors provide continued security patches for EOL Microsoft Surface versions. This is a bridge, not a permanent solution — plan your migration in parallel.
Microsoft Surface has 30 versions past end of life — security patches have stopped, but CVE disclosures haven't. The good news: extended support for Microsoft Surface exists — vetted vendors ship security patches for years past the official date. Tell us where to reach you and we'll reply with matched options and pricing guidance.