Windows 10 banner

[crueby1]

I fully understand the reasoning for putting up the once per session banner warning about Windows 10 support, but does it have to be EVERY SESSION? Its going to be a little while before I get my machine upgraded, and having to dismiss that banner every time is annoying. Can't you make it once per week, month, something like that?? My machine gets shut down when I'm not using it, so Fusion gets restarted a lot.

[RajkumarIlanchelian]

@crueby1 Thank you for the feedback. We have heard this from other customers as well. We are trying to work out what an ideal warning/notification would be. In the past when we have explored various options, we have had customers complain that they did not notice such banners when we went ahead and took a particular action that we said we would. This is one of the reason we went down the lane of for certain notifications show it every time you re-launch. 

[RajkumarIlanchelian · Accepted solution]

@crueby1 On the next restart of Fusion you should not see this banner. We are working on some improvements as well as this banner will re-appear again to notify you closer to the end of support. Thanks for your feedback. 

[crueby1]

Thats great - thanks very much!

[Bjanders]

Please take into consideration that Windows 10 users have the option to subscribe to the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program for Windows 10, https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/whats-new/extended-security-updates, to get updates for at least a year after the general support ends. I'm going to run Windows 10 as long as possible, i.e., at least until October 14, 2026.

[lance.carocci]

Installed, older versions of Fusion will not suddenly stop working after the cutoff. Rather, will not receive any new application updates. Older versions stop working eventually due to incompatibilities with newer server infrastructure and APIs, but you will receive a notice in-app when this time approaches.

[Bjanders]

Thanks for the clarification. It’s a shame Fusion will not be supported on the platform for the lifetime of the platform itself. I think it would be fair to expect Windows 10 compatibility as long as Microsoft supports Windows 10.

[lance.carocci]

The ESU program provides individual consumers and organizations of all sizes with the option to extend the use of Windows 10 PCs past the end of support date in a more secure manner.

via Lifecycle FAQ - Windows 

Microsoft is careful to call this Extended Security and not Extended Support. You're paying for cherry-picked security fixes, not new feature development. 

No, technical support isn't included in the ESU program. Microsoft will provide support for customers that encounter challenges related to the ESU.

via Extended Security Updates (ESU) program for Windows 10 

Any support provided is specific to the ESU, not the entire OS as a whole.

[royalcompsci]

Please, dear god, anything but a forced migration to 11.

I don't want to have to learn OnShape.

Please release a Linux client. Fusion is literally the only reason I have any Windows machines left, and I loathe it.