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XProtect Expert

XProtect Expert is a Milestone Systems product filed under Video Surveillance Software. Lifecycle: versioned, 29 versions listed, latest 2026 R1 (28 Apr 2026).

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Release and support dates as published by Milestone Systems; dates within the next 12 months are highlighted, past dates dimmed. Retrieved 2026-10-14.

XProtect Expert 29 versions

Dates from the XProtect VMS lifecycle table. endOfSale is the start of Limited Availability (no new sales through partners), endOfStandardSupport is the start of Discontinued, endOfLife is Terminated.

Version	Released	End of sale	End of standard support	End of life	Source
2026 R1Milestone Product Lifecycle	28 Apr 2026	–	28 Apr 2029	28 Apr 2030	[1]
2025 R3Milestone Product Lifecycle	28 Oct 2025	28 Jul 2026	28 Oct 2028	28 Oct 2029	[1]
2025 R2Milestone Product Lifecycle	10 Jun 2025	28 Jan 2026	10 Jun 2028	10 Jun 2029	[1]
2025 R1Milestone Product Lifecycle	18 Mar 2025	10 Sep 2025	18 Mar 2028	18 Mar 2029	[1]
2024 R2Milestone Product Lifecycle	7 Nov 2024	18 Jun 2025	7 Nov 2027	7 Nov 2028	[1]
2024 R1Milestone Product Lifecycle	25 Jun 2024	7 Feb 2025	25 Jun 2027	25 Jun 2028	[1]
2023 R3Milestone Product Lifecycle	14 Nov 2023	25 Sep 2024	14 Nov 2026	14 Nov 2027	[1]
2023 R2Milestone Product Lifecycle	20 Jun 2023	14 Feb 2024	20 Jun 2026	20 Jun 2027	[1]
2023 R1Milestone Product Lifecycle	7 Mar 2023	20 Sep 2023	7 Mar 2026	7 Mar 2027	[1]
2022 R3Milestone Product Lifecycle	11 Oct 2022	7 Jun 2023	11 Oct 2025	11 Oct 2026	[1]
2022 R2Milestone Product Lifecycle	14 Jun 2022	11 Jan 2023	14 Jun 2025	14 Jun 2026	[1]
2022 R1Milestone Product Lifecycle	8 Mar 2022	14 Sep 2022	8 Mar 2025	8 Mar 2026	[1]
2021 R2Milestone Product Lifecycle	27 Oct 2021	8 Jun 2022	27 Oct 2024	27 Oct 2025	[1]
2021 R1Milestone Product Lifecycle	29 Jun 2021	27 Jan 2022	29 Jun 2024	29 Jun 2025	[1]
2020 R3Milestone Product Lifecycle	12 Nov 2020	29 Sep 2021	12 Nov 2023	12 Nov 2024	[1]
2020 R2Milestone Product Lifecycle	9 Jun 2020	12 Feb 2021	9 Jun 2023	9 Jun 2024	[1]
2020 R1Milestone Product Lifecycle	11 Feb 2020	9 Sep 2020	11 Feb 2023	11 Feb 2024	[1]
2019 R3Milestone Product Lifecycle	8 Oct 2019	11 May 2020	8 Oct 2022	8 Oct 2023	[1]
2019 R2Milestone Product Lifecycle	19 Jun 2019	8 Jan 2020	19 Jun 2022	19 Jun 2023	[1]
2019 R1Milestone Product Lifecycle	5 Feb 2019	19 Sep 2019	5 Feb 2022	5 Feb 2023	[1]
2018 R3Milestone Product Lifecycle	2 Oct 2018	5 May 2019	2 Oct 2021	2 Oct 2022	[1]
2018 R2Milestone Product Lifecycle	7 Jun 2018	2 Jan 2019	7 Jun 2021	7 Jun 2022	[1]
2018 R1Milestone Product Lifecycle	20 Feb 2018	7 Sep 2018	20 Feb 2021	20 Feb 2022	[1]
2017 R3Milestone Product Lifecycle	5 Oct 2017	20 May 2018	5 Oct 2020	5 Oct 2021	[1]
2017 R2Milestone Product Lifecycle	8 Jun 2017	5 Jan 2018	8 Jun 2020	8 Jun 2021	[1]
2017 R1Milestone Product Lifecycle	15 Feb 2017	8 Sep 2017	15 Feb 2020	15 Feb 2021	[1]
2016 R3Milestone Product Lifecycle	10 Oct 2016	15 May 2017	10 Oct 2019	10 Oct 2020	[1]
2016 R2Milestone Product Lifecycle	1 Jun 2016	10 Jan 2017	1 Jun 2019	1 Jun 2020	[1]
2016Milestone Product Lifecycle	15 Dec 2015	1 Sep 2016	15 Dec 2018	15 Dec 2019	[1]

Lifecycle Policy

Milestone Product Lifecycle. Milestone releases XProtect versions about three times a year and guarantees four years of availability: Limited Availability follows three months after a successor release, Discontinued comes three years after GA and Terminated four years after GA. [1][3]

Sources 1

Lifecycle for XProtect video management software retrieved 2026-10-14

Licensing Data

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Metrics 3

Device licenseIP device (hardware device with a camera)Device license per enabled video channelEnabled video channel XProtect base licenseBase license per XProtect product (Software License Code)

SKUs 1

XProtect Expert base licenseXProtect Expert

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