{"id":437,"date":"2011-03-01T17:41:30","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T17:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/?p=437"},"modified":"2019-11-13T08:23:04","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T08:23:04","slug":"its-the-end-of-life-for-backupassist-v4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/its-the-end-of-life-for-backupassist-v4","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s the End of Life for BackupAssist v4."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have discontinued all support services and upgrade paths for BackupAssist v4 as of the&nbsp;<strong>28th February 2011<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Version 4 of BackupAssist was released in May 2007 and we have enjoyed providing you with support for this version over the past few years. 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