SCCM 2007 R3 XP Embedded Software updates

I need to have a question answered. With Windows XP now being EOL and no updates coming through SCCM 2007, How will the Windows Embedded 2009 devices that are still supported by Microsoft going to receive their updates through SCCM? In the past they just
got updated with the other XP updates.
Any help is appreciated

Windows Embedded is not end of life until January 8, 2019 so you should still be able to receive product updates for that software.
More information can be found here:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windows-embedded/archive/2014/02/17/what-does-the-end-of-support-of-windows-xp-mean-for-windows-embedded.aspx
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Hi,
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