Microsoft has now added legacy DRM services tothe list of "deprecated" functions. These legacy DRM services are used by Windows Media Player, Silverlight clients, Windows 7 and Windows 8 clients ...

Per a recent update to Microsoft's Deprecated Windows features page, Legacy DRM services utilized by Windows Media Player and Silverlight clients for Windows 7 and Windows 8 are now deprecated.

Microsoft deprecates legacy DRM services on older Windows versions, like 7 and 8. Deprecation leads to playback restrictions ...

Silverlight 5 Developer Runtime Update for Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 and Visual Web Developer Express 2010 Service Pack 1 (KB2502836) Microsoft WCF RIA Services V1.0 SP2. Anand Khanse is ...

Microsoft promises to retire the WMDRM services and Silverlight support “in the coming months.” In the meantime, Microsoft doesn’t plan to offer any more PlayReady 2.1 or older licenses. The ...

Microsoft may provide Customer with information and notices ... as well as any code marked as “Silverlight Libraries”, Silverlight “Client Libraries” and Silverlight “Server Libraries”. Sample Code, ...

For those unaware, Silverlight is a legacy app framework that helped devs built apps with internet support. According to Microsoft, removal of legacy DRM services will make it impossible to play ...

Silverlight clients, Windows 7, or Windows 8 clients are deprecated,” the recently updated Deprecated features for Windows client page on Microsoft Learn notes.