Windows XP End of Support

http://www.microsoft.com/ja-jp/windows/lifecycle/xp_eos.aspx?WT.mc_id=13_cm_wi_eos_ Client Objective/Challenge Microsoft operates a maximum of 10 years support for its products and operating systems, but due to the success of the Windows XP operating system and Office 2003 a further two years of support was implemented as a security net for those still needing to migrate to newer software. The 4th April 2014 marked the end of the extension period and Microsoft was faced with a race to successfully communicate to its users that they needed to initiate a migration plan as soon as possible.
 I art directed a 3-phase rollout of the communication beginning in April 2013 that targeting small and medium-sized businesses, an estimated 1.6 million companies in Japan, a significant sector for Microsoft’s products. Creative Solution Phase 1, a year in advance of the support expiry date, consisted of a soft awareness campaign due to the concern that Microsoft was leaving their customers “high and dry”, in order to capitalise from the subsequent software upgrade purchases, despite the declared expiration of the 10 year support.
 From October 2013 phase 2, drove a more specific message on potential security issues facing those who fail to act, based on findings that users’ had vested interests in XP-based business-critical speciality software; as well as a poor or mistaken understanding of unattended security weaknesses.
 Finally, phase 3 saw a much broader extension of the message into migration case studies as well as promotion of the next generation OS Office 365.

 Results Beginning in April 2012 results continued to show above estimated numbers of site visits, having met its target of 900,000 visits by June 2012. 
By the end of Phase 1 a survey revealed that message awareness increased from pre-campaign figures of 43% to 63%, while results in February of 2014 showed that awareness had further increased to 88.1%, promising a successful completion of a 90% awareness goal by April 2014.
 The site achieved 163% on its KPI of 3,000,000 views with a total of 4,910,000 views.

Phase 1
Initial Awareness: Soft Drive
The SMB-Targetted Page (as seen via Surface)
The SMB-Targetted Page Full Design
Online Promotion: Banners
Phase 2
Beyond Initial Awareness: Raising Sense of Urgency 
Microsoft KK (Japan Corporate) Awareness Site (as seen via Surface)
Japan Corporate Awareness Site Full Page Design
Site Hero Change: Next Stage Development Highlighting Danger
Digital Promotion: Online Banners (Windows XP desktop-based theme)
Digital Promotion: Online Banners (Text-only-based theme)
Associated Print Promotion: Magazine Advertisement (Stressing the most common misconceptions to not migrate from Windows XP)
Associated Print Promotion: Train Stickers
Associated Print Promotion: Actual Placement (Tokyo Monorail)
Associated Print Promotion: Page Footer Banners
Associated Print Promotion: Magazine Column Advertisements (Development toward danger)
Raising Sense of Priority
New Hero Design Raising Sense of Urgency
New Hero Design Further Raising Sense of Urgency:
"The threat to security is closing in. There is still time! Make preparations to migrate now!"
Online Promotion Also Raises Sense Of Urgency
Phase 3
Final Awareness: Counting Down
Website Hero Day Before End of Support
Site Design as of Last Countdown Day
Website Hero Day of End of Support
Website Hero Post End of Support
Post End of Support Promotional Banner
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