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Welcome to the new Office End of Support community!
This community will provide a forum to discuss topics related to the end of support for all Office client products, including key dates to be aware of, recommended upgrade paths, support resources, and technical details spanning all affected audiences. Microsoft is dedicated to helping businesses and individuals succeed by empowering them to work together seamlessly, from anywhere. Most Microsoft products have support lifecycles during which we provide bug fixes and security fixes. The end of this lifecycle is known as the product's end of support. When a product reaches the end of support, Microsoft no longer provides the following: Technical support for issues Bug fixes for issues that are discovered Security fixes for vulnerabilities that are discovered As end of support deadlines approach, Microsoft strongly recommends users shift to newer software to help them stay productive, safe, and at the forefront of digital transformation. Want to stay in touch? Click “Join” to ensure you get all the latest news and information about changes to Office support in the coming months.
Workflow 2013 Deprecation
As mentioned in the following article: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/office-end-of-support-blog/support-update-for-sharepoint-2010-workflows-in-microsoft-365/ba-p/1505453 Workflow 2013 will become deprecated in the near future. When workflow 2013 will reach end of support, does this also mean that the related content type 'Workflow Task (SharePoint 2013)' will be deleted? How will this work? This would not be desired in some cases, because maybe we would want the new power automate to use the same data structure for their tasks. In that case, we could still reuse the same content type which reduces the impact of the rework. Also, there is a lot of historical data for us in these workflow tasks (or a content type that inherits from 'Workflow Task (SharePoint 2013)'), deleting the content type would mess up this historical data. With kind regards, Stijn BrouwersSupport for Office 2010—and Office 2016 for Mac—has ended: Here’s what you need to know
On October 13, we marked theend of support for Office 2010and Office 2016 for Mac. This means that we’ll no longer provide technical support, bug fixes, or security updates for these products, and organizations that continue to use them may face increased security risks and compliance issues over time. The requirements for connecting to Office 365 serviceshave also changed—and customers will now need Microsoft 365 Apps, Office 2019, or Office2016toconnect to Office 365 serviceslike Exchange Online and SharePoint Online. While we will not take any active measures to block legacy versions of the Office client from connecting, these older clients will fall out of step with the service enhancements and may present performance and/or reliability issues over time. Read the full announcement of these changes here.
Windows Server 2022 and M365
I'm looking at the Win and Office support matrix and Win Server 2022 and M365 Apps aren't supported. Can anyone explain why this is? It looks like Microsoft if going to remove the ability to host virtual desktop for clients and install M365 licensing on it. I assume in a push forcing people to use Azure.Ask Microsoft Anything: Upcoming changes to Office support – September 9, 2020
Join us Wednesday, September 9 for an opportunity to"Ask Microsoft Anything" (AMA) about upcoming changes to support for Office 2016 for Mac, Office 2010, and Office 2013 connectivity to Office 365 services. The AMA will take placefrom 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM Pacific Time in theOffice End of Support AMA space. To join, simply visit the Office End of Support AMA space at 9:00 a.m. PDT and submit a question by selectingStart a new conversation—then do this for each new question. More Information On October 13, 2020, Office 2016 for Mac and Office 2010 reach their end of support. After that date, Microsoft will no longer provide technical support, bug fixes, or security updates for either version. Also, as previouslyannounced, after October 13, 2020, customers will need to be using Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise,Office 2019, orOffice 2016in order to connect to Office 365 services. Microsoft will not take any active measures to block older versions of the Office client from connecting to Office 365 services, but these legacy clients may encounter performance and/or reliability issues over time. What is an AMA? An AMA is a live, online, text-based question-and-answer event similar to a "YamJam" on Yammer or an "Ask Me Anything" on Reddit. Can’t attend at 9:00 AM Pacific Time? While we’ll only be answering questions in real-time from 9:00-10:00 a.m. Pacific Time, you can post your questions for the AMA to the Office End of Support AMA spacein the Office End of Support Tech Community up to 24 hours in advance.MS office 2016 perpetual Volume Licenses Queries
Hi , pl help me to get clarification of following points :- How do we find the number of activation done against one MAK (Multiple Activation Key) Volume Licenses –Office 2016 What is the maximum number of activation allowed on a volume licenses- say the key for 100 licenses. Reallocation of volume licenses - Can we disable the volume licenses from one machine and activate it in another in case the user is changing the laptops. if yes steps to be followed. regards ACTotally bummed out
I probably should have expected this to happen eventually. Been using MS office for longer than I can recall. Most recent is Office 2010 pro which my former client installed when I was consulting so I could be on same version since I was on 2007, they allowed me to keep when I had to leave due to wife’s relocation since I continued to do some remote work for them. But then medical issues, surgeries, and forced retirement hit and the cost to upgrade is just too high. So now into full retirement my monthly income is only enough for the bare minimum and I’m stuck with Office 2010 at EOL. It’s really a great thing MS caters to the education community with free or low cost deals. But I was an engineer with no ties to education. Meanwhile, I feel they have completely abandoned the retiring boomer generation that has made them wealthy and the powerhouse they are today. We are retiring and some of us have hit hard times. Guess it’s time to look at open source!
1 TB storage with subscription of Office 365 not assigned
I have had a subscription to Office 365 for over 5 years. Just received an email stating that my cloud storage (considerably less than 1 TB) was full. How do I set up the 1 TB cloud storage. Also, how do I set up saving files to my computer and not to One Drive.New and Improved Product Lifecycle Search
In case you haven't heard, we've recently launched a new and improved Microsoft Lifecycle product search page! With this new page, you cannow have a holistic view of the support lifecycle for all your Microsoft products. Search, filter, find relevant support articles for your products, and more. You can find this new page using the link above or athttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/
Office 365 ProPlus version out of support implications
We have Office 365Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel 1902, which goes out of support onSeptember 8, 2020. After that date Microsoft have published that we will get no more Technical Support for issues, bug fixes or security fixes. However is there any published Microsoft information on connectivity to Office 365 Services? The only links I can find are ambiguous as to whether the "in mainstream support" phrase applies to Office 365 ProPlus or just Office Perpetual clients: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/office-365-blog/office-365-system-requirements-changes-for-office-client/ba-p/62327 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2018/09/06/helping-customers-shift-to-a-modern-desktop/Last day for OPPTransition for Office ProPlus
Hi, I cant find the information again about when theOPPTransition activation of Office ProPlus going away. So if someone got a link it would be much appreciated. As we dont have the Azure AD connect up and running yet I in desperate need to know now that we more or less cant work from work off the current situation in the world.
regression testing process
Hello, not sure this is the right place to post my question. What does the compatibility and regression testing process look like for third-party providers of Office 365 add-ins? How can we (as customers) be assured that add-ins won't break as we roll out each new feature update?End of Support for Exchange Summary
Just a summary of some of the important things you might want to know about End of Supportfor all things Exchange. Exchange Server 2010 - We pushed the date for the end of extended support from Jan 2020 to October 2020, and announced that here - https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/microsoft-extending-end-of-support-for-exchange-server-2010-to/ba-p/753591 We have no plans to extend that any further, so if you still have Exchange Server 2010 in use - you need to get moving. It won't stop working in October but we won't be releasing any more updates, security or time zone patches. We also recently posted information to help decommission Exchange 2010 once you have removed all the mailboxes and public folders - https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/best-practices-when-decommissioning-exchange-2010/ba-p/1247559 Exchange Online and Basic Authentication is another important one to know about. We will be turning off Basic Authentication in Exchange Online in the future. If you hadn't heard about this take a look at https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/improving-security-together/ba-p/805892 and that post will provide the background. What's changed most recently is we extended the timeline, and we talked about that here - https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/basic-authentication-and-exchange-online-april-2020-update/ba-p/1275508 and we added OAuth 2.0 support to IMAP and SMTP AUTH and talked about that here - https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/announcing-oauth-2-0-support-for-imap-and-smtp-auth-protocols-in/ba-p/1330432 Those are the big pieces of news, feel free to ask a question about any of that here, or once we're done, over in the Exchange Community.
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