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Miriam Daniel's avatar
Miriam Daniel
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Mar 11, 2020

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, a...
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CEEjack2
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Jul 12, 2020
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  • Dan W's avatar
    Dan W
    Brass Contributor
    Jul 21, 2020

    LOL, I am sure Miriam meant the end of Office 2010 Support which is fast approaching in October 2020. 

    Office 2010 support is ending soon

    Upgrade to Microsoft 365 to work anywhere from any device and continue to receive support.

    Upgrade Now

    https://support.microsoft.com/hub/4095338/microsoft-lifecycle-policy and there will be no extension and no extended security updates. All of your Office 2010 apps will continue to function. However, you could expose yourself to serious and potentially harmful security risks.

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/end-of-support-for-office-2010-3a3e45de-51ac-4944-b2ba-c2e415432789#:~:text=Office%202010%20support%20is%20ending%20soon&text=Support%20for%20Office%202010%20will,and%20potentially%20harmful%20security%20risks.

     

     

     

     

     

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    • wroot's avatar
      wroot
      Silver Contributor
      Dec 12, 2020
      Office 2010 support should have ended in October, but MS is still releasing security updates for it in November and December. I don't get it. Why, how?
      • Dan W's avatar
        Dan W
        Brass Contributor
        Aug 07, 2021

        Good Will coming from Microsoft. The final updates for Office 2010 should have appeared in May 2021. I imagine we will get no future updates.  It is now high time to move towards a later Office Perpetual Version and/or go to Office/Microsoft 365 in the Cloud and see how well that works for you.  If Office 2010 continues to be run on a Windows computer that is on-line then you have a vector point of infection that could cause Mal-Ware to run amok on Office 2010.  Even worse that Mal-Ware has the potential to ruin other people's computer networks because a user was being unwise about using an older unsupported version of Microsoft Office.  Finally, there is always the open source options of Open Office and Libre Office if you feel that finances are tight for you and your company and/or employer which includes governments.

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