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Support for M365 Apps (O365) on Windows 2022
First off I would like to thank everyone for the feedback and apologize for the delay in responding to this thread. Your feedback has made a difference, and sparked many internal discussions... we have customers running M365 on WS2016 and WS2019 today, and we want to enable staying current and secure being able to upgrade to WS2022.
<UPDATED EDIT> In response to your feedback we have announced support for M365 on Windows Server 2022, please see this link for additional information:
Windows Server end of support and Microsoft 365 Apps - Deploy Office | Microsoft Learn
Again, thank you for your feedback and passion!!
Elden Christensen
Principal Group PM Manager
Windows Server Development Team
Microsofttlabaume First for those wanting on-prem desktop services, I recommend looking at Azure Stack HCI which supports running AVD on-prem and M365 support. This is an on-prem solution, in your datacenter, on your hardware, managed with the same familiar tools you have today.
At Ignite we announced that Enterprise Agreement customers with Software Assurance can exchange their existing licensed cores of Windows Server Datacenter to get Azure Stack HCI at no additional cost.
We haven't made any decisions yet, just curious... historically we release Windows Server LTSC releases every 2 - 3 years. And if M365 was supported for the Mainstream support phase of the first 5-years of any given release, would that be acceptable?
Summarizing options:
- Migrate to the cloud
- Azure Stack HCI for on-prem AVD support
- Upgrade existing Windows Server to a newer version
Staying on a legacy version of Windows Server isn't the best decision to make in staying current / staying secure / maintaining support.
Thanks!
Elden
