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rtravni42
Dec 02, 2021Brass Contributor
Support for M365 Apps (O365) on Windows 2022
We have a large number of Windows Server 2016 with M365 Apps (O365) and need to upgrade these servers now (end of support for WS2016 is Jan 2022). The next server product to install for us would be ...
- Sep 06, 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
martijnk79
Feb 24, 2022Brass Contributor
Good question. If Office LTSC only works with on-prem Exchange it would be useless.
rtravni42
Feb 24, 2022Brass Contributor
Office LTSC is a supported solution to connect to M365 Apps Online Services https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployoffice/endofsupport/microsoft-365-services-connectivity
- greatquuxAug 24, 2022Brass ContributorAnd how long until Microsoft decides to stop releasing an Office LTSC? We need a supported solution that allows recent and supported Windows Server RDS to run supported Office apps and connect to M365 online services, even if it's only Office LTSC that we have to volume-license.
- Elden_ChristensenSep 06, 2022
Microsoft
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- Leopold GitersonMay 24, 2023Copper Contributor
Thanks for the initial extension.
However I have a summary of the support on of the microsoft apps on previous server versions.
Windows server 2008R2
Support Dates
Listing Start Date Mainstream End Date Extended End Date
Windows Server 2008 R2 Oct 22, 2009 Jan 13, 2015 Jan 14, 2020
Microsoft 365 Apps isn’t supported on Windows Server 2008 R2, as of January 14, 2020.
11 years after start date
Windows Server 2012
Listing Start Date Mainstream End Date Extended End Date
Windows Server 2012 Oct 30, 2012 Oct 9, 2018 Oct 10, 2023
Microsoft 365 Apps isn’t supported on Windows Server 2008 R2, as of January 14, 2020.
8 years after start date
Windows Server 2012R2
Listing Start Date Mainstream End Date Extended End Date
Windows Server 2012 R2 Nov 25, 2013 Oct 9, 2018 Oct 10, 2023
Microsoft 365 Apps isn’t supported on Windows Server 2012 R2, as of January 14, 2020.
7 years after start date
Windows Server 2016
Listing Start Date Mainstream End Date Extended End Date
Windows Server 2016 Oct 15, 2016 Jan 11, 2022 Jan 12, 2027
Microsoft 365 Apps is supported on Windows Server 2016 until October 2025.
9 years after start date
Windows Server 2019
Listing Start Date Mainstream End Date Extended End Date
Windows Server 2019 Nov 13, 2018 Jan 9, 2024 Jan 9, 2029
Microsoft 365 Apps is supported on Windows Server 2019 until October 2025.
7 years after start date
Windows Server 2022
Listing Start Date Mainstream End Date Extended End Date
Windows Server 2022 Aug 18, 2021 Oct 13, 2026 Oct 14, 2031
Microsoft 365 Apps is supported on Windows Server 2019 until October 2025.
4 Years after start date
So although providing support till 2025 is a good initial step , it's not sufficient.
Previously Microsoft365 apps were supported for 7 to 11 years on the previous windows server operating systems.
Now with server 2022 there is support for only 4 years.
That is unheard of and not acceptable.
regards