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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
JoachimKrone
Microsoft
Oct 13, 2022Elden_Christensen - has there been a decision?
- TJ_DevineOct 14, 2022
Microsoft
JoachimKrone Sorry for the delay -- we've had to dot a few i's on the business side, but as Elden shared we've been actively working on the topic. This morning we announced that, based on feedback from customers, we are updating our support policy for Microsoft 365 Apps on Windows Server 2022, available through October 2026 (mainstream support). The announcement is here: Windows Server 2022 adds support for Microsoft 365 Apps - Microsoft Community Hub and we'll have the support and documentation updated in coming days. Thank you for your patience!
- greatquuxOct 17, 2022Brass Contributor
Thanks TJ_Devine - I guess what all of us are wondering is how long MS will offer on-premise software we need for our clients. I'd hate to wake up one day and find out there will never be another Office LTSC, that the next Windows server won't offer RDS, and now you have to re-architect everything to be different yet again. I'm not sure what assurances you can offer about any of that, but we'd hate Microsoft to go the way of Adobe with cloud-only stuff forever.
- TJ_DevineOct 17, 2022
Microsoft
Hi greatquux - That's a very reasonable question, and one we get from time to time. We recognize that moving to the cloud is a journey with many considerations along the way, and that there are some scenarios for which the cloud is simply not feasible. We've already committed that there will be another version of Office perpetual, and -- more importantly -- we are committed to listening to the community here and to our customers broadly, to understand and build to your needs and requirements in the best way possible.
- Karl-WEOct 15, 2022MVP
Thank you TJ_Devine was to post it before I noticed you have already done so.
Is there any specific reason, why the announcement it posted on the Windows Insider Channel, rather than in the main? - edit - answered it myself. It is not announced to be supported but it is now in officially in preview state makes sense.
If you do not mind, I would like to add Windows Server vNext to be added to the preview just in case anyone would like to evaluate M365 apps for enterprise on the next-gen Windows Server. In this case we could reach clarity right from the RTM dat. What do you think?