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Oct 14, 2022

Windows Server 2022 adds support for Microsoft 365 Apps

 

Updating our support policy through October 2026 

 

Based on feedback from customers, we are happy to share that we are updating our support policy for Microsoft 365 Apps on Windows Server 2022.  Support for on-premises and Azure deployments will be available through October 2026.  This covers the period in which Windows Server 2022 is in mainstream support. 

 

Support for running Microsoft 365 Apps on Windows Server 2022 is currently in preview.  If you want to begin testing on Windows Server 2022, we recommend that you use the most current, supported version of Microsoft 365 Apps available in Current Channel. We will provide information about which versions of Microsoft 365 Apps are supported on Windows Server 2022 at a later date. 

 

We will be updating our support pages and documentation in the coming days. 

  • SummerAndreas's avatar
    SummerAndreas
    Copper Contributor
    This change is very important for us. We have many customers who rely on an Access solution and depend heavily on the Terminal Server. If this support were to be discontinued, we would need to consider another system.
  • Another_Tech's avatar
    Another_Tech
    Copper Contributor

    We installed Server 2022 in August 2023, and out of the box we had onedrive sync and other 365 apps working well.
    At the end of Oct 2023, work accounts vanished, and all Outlook, OneDrive, and Edge accounts refuse to log in or sync in app.
    Users on the server can access web flavours of their account, or local word or excel apps - but everything else is totally borked.

    This is a pretty barebones Server without much customization acting in a general shared file / storage role. But it has lost all ability to sync local files with OneDrive / SharePoint online which was the main goal.
    It's bizarre that this was working - and then went away - while MS documents say "everything 365 should run just fine".

    • Karl-WE's avatar
      Karl-WE
      MVP

      Another_Tech a new EU data protection rules forced Microsoft to rollout a consent Pop-up for Single Sign-On. A seperate announcement exists on techcommunity.microsoft.com.

       

      Until each SSO user consent OneDrive, Edge Profile and Office 365 Apps are no longer executing SSO. This is likely your current limitation.

       

      On non-persistant systems this needs to be done every day as the consent is a session / user based cookie.

       

      This affect all types of Microsoft Accounts in EU. Business and Home.

       

       

      OneDrive works great on Windows Server 2022 and 2025. 

      • Another_Tech's avatar
        Another_Tech
        Copper Contributor

        Karl-WE sure - but I'm in canada.
        no work around or setting is allowing us to log in to as a 365 user via RDS / local account with the 2022 Server.
        It's only sporting a basic AD setup up and 365 Business standard. The "standard" connections to "basic" azure / entra are all pretty vanilla.
        The accounts have no issue on any other machine - and as mentioned - it DID connect and after subsequent windows updates, it no longer connects. I cannot log into 365 desktop apps like Word or Outlook to get a license, or even have Edge browser sync with the profile - but the browser can be used to log into webpages as normal.

    • MI5-Agent's avatar
      MI5-Agent
      Brass Contributor
      just avoid any M365 apps and services and stay with standard on prem applications. Easier and much cheaper.
      • Karl-WE's avatar
        Karl-WE
        MVP
        Office Legacy is for light users of Office and LTSC versions in general missing a lot of things aside from basic w32 applications. For the user and in terms of compliance and data management.
        It is not an easy choice. There is enough information that LTSC versions, also speaking of Windows Client OS, are not necessarily intended for usual workloads. And I can tell you that's not marketing. The obstacles and limitations exist.
        This source gives you a great idea on what M365 offers when and for whom, what Office LTSC cannot.

        https://m365maps.com/
    • manuek1500's avatar
      manuek1500
      Copper Contributor

      mdi-db I don't know when Microsoft updated the site but Windows Server 2022 is now listed under the supported operating systems.

  • Ajni Kurtaj's avatar
    Ajni Kurtaj
    Copper Contributor

    Honestly this is showing the middle finger to msp/csp. What about after 2026 when msps are not allowed to run m365 apps on Terminal server?
    Run everything on azure and fire 80% of technicians because profit margins are tiny in your cloud?
    I‘m furious

  • halvarez2022's avatar
    halvarez2022
    Copper Contributor

    TJ_Devine

    We have a farm of RDS 2022 servers and we are unable to activate Microsoft 365 Apps at all.

    We followed the instructions to deployed in Shared Computer mode.

    When we looked in the registry we find all the registry keys are there, however the Office 365 apps will not work!

    We deployed a server 2019, configured for RDS and installed Office 365 apps and it works fine.

    My question is, are Microsoft 365 Office apps supported in server 2022 RDS for shared computer activation or not!

     

  • MI5-Agent's avatar
    MI5-Agent
    Brass Contributor
    Mainstream support for Windows 2022 is only until the end of 2026.

    What is beyond that? Do the customers should shut down than their RDS farms running M365 Apps, even though extended support for Windows 2022 runs until 2031?

    This makes no sense at first sight. What is the purpose of support for M365 Apps on Windows 2022 only for 4 years out of 9?

    Please help me to understand this.

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