This is the final notice that the Microsoft Education Tenant (msft365edu.com) and Microsoft Community Tenant (msftcommunity.com) will retire on Thursday, August 6, 2026.
We provided additional transition time for organizers and users of these experiences. That transition period is now complete. As we move our shared services forward from their Covid-era deployment into more flexible and sustainable systems there will be no further extensions, no read-only period, and no Microsoft-managed archive after retirement.
Our User Group and Event Leader experience on the Microsoft Technical Community will meet some of the needs previously served by these experiences in a secure and compliant fashion. We will continue to review other opportunities to provide Microsoft-hosted solutions for our community at large.
What is happening on August 6, 2026
- All services provided by the tenants (e.g. Teams, SharePoint sites, OneDrive, Power Platform, and email) will be turned off. All accounts will be removed, and @msftcommunity.com & @msft365edu.com email addresses will stop working.
- Recovery of anything removed will not be possible after that date.
- No data will be retained by Microsoft after retirement. Anything you need must be exported by you to a new location of your choice.
Questions?
Direct all questions to cmtymigration@microsoft.com. The support@msftcommunity.com and support@msft365edu.com mailboxes are being decommissioned along with the tenants and will not be available after August 6.
Thank you for the work you have done in these communities. Together, we provided essential infrastructure during stressful times and beyond. Our committment to community remains, though the tools are changing. We look forward to seeing you on the Microsoft Tech Community or at one of the many events you can find on CommunityDays.org soon.
Karuana Gatimu
Director, Customer Experience PM
M365 Customer Advocacy Group
Decommissioning Plan Details
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Fix Date |
Milestone |
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Tuesday, August 4, 2026 |
Self-export deadline at 5:00 PM Pacific; affected resources set to read-only after that time |
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Thursday, August 6, 2026 |
Microsoft Education Tenant and Microsoft Community Tenant services retired; accounts, services, and data removed |
Team Owner Actions: What Owners need to do before August 4, 2026
- Export anything you want to keep. The export window closes at 5:00 PM Pacific on Tuesday, August 4, 2026. Affected resources will be read-only after that time and deleted after August 6.
- Move your User Group to the Microsoft Tech Community. Our recommended destination for ongoing user-group activity is https://techcommunity.microsoft.com. The Microsoft Tech Community provides a user group experience with discussions, blogs, event spaces, member roster, and messaging — all under your control. Onboarding details are available at https://aka.ms/mtc/usergroups.
- Plan for additional usage. Email hosting, meeting hosting and document collaboration are out of scope for the Microsoft Tech Community. Microsoft is not providing migration assistance or alternative hosting for these scenarios. Depending on your group or event needs you might consider one of the available Teams or Microsoft 365 options at Compare Microsoft Teams Pricing
- Update external links. If your group’s website, social profiles, or event listings point to msft365edu.com or msftcommunity.com resources, update them now. Those URLs will stop resolving after retirement.
- Update account usage. If you are using your @msft365edu.com or @msftcommunity.com accounts in other services (e.g. ownership of event or call listings on www.communitydays.org) ensure you transfer ownership to a new account.
Community Manager