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rtravni42
Brass Contributor
Dec 02, 2021

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 ...
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  • EldenChristensen's avatar
    EldenChristensen
    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

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Mvandek2
Copper Contributor
We have Office 2016 on Windows 2022 and Office 2019 on Windows 2016 which should not be possible according to this table.
Also it does not differentiate Office versions, for instance, will Office 2021 Professional Plus work on Windows 2022 RDS with Exchange Online licenses?
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martijnk79
Brass Contributor
Feb 24, 2022
Good question. If Office LTSC only works with on-prem Exchange it would be useless.
    • greatquux's avatar
      greatquux
      Brass Contributor
      Aug 24, 2022
      And 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.
      • EldenChristensen's avatar
        EldenChristensen
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        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

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