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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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martijnk79
Brass Contributor
Good question. If Office LTSC only works with on-prem Exchange it would be useless.
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    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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        TWardrop
        Copper Contributor
        Nov 25, 2022

        EldenChristensen You know, if Microsoft made Windows 10/11 multi-session available on-premises as a replacement for using Windows Server as an RD Session Host, that'd solve everyones problem and probably be less of a headache for Microsoft too in the long run trying to make Windows Server do things it shouldn't be doing.

        No point pretending that Windows 10/11 multi-session is Azure-exclusive for any reason other than to drive customers to Azure. There's certainly no technical reason. You can already use it on-prem, it's just doesn't comply with any Microsoft licensing.

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