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rtravni42
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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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TJ_Devine
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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! 

 

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greatquux
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Oct 17, 2022

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. 

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    TJ_Devine
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    Oct 17, 2022

    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.  

    • MI5-Agent's avatar
      MI5-Agent
      Brass Contributor
      Oct 31, 2022
      just offer both options: for cloud, and on prem customers without paying for Office desktop apps twice.

      I can not find any reason to cut support for M365 Apps on Windows 2022 (even with your latest announcement until 2026) other then marketing purposes.

      There are thousands of RDS customers with just on prem servers and they want nothing else.

      There is demand, but Microsoft won't deliver it anymore. This is capitalist demand and support updside down.

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