{"id":5259,"date":"2019-03-04T09:34:58","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T16:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moderneuc.com\/?p=5259"},"modified":"2026-02-18T13:02:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T20:02:27","slug":"microsoft-office-support-lifecycle-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/microsoft-office-support-lifecycle-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Office Support Lifecycle Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft Office is a widely used product suite which includes tools like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Project, Publisher, Access, and OneNote.<\/p>\n<p>It has been around since 1988 and has gone through many versions, each of which has a specific support cycle with defined dates.\u00a0 \u00a0 All versions of Microsoft Office products before Microsoft Office 2019 are eligible for ten years of support following their release, during which Microsoft releases updates for the product. The ten-year period is divided into two five-year phases:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mainstream phase where Microsoft may provide product feature updates, technical support and security updates; and<\/li>\n<li>Extended phase where no new features updates or technical support is provided, only security updates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As mentioned a bit earlier,\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Office 2019 reduced the Extended Support phase from five years to two years.<\/p>\n<p>So here is a summary of the different Microsoft Office versions support state:<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 252px;\" width=\"519\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Version<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Mainstream Support End<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Extended Support End<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Office 2007<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: 10pt;\">October 10, 2017<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">October 13, 2020<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Office 2010<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: 10pt;\">October 10, 2017<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">October 13, 2020<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Office 2013<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: 10pt;\">April 10, 2018<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">April 11, 2023<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Office 2016<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">October 13, 2020<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">October 14, 2025<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Office 2019<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">October 10, 2023<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">October 14,2025<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Office 365 ProPlus, which is a version of Office that&#8217;s available through Office 365, a subscription based service, is an evergreen product just like Windows 10. It is updated regularly, as often as monthly, with new features. Offfice ProPlus is supported in Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2016 and later.<\/p>\n<p>More info at: <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/lifecycle\/search?alpha=office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft&#8217;s Product Lifecycle Site<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft Office is a widely used product suite which includes tools like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Project, Publisher, Access, and OneNote. 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