

Windows 8.1 support ends in 2023 and so does support for Office 2013. Support for the three remaining Office desktop products runs out in 2023 or 2025. Microsoft did make a few exceptions in the past when it released security updates for products that it did not support anymore officially.

The products won't just stop working though but Microsoft won't release security updates for them anymore. 2020 will be a major year for many users and organizations as support for two core Microsoft products runs out. The following table lists recent desktop Office products and end of mainstream and extended support for each of the products.Īs you can see, Office 2010 support ends next year nine months after support for Windows 7 ends. A product won't receive any new features or changes anymore, and updates will focus on fixing security issues and major stability issues only. It lasts five years, usually, and means that a product will receive security and non-security updates, and that product design and feature changes may be released.Įxtended support starts right after mainstream support ends. Mainstream support starts right after product release. The company uses the same terminology for its Windows operating system. Microsoft uses the terms mainstream support and extended support when it references the lifecycle of its products. These are Office 2010, Office 2013, Office 2016 and Office 2019. Four versions of Microsoft Office that are supported by Microsoft are currently available on Windows.
