When you hear ‘Microsoft Out of Support’ mentioned it may not be clear what that actually means. We’ll explain it below, as well as advise on some of the key dates relevant to Microsoft Products.
What does Microsoft Out of Support mean?
Very simply it means that an item of Microsoft software or a Microsoft operating system will no longer be updated by Microsoft. The software or operating system will continue to operate, but will no longer receive updates.
Microsoft usually reduces support in a step called Extended Support before finally ending all support.
Extended Support means that the products won’t receive any new features or changes anymore, and updates will focus on fixing security issues and major stability issues only.
End-of-Support means there are no further updates of any kind. The lack of ongoing security updates means that the relevant software and operating system will become increasingly vulnerable to cyber-attacks. You should note that no amount of security software (Anti-virus, anti-spam, cyber protection) can prevent this. Therefore at end-of-support (before preferably!), you should plan to upgrade accordingly.
You will find the Microsoft Out-of-support dates for Office, PC operating systems and server operating systems below. If you are operating with any items that are out-of-date, please contact us for advice on upgrading.
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Microsoft Office Out-of-Support dates
If you are using Microsoft Office  the out-of-support dates are as follows:
| Client operating systems | End of mainstream support | End of extended support |
| Office 2010 | no longer supported | October 13, 2020 – Ended |
| Office 2013 | no longer supported | April 11, 2023 |
| Office 2016 | no longer supported | October 14, 2025 |
| Office 2019 | October 10, 2023 | October 14, 2025 |
| Office 2021 | October 13, 2026 | October 13, 2026 |
Pre-Windows-10
| Client operating systems | End of mainstream support | End of extended support |
| Windows 8.1 | January 9, 2018 | January 10, 2023 |
| Windows 7, service pack 1* | January 13, 2015 | January 14, 2020 – Ended |
Windows-10
Windows 10 version historyDate of availabilityEnd of service for Home, Pro, Pro Education, and Pro for Workstations editionsEnd of service for Enterprise and Education editions
| Client operating systems | End of mainstream support | End of extended support | Â |
| Windows 10, version 21H2 | Nov 16, 2021 | June 11, 2024 | Â |
| Windows 10, version 21H1 | May 18, 2021 | December 13, 2022 | Â |
| Windows 10, version 20H2 | October 20, 2020 | May 9, 2023 | Â |
| Windows 10, version 2004 | May 27, 2020 | December 14, 2021 | Â |
| Windows 10, version 1909 | November 12, 2019 | May 11, 2021 | Â |
| Windows 10, version 1903 | May 21, 2019 | December 8, 2020 | Â |
| Windows 10, version 1809 | November 13, 2018 | November 10, 2020*** | Â |
| Windows 10, version 1803 | April 30, 2018 | November 12, 2019 | Â |
| Windows 10, version 1709 | October 17, 2017 | April 9, 2019 | Â |
| Windows 10, version 1703 | April 5, 2017* | October 9, 2018 | Â |
| Windows 10, version 1607 | August 2, 2016 | April 10, 2018 | Â |
| Windows 10, version 1511 | November 10, 2015 | October 10, 2017 | Â |
| Windows 10, released July 2015 (version 1507) | July 29, 2015 | May 9, 2017 | Â |
Server Operating Systems
| Client operating systems | Â | End of extended support |
| Windows Server 2022 (Datacenter, Datacenter Azure Edition, Standard) | Â | October 14, 2031 |
| Windows Server, version 20H2 (Datacenter, Standard) | Â | May 10, 2022 |
| Windows Server, version 2004 (Datacenter, Standard) | Â | December 14, 2021 |
| Windows Server, version 1909 (Datacenter, Standard) | Â | November 12, 2019 |
| Windows Server, version 1809 (Datacenter, Standard) | Â | November 13, 2018 |
| Windows Server 2019 (Datacenter, Essentials, Standard) | Â | November 13, 2018 |
| Windows Server, version 1803 (Datacenter, Standard) | Â | April 30, 2018 |
| Windows Server, version 1709 (Datacenter, Standard) | Â | October 17, 2017 |
| Windows Server 2016 Datacenter, Essentials, Standard) | Â | October 15, 2016 |
| Windows Storage Server 2016 | Â | October 15, 2016 |
| Windows Server 2012 R2 | Â | October 10 2023 |
| Windows Server 2012 | Â | October 10 2023 |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 | Â | February 22, 2011 |
| Windows Server 2008 SP1 | Â | April 20, 2009 |
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