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Microsoft Product End of Support & Retirements

  • Monday, 6th October, 2025
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Microsoft Products Lifecycle 2025 for Support

Date: October 6, 2025  |  Category: Licensing  |  Program: Microsoft CSP  |  Status: Available

Dear All,

The following major Microsoft products will reach end of support in October, November, or December 2025. Please review and plan migrations accordingly.

  • Windows 10 Enterprise and Education
  • Windows 10 Home and Pro
  • Windows 10 IoT Enterprise
  • Access 2016
  • Access 2019
  • Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premises (Fixed Policy)
  • Excel 2016
  • Excel 2019
  • Exchange Server 2016
  • Exchange Server 2019
  • Microsoft Office 2016
  • Microsoft Office 2019
  • Microsoft Report Viewer 2015 Runtime
  • OneNote 2016
  • Outlook 2016
  • Outlook 2019
  • PowerPoint 2016
  • PowerPoint 2019
  • Project 2016
  • Project 2019
  • Publisher 2016
  • Publisher 2019
  • Skype for Business 2016
  • Skype for Business 2019
  • Skype for Business Server 2015
  • Skype for Business Server 2019
  • Visio 2016
  • Visio 2019
  • Visual Studio 2015
  • Visual Studio Team Foundation Server
  • Windows 10 2015 LTSB
  • Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSB 2015
  • Windows 10 Team (Surface Hub)
  • Windows Defender Exploit Guard
  • Windows Defender for Windows 10
  • Windows Server 2012, Extended Security Update Year 2
  • Windows Server 2012 R2, Extended Security Update Year 2
  • Word 2016
  • Word 2019

Product Lifecycle Details (full list)

Product Retirement Date Migration Guidance / Official Link
Windows 10 (Multiple editions) 14-Oct-25 Plan for Windows 11 (Microsoft Learn)
Office 2016 and 2019 14-Oct-25 Prepare now for key end-of-support moments (Microsoft 365 Blog)
Exchange Server 2016 and 2019 14-Oct-25 Exchange Server roadmap update (Exchange Team Blog)
Skype for Business Server 2015 and 2019 14-Oct-25 Skype for Business Server roadmap update (Skype for Business Blog)
Visio 2016 and 2019 14-Oct-25 Everything you should know about Visio (Microsoft 365 Blog)
Project 2016 and 2019 14-Oct-25 Everything you should know about Project (Project Blog)
Visual Studio 2015 14-Oct-25 Support reminder for older versions of Visual Studio (Visual Studio Blog)
Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 14-Oct-25 Upgrade guidance for Azure DevOps Server / TFS (Microsoft Learn)
Windows 10 Team (Surface Hub) 14-Oct-25 Migrate Surface Hub (Microsoft Learn)
Azure Basic Load Balancer Sep-25 Azure Basic Load Balancer - Microsoft Lifecycle
Azure Unmanaged Disks Sep-25 Azure Unmanaged Disks - Microsoft Lifecycle
Azure Database for MariaDB Sep-25 Azure Database for MariaDB - Microsoft Lifecycle
Azure Service Map Sep-25 Azure Service Map - Microsoft Lifecycle
Azure HPC Cache Sep-25 Azure HPC Cache - Microsoft Lifecycle
Azure vFXT Sep-25 Azure vFXT - Microsoft Lifecycle
Azure Remote Rendering Sep-25 Azure Remote Rendering - Microsoft Lifecycle
Azure SQL Edge Sep-25 Azure SQL Edge - Microsoft Lifecycle
SAP HANA Large Instances (HLIs) Jun-25 SAP HANA Large Instances (HLIs) - Microsoft Lifecycle
Visual Studio App Center Jun-25 Visual Studio App Center - Microsoft Lifecycle
Microsoft Genomics Jan-25 Microsoft Genomics - Microsoft Lifecycle
Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premises (Fixed Policy) Apr-26 Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premises - Microsoft Lifecycle
Dynamics NAV 2016 Apr-26 Dynamics NAV 2016 - Microsoft Lifecycle
Dynamics GP 2016 Jul-26 Dynamics GP 2016 - Microsoft Lifecycle
Dynamics GP 2016 R2 Jul-26 Dynamics GP 2016 R2 - Microsoft Lifecycle
Dynamics NAV 2017 Oct-26 Dynamics NAV 2017 - Microsoft Lifecycle
SharePoint Server 2016 Oct-26 SharePoint Server 2016 - Microsoft Lifecycle
SharePoint Server 2019 Oct-26 SharePoint Server 2019 - Microsoft Lifecycle
Project Server 2016 Oct-26 Project Server 2016 - Microsoft Lifecycle
Project Server 2019 Oct-26 Project Server 2019 - Microsoft Lifecycle
Access 2021 Oct-26 Access 2021 - Microsoft Lifecycle
Excel 2021 Oct-26 Excel 2021 - Microsoft Lifecycle
Office 2021 Oct-26 Office 2021 - Microsoft Lifecycle
OneNote 2021 Oct-26 OneNote 2021 - Microsoft Lifecycle
Outlook 2021 Oct-26 Outlook 2021 - Microsoft Lifecycle
PowerPoint 2021 Oct-26 PowerPoint 2021 - Microsoft Lifecycle
Project 2021 Oct-26 Project 2021 - Microsoft Lifecycle
Publisher 2021 Oct-26 Publisher 2021 - Microsoft Lifecycle
Visio 2021 Oct-26 Visio 2021 - Microsoft Lifecycle
Word 2021 Oct-26 Word 2021 - Microsoft Lifecycle

Please review the list carefully. For full details on Microsoft’s product lifecycle and end-of-support schedule, visit:
Microsoft Product End of Support Overview

Thank you,
Thobson Technologies

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