Microsoft Office Service Lifecycle (End of Life)

Last updated on June 16, 2023

Microsoft Office is offered in both online (M365) and offline versions. This is a suite of client and server software and services that also you you to create, edit, manage, and control different sorts of data.

Using Microsoft Office, you can enhance your work and personal productivity by sorting and organizing different text and image-based information. Moreover, it can also handle spreadsheets and databases.

Support status guide

End of life (EOL) is the end of a product’s useful life. When a product reaches the end of its life cycle, the manufacturer no longer supports it. The following table explains the different phases of a product’s lifecycle. Testing status is when the product is initially released and EOL is when product support is no longer offered. The time between these two points is the support timeframe.

Testing

The software is not yet publicly available. It is in testing phase i.e., alpha, beta, release preview etc.

Active

The software is actively supported by the vendor.

Phasing Out

The software will soon reach its end of life. You need to look for upgrade or migration options. The software will automatically go into phasing out status 2 months before end of life.

End Of Life

The software is no longer supported by the vendor. You need to make sure your system and environment are safe.

Version

Released

Active Support

Extended Support

Office 2021
2 years and 1 month ago
(5 October 2021)
Ends in 2 years and 10 months
(13 October 2026)
Ends in 2 years and 10 months
(13 October 2026)
Office 2019
5 years and 2 months ago
(24 September 2018)
Ended 1 month and 3 weeks ago
(10 October 2023)
Ends in 1 year and 10 months
(14 October 2025)
Office 2016
8 years and 2 months ago
(22 September 2015)
Ended 3 years and 1 month ago
(13 October 2020)
Ends in 1 year and 10 months
(14 October 2025)
Office 2013
10 years and 10 months ago
(9 January 2013)
Ended 5 years and 7 months ago
(10 April 2018)
Ended 7 months and 2 weeks ago
(11 April 2023)
Office 2010
13 years and 4 months ago
(15 July 2010)
Ended 8 years and 1 month ago
(13 October 2015)
Ended 3 years and 1 month ago
(13 October 2020)
Office 2007
16 years and 10 months ago
(27 January 2007)
Ended 11 years and 1 month ago
(9 October 2012)
Ended 6 years and 1 month ago
(10 October 2017)
Office 2003
20 years and 2 weeks ago
(17 November 2003)
Ended 14 years and 7 months ago
(14 April 2009)
Ended 9 years and 7 months ago
(8 April 2014)

Microsoft Office Online, or Microsoft 365, is always supported till Microsoft offers this service. However, the offline versions, just like any other software, come to an end of service, known as the End of Life.

Microsoft releases a new Office version every 2 to 3 years, each one offering a number of different editions, suited for each individual’s needs. There’s an office edition for regular home users, professionals, students, and enterprises. Regardless, all editions of the same Office version reach End of Life at the same time.

Microsoft offers an active support duration for its Office products, which tends to last around 5 years, and then there’s another 5 years of extended support. However, as observed in the latest Office version, Office 2021, there is no extended support – only 5 years of mainstream (active) support.