


Microsoft has long played with the support of Office applications connecting to Office 365 services. With support lost more from omission than commission, Microsoft argued that customers "will almost certainly face an increased security risk" and "find themselves out of compliance" rather than be suddenly suspended from accessing, say, OneDrive. developer stated in the support document. "We won't take any active measures to block other versions of the Office client, such as Office 2013, from connecting to Office 365 services, but these older clients may encounter performance or reliability issues over time," the Redmond, Wash. (Mac versions of Office are supported for only five years, rather than the decade Windows' editions receive.)Īlthough excluding some Office applications from Office 365 service support may seem harsh – especially when those applications are owed years of support – Microsoft softened the blow considerably. The last two exhaust general support on Oct.

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The Office editions left in the cold are those provided with "perpetual" licenses – ones customers paid for once, not repeatedly as for Office or Microsoft 365 subscriptions – including Office 2013 on Windows, which is to receive support until ApOffice 2010 for Windows and Office 2016 for Mac. Office 2016, but only the Windows version.Microsoft 365 Apps for business, previously "Office 365 Business ".Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise, formerly known as "Office 365 ProPlus ".In a support document dated July 20, Microsoft listed the applications that will be "supported for connecting to Office 365 (and Microsoft 365) services" such as Exchange Online, SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business. 13 the company will not support older versions of Office applications connecting to Office 365 and Microsoft 365 services. Microsoft recently reminded customers that starting Oct.
