#OFFICE 2016 EOL UPGRADE#

#OFFICE 2016 EOL UPGRADE#

We recommend that you upgrade older Office clients to a subscription version of the Office client, such as Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise.

Upgrade resources available to administrators Therefore, to provide the best experience with using Microsoft 365 services, we strongly recommend that you move off older Office versions to versions supported for connecting to Microsoft 365 services. For example, Office 2019 and Office 2016, both of which are in extended support until October 14, 2025. No active measures will be made to block older Office versions from connecting to Microsoft 365 services if they're in extended support and are kept up to date. That's because as we make improvements to Microsoft 365 services, we're not taking into account or testing with these older Office versions. In addition, over time, these older versions might encounter other unexpected performance or reliability issues while using Microsoft 365 services. In practical terms, what this means is that older Office versions might not be able to use all the latest functionality and features of Microsoft 365 services. Older Office versions might still be able to connect to Microsoft 365 services, but that connectivity isn't supported.

Older Office versions not supported for connecting to Microsoft 365 services Office 2016 is now out of mainstream support, but its coverage was extended until October 2023, as stated in a September 2018 blog post. As stated in a April 2017 blog post, only perpetual Office versions in mainstream support are supported for connecting to Microsoft 365 services.Support for connection to Microsoft 365 services with Office 2019 and Office 2016 ended on October 10, 2023.

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