Microsoft reveals when exactly it stops extended Windows 10 support for Office 365 apps

Microsoft, earlier in the year, quietly extended support for Office 365 apps on Windows 10. Following that, the company has now released the remaining details.

Microsoft is ending support for Windows 10 this year in October. This may affect as many as 400 million systems worldwide, which won't be able to upgrade as they don't meet the system requirements eligibility criteria. As such, an "End of Windows 10’ toolkit" has been released in order to help such users so that they aren't misled.

Fortunately, on the Microsoft 365 (M365) apps front, the company had a change of heart, as Neowin spotted that the tech giant had quietly extended support for M365 apps for an additional three years until 2028.

Microsoft believes this is important as offices and organizations may be transitioning to Windows 11 from 10 during this period, yes Microsoft does recommend that users and enterprises alike do so as the decade old OS still has some unfixable bugs.

The company said: "To help maintain security while you transition to Windows 11Microsoft will continue providing security updates for Microsoft 365 Apps on Windows 10 for three years after Windows 10 reaches end of support. These updates will be delivered through the standard update channels, ending on October 10, 2028."

However, at that time, Microsoft did not provide a breakdown of how the various channels would be receiving updates. Neowin noticed today while browsing that more details have since been added. Microsoft writes:

Devices running Microsoft 365 Apps on Windows 10 will receive feature updates until Version 2608 is released on the following dates:

August 2026 for Current Channel (including all versions for individuals and families)

October 13, 2026 for Monthly Enterprise Channel

January 12, 2027 for Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel

Devices will remain on Version 2608, receiving only security updates until October 10, 2028.

Thus, essentially, Microsoft has informed that version 2608 will be the last Office 365 version to be supported on Windows 10 across the various channels, and to upgrade to a M365 version beyond that, users must move to Windows 11. For those wondering, the Current Channel is running version 2506 at the moment.