Well, a tactical mistake for anyone but Microsoft.īesides, “computing” in general only began to take flight after most tech companies let go of their “main-frame mindset” and the vendor lock-in that comes with that. Call me old-fashioned all you want, but moving everything to the cloud is a tactical mistake. But a subscription model? Currently they are showing their good side, with reasonable prices for reasonable service.īut that won’t last, and then Microsoft has more control over your data and content than you do yourself. Not a bad thing in and off itself, don’t get me wrong. The rest of them is in this game for the money. Unfortunately, I’m also sure they this particular groups is vastly outnumbered inside the Microsoft ranks. I’m sure they employ many capable hands, which have their customers interest at heart. This is the problem with subscriptions, the power is now in Microsoft’s hands. These include, above all, an inherently reduced support period, disconnecting them from its online services or granting no support on outdated operating systems. On the contrary, Microsoft limits the use of the LTSC versions in particular with additional restrictions. When upgrading to a new version of Microsoft Office, companies can no longer assume that they are set for the next 10 years. The end of support date for each version is shown in this table. To that end, it announced at the beginning of the year that companies would automatically be switched from the Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel to the Monthly Enterprise Channel unless they objected to this measure. Microsoft would like to consolidate its customers onto the Monthly Enterprise Channel. The intervals depend on the channel from which you get the applications. On supported operating systems, Microsoft 365 apps are subject to the Modern Lifecycle Policy, which requires users to update the apps regularly. From this date, you can't even install them on Windows 8.1. In a blog post, Microsoft points out that the Microsoft 365 apps will no longer be supported on Windows 8.1, Windows 7, or Server 2008 R2 with Extended Security Updates (ESU) from January 10, 2023. Office applications can also lose support if they are still within the lifecycle but are running on an operating system that is no longer supported. Microsoft does not support the Microsoft 365 apps on this server OS. This is currently the only upgrade path for companies that want to use Office applications on a Windows Server 2022-based terminal server. However, it will be able to connect to Microsoft 365 services until that date. But this version will inherently only get five years of support, i.e., until Oct. Those who don't want to switch to a subscription version after the end of life for their current Office apps can still update to Office LTSC 2021. Office LTSC 2021 is the only option for RDS Since Office 2019 users received a shorter support period of seven years for their software, the effective lifecycle of these applications shrinks to five years if companies want to access Microsoft's online services. Instead, users will get no support in case of connectivity problems. Update: It seems like Microsoft will not actively block these versions from using M365 services.
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