Support lifecycle of Microsoft Office

Windows

Beginning in 2002, Microsoft instituted a policy of Support Lifecycles including:

• Earlier versions than Office 97 (including Outlook 97) are no longer supported.
• Office 97 (including Outlook 98) – Mainstream hotfix support ended on August 31, 2001. Extended hotfix support ended on February 28, 2002. Assisted support ended on January 16, 2004.
• Office 2000 – Mainstream support ended June 30, 2004. Extended support will end on July 14, 2009.
• Office XP – Mainstream support ended July 11, 2006. Extended support will end on July 12, 2011.
• Office 2003 - Mainstream support will end on April 14, 2009. Extended support will end on April 8, 2014.
• Office 2007 - Mainstream support will end on April 10, 2012. Extended support will end on April 11, 2017.
• Current and future versions - Mainstream support will end 5 years after release, or 2 years after the next release, whichever time is later, and extended Computer support will end 5 years after that.