Kimberly,
This is an extremely valid question. According to this link,
<https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4086175/office-2010-support-life-cycle>Office
2010 reaches its official end of support on October 13, 2020, which
isn't all that far away. While Office will continue to work beyond that
date, security fixes will no longer be available, at least, in most
cases. It's possible that, by then, organizations which are still
relying on Office will be willing to upgrade Windows machines to Windows
10. It's also possible that Microsoft, or other third parties, will
continue to make Office 2016 available for organizations who don't want
to be forced to upgrade the operating system to Windows 10. Open source
enthusiasts would probably love to point out that this wouldn't even be
a cause for concern if only these organizations would switch to an
alternative such as LibreOffice, which works equally well on all
operating systems. Yes, it will be very interesting to see how this
plays out in the coming years.
David Goldfield, Assistive Technology Specialist WWW.David-Goldfield.Com
On 2/2/2018 6:32 AM, Kimberly Starrett wrote:
David,
I find this policy on the part of microsoft kind of interesting. I work for the department of veterans affairs and not only are we working still working on computers running windows 7, but the version of office on my work laptop is office 2010. So is microsoft ready to lose all that business from the fedds? Somehow I doubt it. So it will be fun to see how this plays out.
Kimberly
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*Subject:* [blind-philly-comp] Microsoft Office 2019 Ships Q3 2018 and will only work on Windows 10
Good E-Reader – eBook, Audiobook and Digital Publishing News - Thursday, February 1, 2018 at 3:46 PM
Microsoft Office 2019 Ships Q3 2018 and will only work on Windows 10
Millions of authors employ Microsoft Office to write their novel and submit it to self-publishing services such as Kindle Direct Publishing. Microsoft has announced that Office 2019 will ship in Q3 2018 and it will only be compatible with Windows 10.
Little is known about what new features Microsoft will bring over to Office 2019, but you can expect big updates to Word, Excel, Outlook and Powerpoint.
In a blog post <https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/windowsitpro/2018/02/01/changes-to-office-and-windows-servicing-and-support/> Microsoft stated “Modern software not only provides new features to help people do their best work, but also new, more efficient manageability solutions and more comprehensive approaches to security. Software that is more than a decade old, and hasn’t benefited from this innovation, is difficult to secure and inherently less productive. As the pace of change accelerates, it has become imperative to move our software to a more modern cadence. In the past, perpetual versions of Office were released under the Microsoft Fixed Lifecycle Policy, with a term of 5 years of standard support and 5 years of extended support. Office 2019 will ship under a separate term with a reduced extended support period. Office 2019 will provide 5 years of mainstream support and approximately 2 years of extended support. This is an exception to our Fixed Lifecycle Policy to align with the support period for Office 2016. Extended support will end 10/14/2025.”
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