: 📰 *DQ0*: *No Windows 10,
no Office 2019, says Microsoft*
Microsoft has revealed that Office
2019’s desktop applications will only run on Windows 10 – and shortened support
for the forthcoming release of the suite. In an update published on February
1st, the company revealed that the beta apps for the perpetual version of
Office 2019 – as opposed to the subscription Office 365 - will appear in 2018’s
second quarter and a final release will ship in the second half of the year.
But when the software lands, it will
only run on Windows 10 or the next Long-Term Servicing version of Windows
Server. For Windows 10 users, only the Semi-Annual or Long-Term Servicing
Channel editions of the OS will run Office’s apps.
Support for Office 2019 will also be
shorter than usual. As Redmond’s explained, “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
get the usual period of standard support, but just two years of extended
support. That will mean the suite’s death day is October 10th, 2025. Which is
the same day on which Microsoft will end extended support for Office 2016.
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