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As of October 13, 2020, only these versions of Office are supported for connecting to Office 365 (and Microsoft 365) services:

Start quickly with the most recent versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote and OneDrive —combining the familiarity of Office and the unique Mac features you love. Work online or offline, on your own or with others in real time—whatever works for what you’re doing. Microsoft Office 2016 (codenamed Office 16) is a version of the Microsoft Office productivity suite, succeeding both Office 2013 and Office for Mac 2011 and preceding Office 2019 for both platforms. It was released on macOS on July 9, 2015, and on Microsoft Windows on September 22, 2015, for Office 365 subscribers. Mainstream support ended on October 13, 2020, and most editions have extended. New Contact Support feature in Outlook 2016 for Mac We are excited to announce that Contact Support (aka, in-app support) is now available to all users on the latest Outlook for Mac version 15.34 (170515) and later. Downloading Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac Using a Microsoft Live Account. Navigate to uconn.onthehub.com. Enter your NetID credentials and click Login. Once you log in, select Office for Mac 2016. Read the description to make sure that your computer meets the system requirements and that you meet the eligibility. If you do, select Add to Cart.

Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise (previously named Office 365 ProPlus)
Microsoft 365 Apps for business (previously named Office 365 Business)
Office 2019, such as Office Professional Plus 2019
Office 2016, such as Office Standard 2016

Examples of Office 365 services include Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and OneDrive for Business.

For Microsoft 365 Apps, you must be using a supported version. For a list of which versions are currently supported, see Update history for Microsoft 365 Apps.

Important

We won’t take any active measures to block other versions of the Office client, such as Office 2013, from connecting to Office 365 services, but these older clients may encounter performance or reliability issues over time.

Impact of using older Office clients to connect to Office 365 services

After October 13, 2020, ongoing investments to our cloud services will not take into account older Office clients. Over time, these Office clients may encounter performance or reliability issues. Organizations that use these older clients will almost certainly face an increased security risk and may find themselves out of compliance depending upon specific regional or industry requirements.

Therefore, administrators should update older Office clients to versions of Office supported for connecting to Office 365 services.

Upgrade resources available to administrators

We recommend that you upgrade older Office clients to a subscription version of the Office client, such as Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise. The most up-to-date subscription versions of the Office client are always supported connecting to Office 365 services.

We provide various services to help you upgrade to subscription versions of the Office client. The following list provides some examples of resources that are available:

Microsoft FastTrack, for migration and deployment assistance from Microsoft experts.
App Assure, for assistance from Microsoft with application compatibility issues.
Deployment guide for Microsoft 365 Apps, for technical documentation.
Product lifecycle dashboard and upgrade readiness dashboard, for users of Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (current branch).
Readiness Toolkit for Office add-ins and VBA, to help identify potential issues with add-ins and VBA macros used in your organization.

Upcoming changes related to connectivity to Office 365 services

Retirement of TLS 1.0 and 1.1

After October 15, 2020, you must be using at least TLS 1.2 to connect to Office 365 services. For more information, see TLS 1.0 and 1.1 deprecation for Office 365 and Preparing for TLS 1.2 in Office 365 and Office 365 GCC.

Basic authentication with Exchange Online

There are some changes planned related to the use of Basic Authentication with Exchange Online. For more information, see Basic Authentication and Exchange Online – April 2020 Update.

Ms Office 2016 For Mac End Of Support

Retirement of Skype for Business Online

Skype for Business Online will be retired on July 31, 2021. For more information, see Skype for Business Online retirement.

Additional information about connectivity to Office 365 services

Versions of Office 2019 and Office 2016 will be supported for connecting to Office 365 (and Microsoft 365) services until October 2023.
Connecting to Office 365 services using Office 2016 for Mac isn’t supported. That’s because Office 2016 for Mac reached its end of support on October 13, 2020.
This information about connecting to Office 365 services also applies to Project and Visio.
This information about connecting to Office 365 services does not apply to InfoPath 2013 or SharePoint Designer 2013.
For end of support dates for different versions of Office on various versions of Windows, see the Office configuration support matrix.
To discuss or learn more about end of support for Office versions, visit Microsoft Office End of Support on the Microsoft Tech Community.

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Originally published: October 29, 2018
Updated: July 17, 2020

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If you have any questions regarding support for a product, please contact your Microsoft Account Representative. If you need technical support, visit the Microsoft Support website.

Products governed by the Modern Policy

The following products, governed by the Modern Policy, will retire in 2020.

Products (Modern Policy)	Retirement
System Center, version 1807 (all editions)	January 24, 2020
Azure Container Service Windows Analytics	January 31, 2020
Visio Services in SharePoint Online	September 30, 2020
Windows 10, version 1709 (Enterprise, Education, IoT Enterprise)	October 13, 2020
Windows 10, version 1803 (Enterprise, Education, IoT Enterprise) Windows 10, version 1809 (Home, Pro, Pro Education, Pro for Workstation, IoT Core) Windows Server version 1809 (Datacenter Core, Standard Core)	November 10, 2020
Configuration Manager (current branch), version 1810	December 1, 2020
Windows 10, version 1903 (Enterprise, Home, Pro, Pro Education, Pro for Workstations, IoT Enterprise) Windows Server, version 1903 (Datacenter, Standard)	December 8, 2020
InMage/ASR Scout	December 31, 2020

Products governed by the Fixed Policy

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The following products, governed by the Fixed Policy, will end support in 2020.

Product (Fixed Policy)	End of Support
Dynamics NAV 2009 R2 Expression Blend 3 Expression Design 3 Expression Encoder 3 Expression Studio 3 Expression Web 3 Hyper-V Server 2008 Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Windows 7 Windows Embedded Handheld 6.5 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2008 Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Windows Storage Server 2008 (all editions)	January 14, 2020
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