Windows 10 will end its life cycle on October 14, 2025 and this It will also affect other applications As the online productivity and collaboration suite Microsoft 365, whose support also has an expiration date.
Microsoft announced at the beginning of the year that it would expand the security updates of the applications of the Suite Office in Windows 10 to October 2028 in what was a complete turning back on the expected. But at that time he did not mention that the extension of the support It would only affect security And not its characteristics, which will end up leaving a very important type of software for any PC.
In a recent announcement, the company clarifies that support that comes to say: If you want the latest functions of Microsoft 365, you will have to update to Windows 11. Here, the big problem remains that many current PCs cannot update because they do not meet hardware requirements (although they work perfectly).
It is estimated that up to 400 million PCs can be found in these situation, both user equipment and companies that are not prepared for the end of Windows 10 and the extended security program (ESU) for Windows 10 can only be viable for large companies and has no medium -term tour.
Microsoft 365 will not be viable in Windows 10
Microsoft 365 users, personal and family versions, who work on Windows 10, will stop receiving new functions In August 2026like the users of the current channel of the business area.
Microsoft plans to suspend the new Office functions for users of the monthly business channel in Windows 10 on October 13, 2026, and the same will do for users of the semiannual business channel on January 12, 2027.
In what looks like another Microsoft attempt to encourage users to update Windows 11the support page warns of the performance and reliability problems that may arise when using Microsoft 365 in Windows 10 after the operating system reaches the end of the life cycle in October this year.
Although the security of Microsoft 365 in Windows 10 is guaranteed until October 10, 2028, it is not viable to use a productivity suite that must update its characteristics from time to time, especially with the functions of AI that they are arriving with such force. Users and companies must look for alternatives, within Microsoft or outside with Linux as a great protagonist.
