Official support for Office applications on Windows 10 has an expiration date and will coincide exactly with the end of the operating system’s life cycle, October 14, 2025as announced by Microsoft.
The Redmond firm is doing everything possible (and the impossible) so that businesses and consumers migrate computers to Windows 11. The latest promotional campaign has been launched in the recent release 2025: «We believe that one of the most important technological elements that people will look to renew in 2025 will not be the refrigerator, the television or their mobile phone. It will be your PC with Windows 10, and they will move forward with Windows 11 »said Yusuf Mehdi, executive vice president and director of consumer marketing at Microsoft.
The problem is colossal because Windows 11 remains unconvincing and has not been able to corner the market despite the free update program launched by Microsoft. 2025 has arrived and if your share doesn’t go up enough before the end of life of Windows 10 in October, the industry will find itself with tens of millions of obsolete computerswhich could cause an unprecedented security crisis.
Goodbye to Office applications in Windows 10
There are many analysts who estimate that Microsoft would have to extend Windows 10 technical support by default to avoid this security crisis, taking into account that the end of the Windows 10 life cycle It is a commercial measure and not a technical one. But, for now, the software giant is not considering it.
The end of official support for Office applications in Windows 10 is intended to be a kind of nail in the coffin of the operating system, since the influence and market share of the productivity and collaboration suite, especially in companies, is colossal.
“Microsoft 365 apps will no longer be supported starting October 14, 2025 on Windows 10 devices… To use Microsoft 365 apps on your device, you will need to upgrade to Windows 11”
It is worth knowing, however, that Office apps on Windows 10 will continue to work beyond the end of official support, although there could be “performance and reliability issues over time”. It is clear that Microsoft presses with its best solutions to accelerate the adoption of Windows 11, although it runs the risk of consumers and companies looking for alternatives in productivity suites. There are and they are excellent.
