Support lifecycle of Microsoft Office

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Beginning in 2002, Microsoft instituted a policy of Support Lifecycle
including:
• Earlier versions than Office 97 (including Outlook 97) are no longe
supported.
• Office 97 (including Outlook 98) – Mainstream hotfix support ended o
August 31, 2001. Extended hotfix support ended on February 28, 2002
Assisted support ended on January 16, 2004.
• Office 2000 – Mainstream support ended June 30, 2004. Extende
support will end on July 14, 2009.
• Office XP – Mainstream support ended July 11, 2006. Extended suppor
will end on July 12, 2011.
• Office 2003 - Mainstream support will end on April 14, 2009. Extende
support will end on April 8, 2014.
• Office 2007 - Mainstream support will end on April 10, 2012. Extende
support will end on April 11, 2017.
• Current and future versions - Mainstream support will end 5 year
after release, or 2 years after the next release, whichever time i
later, and extended support will end 5 years after that
 

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