Ending Support in 2012

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The following list represents products retiring or reaching the end of support in 2012. Upon retirement or end of support, there will be no new security updates, non-security updates, free or paid assisted support options or online technical content updates. Go here to learn about Fixed and Modern Lifecycle policies and service packs.

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Products reaching End of Support

The following products and releases, governed by the Fixed Policy, will end support in 2012.

Product	End of Support
Duet for Microsoft Office and SAP Learning Essentials v1.5 with SCORM Microsoft Excel 2004 for Mac Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 Microsoft PowerPoint 2004 for Mac Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Service Pack 3 Microsoft Word 2004 for Mac Secured Dimensions SecureLM Windows XP Shared Computer Toolkit 1.0	January 10, 2012
Dynamics POS 2.0 Dynamics Retail Management System 2.0, Service Pack 3 Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 Microsoft Application Virtualization Hosting 4.6 for Windows Desktops Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 Visual Studio 2010 Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010	April 10, 2012
FAST Search Server 2010 (for SharePoint, for SharePoint Internet Sites) Groove Server 2010 HPC Pack 2008, Service Pack 1 Learning Essentials 2.0 for Microsoft Office Microsoft ActiveSync 4.5 Microsoft Forecaster 7.0, Service Pack 3 Microsoft Office 2010 Microsoft Search Server 2010 Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Project 2010 Project Server 2010 SharePoint Foundation 2010 Visio 2010	July 10, 2012
Dynamics GP 2010 Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Service Pack 2 Microsoft Works, Microsoft Works 9	October 9, 2012
Dynamics GP 10.0 Dynamics SL 7.0	October 10, 2017

Products moving to Extended Support

The following products will be moving from Mainstream to Extended Support in 2012. Extended Support includes security updates at no cost, and paid non-security updates and support. Additionally, Microsoft will not accept requests for design changes or new features during the Extended Support phase.

Product	End of Mainstream Support
Microsoft Customer Care Framework 2005 .NET 2.0 Edition Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006	January 10, 2012
Dynamics NAV 5.0 Exchange Server 2007 Microsoft BizTalk Adapters for Host Systems Microsoft BizTalk FileAct and InterAct Adapters for SWIFT Microsoft Host Integration Server 2006 Microsoft Office Communicator Phone Edition Windows Vista	April 10, 2012
Engyro Product Connectors for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager 2007 Microsoft Intelligent Application Gateway 2007 Microsoft Office Groove 2007 Microsoft ProClarity 6.3 Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 2005 SoftGrid Application Virtualization Virtual PC 2007 Windows Server Update Services 3.0	July 10, 2012
Dynamics GP 10.0 Dynamics SL 7.0 Expression Microsoft Customer Care Framework 2008 Microsoft Office 2007 Microsoft Office Access 2007 Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Microsoft Office Forms Server 2007 Microsoft Office Groove Server 2007 Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 Microsoft Office InterConnect 2007 Microsoft Office OneNote 2007 Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 Microsoft Office Project 2007 Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007 Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Microsoft Office Word 2007 Microsoft Visual J# Version 2.0 Redistributable Package Second Edition Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Visio 2007	October 9, 2012