Ending Support in 2026

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The following list represents products retiring or reaching the end of support in 2026. 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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Product Retirements

The following products, governed by the Modern Policy, will retire in 2026.

Product	Retirement
Azure API for FHIR Azure FXT Edge Filer	September 30, 2026
Azure Anomaly Detector Azure Metrics Advisor Azure Personalizer	October 1, 2026
Access 2021 Excel 2021 Office 2021 OneNote 2021 Outlook 2021 PowerPoint 2021 Project 2021 Publisher 2021 Visio 2021 Word 2021	October 13, 2026

End of Servicing

The following product versions, governed by the Modern Policy, will end support in 2026.

Product	End of Servicing
Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premises (Modern Policy), 2024 release wave 2, version 25.x	April 4, 2026
.NET 9	May 12, 2026
Microsoft Configuration Manager, Version 2409	June 6, 2026
Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premises (Modern Policy), 2025 release wave 1, version 26.x Windows 11 Home and Pro, Version 24H2	October 13, 2026
Azure IoT Edge, Version 1.5 (LTS) .NET 8 (LTS) PowerShell, PowerShell 7.4 (LTS) Windows 11 Enterprise and Education, Version 23H2 Windows 11 IoT Enterprise, Version 23H2	November 10, 2026

Products reaching End of Support

The following products and releases, governed by the Fixed Policy, will end support in 2026.

Product	End of Support
Advanced Threat Analytics 1.X Dynamics CRM 2016 (Dynamics 365) Visual Studio 2022 , Version 17.10 (LTSC channel)	January 13, 2026
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Parallel Data Warehouse (Analytics Platform System)	March 31, 2026
Dynamics C5 2016 Dynamics NAV 2016 Microsoft Advanced Group Policy Management 4.0 Microsoft Application Virtualization 5.0 Microsoft Application Virtualization 5.1 Microsoft Application Virtualization Hosting 5.0 for Windows Desktops Microsoft Application Virtualization Hosting 5.1 for Windows Desktops Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring 2.5 Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset 10.0 User Experience Virtualization (UE-V) 2.1	April 14, 2026
Dynamics GP 2016 Dynamics GP 2016 R2 Infopath 2013 Project Server 2016 Project Server 2019 SharePoint Designer 2013 SharePoint Server 2016 SharePoint Server 2019 SQL Server 2014, Extended Security Updates Year 2 SQL Server 2016 Visual Studio 2022 , Version 17.12 (LTSC channel)	July 14, 2026
Access LTSC 2021 Excel LTSC 2021 Office LTSC 2021 Office LTSC 2021 for Mac OneNote LTSC 2021 Outlook LTSC 2021 PowerPoint LTSC 2021 Project 2021 (LTSC) Publisher LTSC 2021 Skype for Business LTSC 2021 Visio LTSC 2021 Windows 10 2016 LTSB Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSB 2016 Windows Server 2012, Extended Security Update Year 3 Windows Server 2012 R2, Extended Security Update Year 3 Word LTSC 2021	October 13, 2026

Products moving to Extended Support

The following products will be moving from Mainstream to Extended Support in 2026. 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
Office LTSC 2021 for Mac Windows Server 2022 Windows Server 2022 Datacenter: Azure Edition Windows Server 2022 Standard (MSL) Windows Server IoT 2022	October 13, 2026

Additional Azure Changes

Below is a list of additional Azure updates, including API, SDK and tools, and feature changes. Go here for more information: Azure updates | Microsoft Azure

Azure Item	Retirement
Speech to Text API v3.0 API Retirement	March 13, 2026
DMS (classic) – SQL Scenarios only retirement Feature deprecation: Trigger playbooks on alerts by analytics rule	March 15, 2026
AzureML Batch Endpoints API Preview retirement	March 16, 2026
Classic VMware protection scenario using ASR	March 29, 2026
API Keys for querying Application Insights Batch Region Retirement Classic alerts for Azure Backup Classic Compute Node Communication Model Deprecation of flash-extract custom fields Retire Require Approve Client App Conditional Access Grant VHD and Managed Images Windows Server 2019 on AKS hybrid Windows Server 2019 on AKS Retirement	March 31, 2026
Azure Application Gateway v1	April 28, 2026
Custom Commands	April 30, 2026
Azure AI Document Intelligence (formerly known as Azure Form Recognizer) v2.0 API Azure document Intelligence v2.1 Container	August 31, 2026
Computer Vision API v1.0 Computer Vision API v2.0 Computer Vision API v2.1 Computer Vision API v3.0 Computer Vision API v3.1	September 13, 2026
Azure Functions 1.0 Deprecation Azure Monitor Data Collector API Monitoring Support for AKS-Engine	September 14, 2026
Activity logs legacy connector, storage integration API Azure Maps Gen1 Price Tier	September 15, 2026
Azure Maps Render V1	September 17, 2026
Azure Maps Web SDK Map Controls Version 1.xx	September 19, 2026
SMART on FHIR Proxy in Azure Health Data Services	September 21, 2026
Azure API for FHIR Gen 1 offering Azure Container Registry ACR 2017-03-01-(GA) API Azure FXT Edge Filer Azure Maps Web SDK v2 Subversion (v2.0~v2.0.32) and Service Module Retirement Azure Virtual Desktop (Classic) Container Log V1 Get AlertSummary API Service Bus Control plane APIS v2014-09; v2015-08; v2016-07 Single URL Ping Test in Application Insights Track 0 and 1 Service Bus SDKs and SBMP protocol	September 30, 2026
Azure Anomaly Detector Azure Metrics Advisor Personalizer Translator Billing Model	October 1, 2026
Azure Functions In-process model end of support	November 10, 2026