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Microsoft Pricing update 1 April 2023

Pricing update 1 April 2023

Microsoft is dedicated to harmonizing its prices for cloud services and adjusting for local currency fluctuation within the European region. For this reason, starting from April 1, 2023, Microsoft is making changes to their pricelists for the following currencies:

  • Euro (EUR)
  • Swedish Krona (SEK)
  • Norwegian Krone (NOK)
  • Danish Krone (DKK)
  • British pound (GBP)

 

The table below illustrates the price increase (in percentage) for the currencies, to better align to global levels:

Currency

Price increase (in %)
British Pound 9
Danish Krone 11
Euros 11
Norwegian Krone 11
Swedish krona 15

Azure customers

For Azure customers who buy the services through NCE with the Microsoft Customer Agreement (MCA), Azure is priced in United States Dollars (USD) worldwide.

USD global pricing provides customers with transparent and competitive rates that can easily be compared to competitor pricing. However, a customer buys – from a partner in the Cloud Solution Provider program, from a Microsoft seller, or from Azure.com. Customers who purchase Azure through the MCA will not see their prices impacted by these local currency adjustments. Local currency billing rates for Azure through the MCA are calculated monthly and published on Azure.com.

Business customers

For business customers, these pricing changes will not affect existing orders under commercial licensing agreements (for services that are subject to price protection – i.e., price protected services aren’t affected until renewal). However, prices for new service additions under these licensing agreements and purchases and new contracts will be subject to the pricelist changes when the customer places an order. Customers buying cloud services in the currencies mentioned above, will continue to find equivalent Microsoft cloud offers highly competitive.

Microsoft Office 2019 und 2021 Lifecycle-Richtlinie

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Microsoft Office 2019

Microsoft Office 2019 folgt der Fixed-Lifecycle-Richtlinie.

Dies gilt für die folgenden Editionen: Home and Business, Home and Student, Personal, Professional, Professional Academic, Professional Plus, Standard

Die Supportzeiträume werden in Pacific Time (PT) für Redmond (Washington, USA) angegeben.

Supportzeiträume

Auflistung Startdatum Enddatum des Mainstreamsupports Erweitertes Enddatum
Microsoft Office 2019 24. Sept. 2018 10. Okt. 2023 14. Okt. 2025

Editionen

  • Home und Business
  • Home and Student
  • Personal
  • Professional
  • Professional Academic
  • Professional Plus
  • Standard

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Office 2021

Office 2021 folgt der Modern-Lifecycle-Richtlinie.

Dies gilt für die folgenden Editionen: Home and Business, Home and Business für Mac, Home and Student, Home and Student für Mac, Professional

Die Supportzeiträume werden in Pacific Time (PT) für Redmond (Washington, USA) angegeben.

Supportzeiträume

Auflistung Startdatum Deaktivierungsdatum
Office 2021 5. Okt. 2021 13. Okt. 2026

Editionen

  • Home und Business
  • Home and Business für Mac
  • Home and Student
  • Home and Student für Mac
  • Professional

Windows 10 Home und Pro – Supportende für 21H1 – 13. Dezember 2022

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Windows 10 Home und Pro

Windows 10 Home und Pro folgen der Modern-Lifecycle-Richtlinie.

Dies gilt für die folgenden Editionen: Home, Pro, Pro Education, Pro for Workstations

 Wichtig

Ab Windows 10, Version 21H2 (das Windows 10 November 2021 Update), werden Funktionsupdates jährlich in der zweiten Hälfte des Jahres über den Kanal für allgemeine Verfügbarkeit veröffentlicht. Weitere Informationen finden Sie hier. Microsoft wird bis zum 14. Oktober 2025 weiterhin mindestens einen Windows 10-Kanal unterstützen.

Die Supportzeiträume werden in Pacific Time (PT) für Redmond (Washington, USA) angegeben.

Supportzeiträume

Auflistung Startdatum Deaktivierungsdatum
Windows 10 Home und Pro 29. Juli 2015 14. Okt. 2025

Releases

Version Startdatum Enddatum
Version 22H2 18. Okt. 2022 14. Mai 2024
Version 21H2 16. Nov. 2021 13. Juni 2023
Version 21H1 18. Mai 2021 13. Dez. 2022
Version 20H2 20. Okt. 2020 10. Mai 2022
Version 2004 27. Mai 2020 14. Dez. 2021
Version 1909 12. Nov. 2019 11. Mai 2021
Version 1903 21. Mai 2019 8. Dez. 2020
Version 1809 13. Nov. 2018 10. Nov. 2020
Version 1803 30. Apr. 2018 12. Nov. 2019
Version 1709 17. Okt. 2017 9. Apr. 2019
Version 1703 11. Apr. 2017 9. Okt. 2018
Version 1607 2. Aug. 2016 10. Apr. 2018
Version 1511 10. Nov. 2015 10. Okt. 2017
Version 1507 29. Juli 2015 9. Mai 2017

Office versions and connectivity to Microsoft 365 services

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From October 13, 2020 onward, only these versions of Office are supported for connecting to Microsoft 365 (and Office 365) services:

  • Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise (previously named Office 365 ProPlus)
  • Microsoft 365 Apps for business (previously named Office 365 Business)
  • Office LTSC 2021, such as Office LTSC Professional Plus 2021
  • Office 2019, such as Office Professional Plus 2019
  • Office 2016, such as Office Standard 2016

 Note

Office 2019 and Office 2016 will be supported for connecting to Microsoft 365 (and Office 365) services until October 2023.

Examples of Microsoft 365 services include Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and OneDrive for Business.

For Microsoft 365 Apps, you must be using a supported version. For a list of which versions are currently supported, see Update history for Microsoft 365 Apps.

 Important

We won’t take any active measures to block other versions of the Office client that are still supported and are up to date, such as Office 2013 with Service Pack 1, from connecting to Microsoft 365 services. But these older clients may encounter performance or reliability issues over time.

Impact of using older Office clients to connect to Microsoft 365 services

After October 13, 2020, ongoing investments to our cloud services won’t take into account older Office clients. Over time, these Office clients may encounter performance or reliability issues. Organizations that use these older clients will almost certainly face an increased security risk and may find themselves out of compliance depending upon specific regional or industry requirements.

Therefore, administrators should update older Office clients to versions of Office supported for connecting to Microsoft 365 services.

Upgrade resources available to administrators

We recommend that you upgrade older Office clients to a subscription version of the Office client, such as Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise. The most up-to-date subscription versions of the Office client are always supported connecting to Microsoft 365 services.

We provide various services to help you upgrade to subscription versions of the Office client. The following list provides some examples of resources that are available:

Retirement of TLS 1.0 and 1.1

After October 15, 2020, you must be using at least TLS 1.2 to connect to Microsoft 365 services. For more information, see Disabling TLS 1.0 and 1.1 for Microsoft 365 and Preparing for TLS 1.2 in Office 365 and Office 365 GCC.

Basic authentication with Exchange Online

There are some changes planned related to the use of Basic Authentication with Exchange Online. For more information, see Basic Authentication Deprecation in Exchange Online – May 2022 Update.

Retirement of Skype for Business Online

Skype for Business Online was retired on July 31, 2021. For more information, see Skype for Business Online retirement.

Minimum version requirements for Outlook for Windows

 Note

  • The information in this section was communicated in the following Message center post in the Microsoft 365 admin center.
    • Message ID: MC229143
    • Message title: Update to Microsoft 365 and Outlook for Windows connectivity
    • Publish date: December 9, 2020.
  • For more information, see the New minimum Outlook for Windows version requirements for Microsoft 365 blog post on the Microsoft Tech Community.
  • This information only applies to Outlook for Windows. It doesn’t apply to Outlook on other operating systems, such as macOS, iOS, or Android.

Starting on November 1, 2021, the following versions are the minimum versions of Outlook for Windows you need to be using to be able to connect to Microsoft 365 services, such as Exchange Online.

  • Version 1706 of Microsoft 365 Apps
  • Version 16.0.4600.1000 of Office 2016 (with the November 2017 Update, KB 4051890)
  • Version 15.0.4971.1000 of Office 2013 (Service Pack 1 with the October 2017 Update, KB 4043461)

All versions of Outlook 2019 should be able to connect to Microsoft 365 services, but only the most current version is supported.

Even though newer versions of Outlook 2013 might be able to connect to Microsoft 365 services, it’s not supported and you may encounter performance or reliability issues.

Versions of Outlook that are newer than those versions listed, but aren’t the most current (supported) versions, may experience connectivity issues. To find what is the most current (supported) version, see the following articles:

Additional information about connectivity to Microsoft 365 services

  • Versions of Office LTSC 2021 will be supported for connecting to Microsoft 365 (and Office 365) services until October 2026.
  • Connecting to Microsoft 365 services using Office 2016 for Mac isn’t supported. That’s because Office 2016 for Mac reached its end of support on October 13, 2020.
  • The following versions of Project are supported for connecting to Microsoft 365 (and Office 365) services:
    • Project Online Desktop Client
    • Project Professional 2021 and Project Standard 2021
    • Project Professional 2019 and Project Standard 2019 (until October 2023)
    • Project Professional 2016 and Project Standard 2016 (until October 2023)
  • The following versions of Visio are supported for connecting to Microsoft 365 (and Office 365) services:
    • Visio desktop app that comes with a Visio Plan 2 subscription
    • Visio LTSC Professional 2021 and Visio LTSC Standard 2021
    • Visio Professional 2019 and Visio Standard 2019 (until October 2023)
    • Visio Professional 2016 and Visio Standard 2016 (until October 2023)
  • This information about connecting to Microsoft 365 services doesn’t apply to InfoPath 2013 or SharePoint Designer 2013.
  • For end of support dates for different versions of Office on various versions of Windows, see the Office configuration support matrix.
  • To discuss or learn more about end of support for Office versions, visit Microsoft Office End of Support on the Microsoft Tech Community.

Worry-Free Business Security Services (WFBS-SVC)

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Microsoft Windows 10 and Apple MAC OS Platforms Compatibility with Worry-Free Business Security (WFBS) and Worry-Free Business Security Services (WFBS-SVC)

  • Updated:
  • 21 Jul 2021 

SUMMARY

This article provides the compatibility matrix for Windows 10 and MAC operating systems of Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security (WFBS) and Worry-Free Business Security Services (WFBS-SVC).

This article will be updated as soon as new information has been provided.DETAILSNote that these are the minimum versions of the products to officially add support; however, customers are encouraged to visit the Download Center to make sure they have the latest version available or visit the Online Help Center for more information.

New minimum Outlook for Windows version requirements for Microsoft 365

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New minimum Outlook for Windows version requirements for Microsoft 365

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Microsoft_365_Team

Microsoft 365Published Aug 27 2021 09:00 AM  2,369 ViewsSkip to footer content

We are quickly approaching the November 1st deadline when the minimum version requirements for connecting Outlook for Windows to Office 365/Microsoft 365 services will change. So, we thought we’d share more information on why we’re doing that. 

After November 1, 2021, only Outlook 2013 Service Pack 1 (with latest fixes) and later will be able to connect to Microsoft 365 services. It’s worth noting here that Outlook 2007, 2010, and Office 2013 versions earlier than 15.0.4971.1000 aren’t supported now, but we know some customers just can’t quit them. 

The deadline is approaching! 

Since our Message Center post last fall, we’ve seen a drop in the usage of the unsupported versions of Outlook for Windows – great job! If you’re still running older versions, please start working on a plan to move by November 1st. 

Our Customer Support team is actively reaching out to tenants that have the most usage on Outlook 2007 and 2010 to help them meet the deadline. If you have questions or concerns about getting all users off these unsupported builds, please reach out to your support teams. 

Why are we blocking old versions? 

Older versions of Outlook such as Outlook 2007 and 2010 are incompatible with the following upcoming service changes, which is prompting this controlled block: 

  • Support for basic authentication is ending to increase the security of Microsoft 365 by relying on modern authentication protocols, which are not only more secure, but also provide compliance and policy controls to help you manage your data. 
  • We’re working on adding support for HTTP/2 in Microsoft 365. HTTP/2 is a full duplex protocol, which decreases latency through header compression and request multiplexing. On the service side, we’ll be able to better prioritize requests and more effectively push data to clients. 

It can be a challenge to stay current, but there are many reasons why staying current is a good idea: 

  • Security fixes will protect your devices against known vulnerabilities. 
  • Reliability – over the last five years we’ve eliminated 75% of crashes in Outlook! 
  • Updated versions have all the coolest new features to make your life easier! 


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