Ending Support in 2022

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The following list represents products retiring or reaching the end of support in 2022. 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 2022.

Product Retirement
Dynamics 365 for Talent
February 2, 2022
Azure Scheduler
February 15, 2022
Dynamics 365 Field Service (on-premises)
June 30, 2022
Microsoft Machine Learning Server (Microsoft R Server)
July 1, 2022
Windows Server Semi-Annual Channel
August 9, 2022
Microsoft Teams Rooms (Premium)
Microsoft Teams Rooms (Standard)
September 1, 2022

End of Servicing

The following product versions, governed by the Modern Policy, will end support in 2022.

Product End of Servicing
Microsoft Configuration Manager, Version 2006
February 11, 2022
Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premises (Modern Policy), 2020 release wave 1, version 16.x
Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premises (Modern Policy), 2020 release wave 2, version 17.x
April 12, 2022
PowerShell, PowerShell 7.1
May 8, 2022
.NET 5.0
Windows 10 Enterprise and Education, Version 1909
Windows 10 Home and Pro, Version 20H2
Windows 10 IoT Enterprise, Version 1909
May 10, 2022
Visual Studio for Mac, Visual Studio 2019 for Mac
May 23, 2022
FSLogix, Version 2201
May 24, 2022
Microsoft Configuration Manager, Version 2010
May 30, 2022
Azure IoT Edge, Version 1.2
June 27, 2022
Microsoft Configuration Manager, Version 1511
July 12, 2022
FSLogix, Version 2201 Hotfix 1
July 21, 2022
Azure IoT Edge, Version 1.3
August 29, 2022
Azure Active Directory (AD) Connect, Version 1.x
August 31, 2022
Microsoft Configuration Manager, Version 2103
October 5, 2022
Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premises (Modern Policy), 2021 release wave 1, version 18.x
October 11, 2022
PowerShell, PowerShell 7.0 (LTS)
December 3, 2022
Azure IoT Edge, Version 1.1 (LTS)
FSLogix, Version 2201 Hotfix 2
.NET Core 3.1 (LTS)
Windows 10 Enterprise and Education, Version 21H1
Windows 10 Home and Pro, Version 21H1
Windows 10 IoT Enterprise, Version 21H1
December 13, 2022

Products reaching End of Support

The following products and releases, governed by the Fixed Policy, will end support in 2022.

Product End of Support
Visual Studio LightSwitch 2011
Windows 7, Extended Security Update Year 2*
Windows Server 2008, Extended Security Update Year 2
Windows Server 2008 R2, Extended Security Update Year 2
January 11, 2022
AppFabric 1.1 for Windows Server
Dynamics AX 2009
Dynamics AX 2012
Dynamics AX 2012 R2
Visual Studio 2019, Version 16.7
April 12, 2022
Microsoft .NET Framework, .NET Framework 4.5.2
Microsoft .NET Framework, .NET Framework 4.6
Microsoft .NET Framework, .NET Framework 4.6.1
April 26, 2022
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Semi-Annual Channel (SAC)
June 14, 2022
Cloud Platform System
Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Extended Security Update Year 3
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, Extended Security Update Year 3
Microsoft SQL Server 2012
Microsoft System Center 2012 App Controller
Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
Microsoft System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager
Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection
Microsoft System Center 2012 Operations Manager
Microsoft System Center 2012 Orchestrator
Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 App Controller
Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager
Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager
Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Endpoint Protection
Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager
Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Orchestrator
Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager
Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager
Microsoft System Center 2012 Service Manager
Microsoft System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager
Windows Azure Pack (on Windows Server 2012 R2)
July 12, 2022
Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager 2010
Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2
SQL Server 2016, Service Pack 2
Visual Studio 2019, Version 16.9
Windows Embedded POSReady 7, Extended Security Update Year 1*
Windows Embedded Standard 7, Extended Security Update Year 2*
October 11, 2022
Azure StorSimple 1200 Series
Azure StorSimple 8000 Series
StorSimple Data Manager
December 31, 2022

Products moving to Extended Support

The following products will be moving from Mainstream to Extended Support in 2022. 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
BizTalk Server 2016
Dynamics NAV 2017
HPC Pack 2016
Hyper-V Server 2016
Microsoft Host Integration Server 2016
System Center 2016 Data Protection
System Center 2016 Operations Manager
System Center 2016 Orchestrator
System Center 2016 Service Manager
System Center 2016 Virtual Machine Manager
Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2017
Windows Azure Pack (on Windows Server 2016)
Windows Server 2016
Windows Storage Server 2016
January 11, 2022
Visual Studio 2017
April 12, 2022
SQL Server 2017
October 11, 2022

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
PostgreSQL 10
November 10, 2022
Azure AD Graph
December 31, 2022