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The following list represents products retiring or reaching the end of support in 2025. 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.
If you have any questions regarding support for a product, please contact your Microsoft Account Representative. If you need technical support, visit the Microsoft Support website.
The following products, governed by the Modern Policy , will retire in 2025.
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The following product versions, governed by the Modern Policy , will end support in 2025.
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Product
End of Servicing
Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premises (Modern Policy), 2023 release wave 2, version 23.x April 2, 2025
Microsoft Configuration Manager, Version 2309 April 9, 2025
Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premises (Modern Policy), 2024 release wave 1, version 24.x October 7, 2025
Windows 11 Enterprise and Education, Version 22H2 Windows 11 IoT Enterprise, Version 22H2 October 14, 2025
Microsoft Configuration Manager, Version 2403 October 22, 2025
Windows Server Annual Channel, Version 23H2 October 24, 2025
Windows 11 Home and Pro, Version 23H2 November 11, 2025
Products reaching End of Support The following products and releases, governed by the Fixed Policy , will end support in 2025.
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Product
End of Support
Dynamics C5 2015 Dynamics CRM 2015 Dynamics NAV 2015 Dynamics SL 2015 Visual Studio 2022 , Version 17.6 (LTSC channel) January 14, 2025
Dynamics GP 2015 Dynamics GP 2015 R2 April 8, 2025
Microsoft SQL Server 2012, Extended Security Update Year 3 SQL Server 2014, Extended Security Updates Year 1 Visual Studio 2022 , Version 17.8 (LTSC channel) July 8, 2025
Access 2016 Access 2019 Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premises (Fixed Policy) Excel 2016 Excel 2019 Exchange Server 2016 Exchange Server 2019 Microsoft Office 2016 Microsoft Office 2019 Microsoft Report Viewer 2015 Runtime OneNote 2016 Outlook 2016 Outlook 2019 PowerPoint 2016 PowerPoint 2019 Project 2016 Project 2019 Publisher 2016 Publisher 2019 Skype for Business 2016 Skype for Business 2019 Skype for Business Server 2015 Skype for Business Server 2019 Visio 2016 Visio 2019 Visual Studio 2015 Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2015 Windows 10 2015 LTSB Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSB 2015 Windows 10 Team (Surface Hub) Windows Defender Exploit Guard Windows Defender for Windows 10 Windows Server 2012, Extended Security Update Year 2 Windows Server 2012 R2, Extended Security Update Year 2 Word 2016 Word 2019 October 14, 2025
Products moving to Extended Support The following products will be moving from Mainstream to Extended Support in 2025. 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.
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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
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Azure Item
Retirement
HTTP Application Routing add-on for AKS March 3, 2025
Azure pod identity v1 (public preview) Explainability and Fairness Dashboard March 14, 2025
“Global ingestion endpoints” (resulting in Instrumentation Key deprecation) Every-write AOF on Redis Enterprise Git Repository - API Management 2 March 15, 2025
Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Single Server March 28, 2025
Azure HDInsight 4.0 Azure HDInsight 5.0 March 30, 2025
Application Insights ‘instrumentation key’ based global ingestion Azure Functions Service Bus Extension v4 Azure Maps Creator Feature State APIs Azure Maps Native SDK Azure portal templates Chef Run_lists and Cookbooks in Azure CycleCloud Cluster-Init Projects Container Monitoring solution Cost Management - Connector for AWS Direct Management API Microsoft Azure Storage Track 1 SDK for C++ QnAMaker Service V1 Retirement of Platform Enabled DR for App Service Web Apps SQL's connector v1 operations Standard_NC24rs_v3 VM size Visual Studio App Center March 31, 2025
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS support April 23, 2025
Node 18 LTS on App Service April 30, 2025
Cluster Configuration Flux v1 May 24, 2025
SAP HLI SKU Retirement June 30, 2025
Azure Database for MariaDB September 19, 2025
App Insights API Key Retirement Application Insights Java 2.X SDK Retirement Azure Database for MySQL v5.7 end of support Azure Functions proxy support retirement Azure HPC Cache Azure ML CLI v1 retirement Azure vFXT Basic IP Basic Load Balancer Batch Low Priority VMs Default Outbound Access Default outbound access for Simplified node communication pool without public IP addresses Legacy MFA and SSPR policies - authentication methods Microsoft Defender for Cloud - Microsoft Actions and Compliance Offerings components Microsoft.SQL 2014-04-01 stable APIs retirement ServiceMap Standard_NC6s_v3, Standard_NC12s_v3, and Standard_NC24s_v3 VM sizes Unmanaged Disks VPN Gateway Standard and High-Performance SKUs September 30, 2025
Azure Monitor legacy Log Analytics API for log alerts Language Understandings (LUIS) v1 October 1, 2025
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