Retirements & deprecations 86 active
Everything Microsoft has announced it is switching off, sorted by the date it stops working. Sourced from the Message Center archive — including posts Microsoft has since expired. Atom feed.
Upcoming deadlines
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- MC1537406 Power Automate - Information regarding the end of support for Describe it to design it
- MC1532259 Microsoft Teams: Retirement of Translate slides in PowerPoint Live
- MC1481315 Microsoft Purview: Retirement of Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) classic and DSPM for AI classic experiences
- MC1528013 Microsoft SharePoint: SharePoint Server access through the mobile apps will be retired
- MC1528009 Microsoft 365 admin center: Retirement of selected Search Analytics capabilities
- MC1526652 AI Builder credits retirement: Prepare to use Copilot Credits
- MC1523085 Viva Insights: GitHub Copilot metrics will be on by default, and the public preview opt-in setting is being retired
- MC1521614 Microsoft Teams: Retirement of the Turn off IntelliFrame option for online participants
- MC1519861 (Updated) Outlook: Copilot Prioritize feature will be retired
- MC1515940 Microsoft OneDrive: Copilot actions in the File Explorer context menu are being retired
- MC1515929 Microsoft Teams: GitHub app consolidation and legacy GitHub app deprecation
- MC1473153 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New centralized experience for organizing important resources in chats and channels
- MC1511056 Microsoft Copilot Studio – Teams app retirement
- MC1509797 Support for Office LTSC 2021 and additional apps ended on October 13, 2026
- MC1509789 Microsoft Edge: Browser-native XSLT will be disabled by default
- MC1508229 Microsoft Excel: Changes to Get Data from Web (Legacy) experience
- MC1506728 Microsoft Entra: Changes to AgentIdentity.CreateAsManager permission for agent identities
- MC1505599 Microsoft Purview Audit: AuditLogQuery API generally available and Search-UnifiedAuditLog retiring
- MC1502773 Dynamics 365 Sales - Information regarding the retirement of the Dynamics 365 Sales Insights standalone add-on
- MC1492954 Microsoft Outlook: Themes by Copilot retirement
- MC1477999 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Removing Copilot from the chat list
- MC1490911 Microsoft Edge: Retiring legacy sign-in implementation on Windows
- MC1479516 (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Link preview retirement
- MC1469551 (Updated) Teams admin center device state rules and health alerts retire; use Teams Rooms Pro Management portal
- MC1485116 Microsoft Exchange Online: Exchange Web Services (EWS) enforcement update for EWSAllowedAppIDs
- MC1243549 (Updated) Retirement of SharePoint One-Time Passcode (SPO OTP) and transition to Microsoft Entra B2B
- MC1483886 Microsoft PowerPoint: Temporary removal of the Brand pane
- MC1481325 Microsoft SharePoint: Retirement of SharePoint Page Agent (Frontier)
- MC1478969 Deprecation of Citrix mVPN Support in Microsoft Edge for Android
- MC1478955 Final reminder: Microsoft Project Online retires on September 30, 2026
- MC1478006 Microsoft Word for the web: Retirement of the "@" entity insertion experience on the document canvas
- MC1477996 Retirement of Viva Insights (personal insights) and Viva Learning usage reports
- MC1421920 (Updated) Surveys agent retirement and transition to Copilot in Microsoft Forms
- MC1474111 Retirement of Microsoft 365 Companion apps
- MC1473149 Loading Power Query data to Python in Excel Web: Retirement
- MC1426371 (Updated) Microsoft Entra: Passkeys by default and retirement of Microsoft-provided SMS and voice authentication
- MC1269210 (Updated) Classic Outlook: Retirement of people card expanded view
- MC1466753 (Updated) Microsoft Word: Similarity Checker retirement
- MC1459129 (Updated) Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning retirement of Microsoft 365 training content
- MC1469557 [Whiteboard] Standalone app deprecation (Windows, Mobile)
Already passed
- 02 Nov 2026 (Updated) Outlook for Windows report retirement in the Exchange admin center
- 31 Oct 2026 Microsoft 365: Targeted Release retirement
- 26 Oct 2026 Microsoft Entra ID: Retirement of custom CSS layout and positioning properties in company branding
- 13 Oct 2026 Support for Office LTSC 2021, and additional apps will end on October 13, 2026
- 05 Oct 2026 Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Teams live chat retirement
- 01 Oct 2026 (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Update the Teams mobile app to maintain Calendar functionality
- 01 Oct 2026 Microsoft Teams and Google Calendar sync retirement
- 01 Oct 2026 Project Online Essentials reaches End of Life on October 1, 2026: Action required
- 01 Oct 2026 Microsoft Purview | Data Lifecycle Management - Graph API Support for archive mailboxes
- 01 Oct 2026 Microsoft Publisher: Reminder that support ends in October 2026
- 01 Oct 2026 (Updated) Migrate Free/Busy, MailTips, and Calendar Sharing before EWS deprecation
- 30 Sep 2026 (Updated) Microsoft Exchange Online: Prepare for Exchange Web Services retirement with EWSAllowedAppIDs
- 24 Sep 2026 Microsoft Edge: Retirement of Windows Information Protection (WIP) and Microsoft Defender Application Guard (MDAG)
- 05 Sep 2026 Microsoft Edge: Retirement of default unload event support
- 20 Aug 2026 Microsoft 365: One-time cleanup of aged pending requests in All Agents
- 04 Aug 2026 Action required: Retirement of EWS-based Personal Bookings controls (Microsoft Bookings)
- 03 Aug 2026 (Updated) Action required: Update Teams Rooms app to maintain PowerPoint Live functionality
- 31 Jul 2026 (Updated) Exchange Online: Retirement of legacy TLS versions for POP and IMAP connections
- 13 Jul 2026 (Updated) SharePoint Designer 2013 reaches end of support on July 14, 2026
- 05 Jul 2026 Top domain mail flow report in Exchange Online is retiring
- 29 Jun 2026 Microsoft Teams: Teams Live Events is retiring