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I’ve been using Outlook 2013 since it came out and I’m still quite happy with it.

On January 22, 2015, the Microsoft Office blog announced that the next version of the suite for Windows desktop, Office 2016, was in development. On May 4, 2015, a public preview of Microsoft Office 2016 was released. Office 2016 was released for Mac OS X on July 9, 2015 and for Windows on September 22, 2015. The Life Cycle of Office 2010 and Office 2016 for Mac ends on October 13, 2020 and there is an increased risk to your business if you continue to use Office 2010 and Office 2016 for Mac on your network (s) after this date if it is connected to the Internet or if someone manages to get removable media into the business or gov't environment that could compromise the network (s) by taking advantage of patched software within Office on end of life software. Here we will add End of Support events that are coming: Office 2010 End of Support for Windows is coming on; Office 2016 End of Support for Mac is coming on; End of support resources for Office (Microsoft Docs). Office 2010 and Office 2016 for Mac are perpetual license products, meaning that you own them forever. Indeed, after today, they're no longer supported, but you can use them for as long as you.

I know that since then Outlook 2016 has come out and Outlook 2019 is the latest version that is available. Then there is also Microsoft 365 which apparently is always the latest version of Office.

With so many newer versions of Outlook, is Microsoft still committed to support my Outlook 2013 version or is it time for me to move on?

Even though newer versions of Outlook and Office came out, Microsoft continues to support the older versions as well for quite some additional years.

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The support end dates are divided between “Mainstream” and “Extended”, for which you’ll find an explanation below the Support End Dates table.

Microsoft 365 has a separate lifecycle which is explained at the end of this guide but in short; This version is always supported.

Support End Dates

Mainstream vs Extended support

The main differences between Mainstream and Extended support are as follows;

• During Mainstream support, updates can include bug fixes, feature changes and security fixes.
• During Extended support, updates mainly focus on security updates. Non-security updates may still be included in special circumstances or when specifically requested (see next point).
• During Extended support, to request non-security updates, you’ll need to purchase Extended Hotfix Support.

As an end-user, you’ll hardly realize the difference between the two as updates will still be provided until the Extended Support date has been reached.

However, once a product has reached its Mainstream Support date, it is generally recommended to start planning to upgrade to a newer version.

Microsoft 365

When you use Microsoft 365, you don’t have to worry about any support dates. Microsoft continues to support and update Microsoft 365 and it will always include the latest version of Office.

You only really need to be aware of 2 things;

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• You need to have an active Microsoft 365 subscription.
• You need to stay up-to-date within your so-called “Release Channel”.

Support For Microsoft Office 2016

With the “Release Channel”, you can control when and how often you’ll receive new features and updates. For more info see; Why am I not getting the latest updates for Microsoft 365 Apps, Outlook 2019 or Outlook 2016?

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By default, Microsoft 365 is configured to update itself automatically, but you can also manually check for updates.