Beginning in 2002, Microsoft instituted a new support lifecycle policy. Versions earlier than Office XP are no longer supported. For current and future versions of Office mainstream support will end five years after release, or two years after the next release, whichever time is later, and extended support will end five years after that.
Windows operating system version | Last version | Mainstream support end-date | Extended support end-date |
Windows NT 3.51 (requires Service Pack 5) | Office 97 (8) | August 31, 2001 | February 28, 2002 |
Office 2000 (9) | June 30, 2004 | July 14, 2009 | |
Office XP/2002(10) | July 11, 2006 | July 12, 2011 | |
Windows 2000 SP3 and later/Windows Server 2003/Windows XP up to SP2 | Office 2003 (11) | April 14, 2009 | April 8, 2014 |
Office 2007 (12) | April 10, 2012 | April 11, 2017 | |
Windows XP SP3/Server 2003 R2/Vista SP1/Server 2008/Windows 7 | Office 2010 (14) | October 13, 2015 | October 13, 2020 |
Macintosh operating system | Last version |
(68K) System 7.0-Mac OS 8.3 | Office 4.2.1 |
(PPC) System 7.1.2 | Office 4.2.1 |
(PPC) System 7.5-Mac OS 8.0 | Office 98 |
(PPC) Mac OS 8.1-9.2.2 | Office 2001 |
Mac OS X 10.1-10.5 | Office v. X |
Mac OS X 10.2-10.5 | |
Mac OS X 10.4-10.6 |
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