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Rob Helm

As managing vice president, Rob Helm covers Microsoft collaboration and content management. His 25-plus years of experience analyzing Microsoft’s technology... more

This chart outlines life-cycle support dates as well as initial release and service pack histories for Office 2000, Office XP, and Office 2003. Support dates for Office 2003 depend on the release date for Office 12, currently planned for 2006.

Product Current
Service Pack
Mainstream
Support Ends
Extended Support Ends Release History
Office 2000 SP3: Oct. 21, 2002 Ended June 30, 2004 June 30, 2009 Released: June 1999

SR1: Mar. 2000

SR1a: May 2000

SP2: Nov. 2000

Office XP SP3: Mar. 9, 2004 June 30, 2006 June 30, 2013 Released: May 2001

SP1: Dec. 2001

SP2: Aug. 2002

Office 2003 SP1: July 27, 2004 2008 (est.) 2013 (est.) Released: Nov. 2003













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