Important Dates for Office, Visio, and Project

Office 2007, Visio 2007, Project 2007, Project Server 2007, and Project Portfolio Server 2007 left Mainstream support and Project 2002 and Project Server 2002 left Extended support in Oct. 2012, six months later than originally planned. Paid support will still be available for the versions through 2017. Important upcoming support dates for recent versions of Office are shown here. SP1 is now required for product support of Office 2010, and SP3 is now required for product support of Office 2007.

Paid support will still be available for Office 2003 SP3, Visio 2003, and Project 2003 through Apr. 2014, and the versions still work with current server products such as SharePoint Server 2010 and Exchange Server 2010. However, they are not compatible with the Office 365 services (launched in June 2011), although Microsoft announced that it will support Office 2003 e-mail through POP3/IMAP to Exchange Online in Office 365. Office 2003 might not be supported with future versions of server products. Consequently, organizations should already be planning its replacement.