Microsoft has announced that the final day it will offer security support for Word, Excel, and Powerpoint on Windows 10 will be Oct. 14.

Microsoft has now made it clear that support for Microsoft 365 on Windows 10 will cease at the same time as support for the older operating system.

We're nine months out from Windows 10 reaching its October 14 end-of-support date, and Microsoft is kickstarting 2025 by piling the pressure on those yet to make the jump to Windows 11. Despite being the current most popular version of Microsoft's operating system,

Microsoft has confirmed it will no longer support Office apps referred to as Microsoft 365 apps on Windows 10 by the end of this year.

According to Microsoft’s official announcement page, Windows 10 will stop receiving updates for Microsoft 365 apps and while the apps won’t vanish, they will no longer receive updates after the specified date.

Office and Microsoft 365 apps will no longer receive native support for security updates, new features and more starting Oct 14.

So, it’s possible the free Windows 11 upgrade may stick around for a while. According to Steam, about 55% of users have already migrated to Windows 11, but 42% remain on the old

If you're still running Windows 10 and you subscribe to Microsoft 365, your Microsoft 365 apps will cease to function on Oct. 14, 2025, according to an official Microsoft blog post. This will happen when Microsoft ends Windows 10 support,

What will that mean for 365, and what about enterprises who have the option to extend Windows 10 for more than just a year — at a steep cost? Microsoft’s most recent support document adds little helpful detail.

Microsoft is officially calling it quits on Windows 10 in 2025, and it's ending support for Office apps on the OS — but not entirely.