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Office 2010 SP2–You Did Upgrade, Right?

Posted on 14th October 2014 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Six months ago, we discussed that Office 2010 SP1 support was drawing to a close. This means that you now need to have Office 2010 SP2 deployed on all relevant machines as the end of Office 2010 SP1 support is the 14th of October 2014.

The Microsoft support lifecycle site has the above details.

One thing to note here! Since I am focused on messaging, the main thingy in the Office stack that I work on… Read the rest “Office 2010 SP2–You Did Upgrade, Right?”

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Save The Date – End of Exchange 2010, Windows 7 and 2008 Mainstream Support – T Minus 6 Months

Posted on 24th July 2014 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

In a little under 6 months, multiple products will experience a support life cycle change. As indicated by the space shuttle being readied, the countdown has started and the dates are set. Make sure you are aware of what is happening on the 13th of January 2015.

2014 has already been a busy year for product transitions, with Exchange 2003, Office 2003 and Windows XP Pro all exiting out of extended… Read the rest “Save The Date – End of Exchange 2010, Windows 7 and 2008 Mainstream Support – T Minus 6 Months”

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Office 2010 SP2– Do You Need To Upgrade?

Posted on 14th April 2014 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Now that the Windows XP, Office 2003 and Exchange 2010 SP2 support expiration date has come and gone, the world is still turning, and we are not in a state of Armageddon! *

That said, focus now needs to be on Office 2010 as it is 6 months until support ends for Office 2010 SP1 on the 14th of October 2014. At that point all Office 2010 installations need to be on SP2. This is detailed in the note… Read the rest “Office 2010 SP2– Do You Need To Upgrade?”

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End Of Exchange 2010 SP2 Support

Posted on 9th April 2014 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Time files and we are now at the end of the Exchange 2010 SP2 support lifecycle. And as previously discussed Windows XP and Office 2003 left extended support yesterday. It seems like only yesterday when Exchange 2010 SP2 was released in November 2011.

The support lifecycle marker is the Exchange 2010 Service Pack. Exchange 2010 Rollup Updates (RU), are not milestones in the support lifecycle. So… Read the rest “End Of Exchange 2010 SP2 Support”

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Exchange 2013 Support Lifecycle Dates And Status

Posted on 9th December 2013 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

When Exchange 2013 was released it heralded a different servicing strategy compared to Exchange 2007 and 2010 Rollup Updates (RU). Exchange 2013 uses Cumulative Updates (CU) to deliver the servicing updates to customers. As previously discussed, a CU is a different animal when it comes to the update methodology. CUs are larger, cannot be uninstalled and are a full product installation. This was… Read the rest “Exchange 2013 Support Lifecycle Dates And Status”

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Save The Date – End of Exchange 2003 Support–T Minus 6 Months

Posted on 7th October 2013 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

As mentioned 6 months ago, Exchange 2003 is rapidly approaching the end of its extended product lifecycle. The ship is getting ready to launch, and hopefully this should not surprise anyone.

Exchange 2003 certainly has had a good run over the last 10 years since it was released back in back in October 2003. It made ActiveSync available to the mainstream (Mobile Information Server wa… Read the rest “Save The Date – End of Exchange 2003 Support–T Minus 6 Months”

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Exchange Support – Save The Date 8th April 2014

Posted on 8th April 2013 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Well it’s a year from today until a raft of products reach the end of their extended support window. As they say in the boy scouts, better be prepared!

Please make sure that the 8th of April 2014 is in your calendar.

Outlook 2003 will transition out of extended support on 8th of April 2014

Exchange Server 2003 will transition out of extended support on 8th of April 2014

Windows XP will transition out of… Read the rest “Exchange Support – Save The Date 8th April 2014”

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Exchange 2013 CU1 Released

Posted on 2nd April 2013 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

After a small delay the Exchange team have announced the eagerly awaited release of Exchange 2013 Cumulative Update 1! Knowledge base article 2816900 contains a description of CU1. This update will allow on premise installations to co-exist with Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010.

CU1 marks a change in how updates are going to be released and supported by the Exchange team, and this is detailed in a… Read the rest “Exchange 2013 CU1 Released”

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End Of Exchange 2010 SP1 Support

Posted on 4th January 2013 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

The end of Exchange 2010 SP1 support is almost upon us! Is it really that long since Exchange 2010 SP1 was released Smile

Please review the lifecycle chart here for full details.

So at this point please ensure that you are on SP2, and when SP3 ships later on this year come back and check when support will end for SP2.

For details on SP2 – you can take a peek at these articles.

I also blogged about the expi… Read the rest “End Of Exchange 2010 SP1 Support”

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Exchange 2007–Service Pack 3 Is Required

Posted on 26th March 2012 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

After seeing several posts in the TechNet Exchange forums, where people are posting an overview of their environment as part of the problem statement, it is clear that multiple customers are not maintaining the correct service pack level on their Exchange servers.

I previously blogged about this for Exchange 2010, and this time lets focus on Exchange 2007.

The Exchange 2007 lifecycle can be viewed h… Read the rest “Exchange 2007–Service Pack 3 Is Required”