Microsoft Office 2011 Mac End Of Life
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Tuesday, May 07, 2013, 06:56 pm PT (09:56 pm ET)
Mar 11, 2011 One of our releases is now at the end of its life cycle; this post is a reminder to those still using Office XP that the end of support for this version is near. On July 11, 2011, Office XP will exit the Extended Support period. Click the button below to add the Microsoft Office 365 LIFETIME License for 5 DEVICES - PC and Mac to your wish list. Related Products Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 CD Key (Digital Download). 2020-3-3 If you still use Microsoft Office for Mac 2011, it’s time to make some decisions. Two upcoming events could make it unsuitable or even unusable in the future: Microsoft is ending support; for Office 2011 on 10 October 2017. Microsoft will not release any. Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 is a version of the Microsoft Office productivity suite for Mac OS X. It is the successor to Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac and is comparable to Office 2010 for Windows. Office 2011 was followed by Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac released on September 22, 2015, requiring a Mac with an x64 Intel processor and OS X. Microsoft Office Version 2013 and older - End of Life Based on Microsoft’s product lifecycle, ITLA will be upgrading Microsoft Office products older than Office 2013 to Office 2016 on October 17 th 2017.
Microsoft on Tuesday updated Office for Mac 2011, the long-in-the-tooth productivity suite tailored to machines running Apple's OS X, with bug fixes, features and compatibility with the Office 365 subscription service.The latest Office for Mac 2011 version 14.3.4 includes a variety of feature additions that brings the application suite somewhat up to spec with its Windows counterpart, and includes bug fixes for compatibility issues that hindered interoperability between PC and Mac versions of Word, Outlook and other titles.
Perhaps most important is the ability for existing Office for Mac 2011 users to integrate with Office 365, a subscription service that offers users access to the latest Office software updates, as well as SkyDrive cloud storage and SharePoint access for Word.
Fixes included in the new version:
- Coauthoring session with Microsoft PowerPoint Web App and Microsoft PowerPoint for Mac
- After token expires, does not prompt for credentials in Microsoft Outlook for Mac
- Calibri Light font not included in Office for Mac
- SetupUI is shown to user on start after Office for Mac is already activated
- Saving files to SkyDrive and SharePoint in Microsoft Word for Mac
- Folder contains excess white space: Error 1025 in Outlook for Mac
- XLIST command that is used by Gmail is deprecated in Outlook for Mac
- Local group mail cannot be sent in Outlook for Mac
- Remote devices lose control while in Presentation Mode in Microsoft PowerPoint for Mac
- File format extension support in PowerPoint for Mac
- Searching continues after user cancels in Outlook for Mac
- Items go into Junk Mail in Outlook for Mac
- Blocked Senders List under Junk Email Protection in Outlook for Mac
In a recent change to its pricing policies, Microsoft placed Office 2011 for Mac in the same tier as its more current PC counterpart Office 2013 for Windows. At the time, it was thought that the Redmond, Wash., company was pushing Mac users toward an Office 365 subscription due to the deprecation of multi-license bundles.
With Tuesday's update, Office 2011 users can sign up for Microsoft Office 365 if they so choose. Subscription to the Home Premium edition costs $99.99 per year, or $9.99 per month, and grants the use of Office on up to five computers.
In order to take advantage of the newest Office for Mac 2011 version, existing owners must have version 14.1.0 or higher installed on a machine running OS X 10.5.8 or later, while Office 365 requires an Intel Mac and OS X 10.6 or higher. The download is available through Auto Update or Microsoft's website.-->
Microsoft Office 2011 Mac End Of Life
We discussed some basics of the Office Support Policy in a prior post, explaining how Office versions have a 5 year window of Mainstream Support, and an additional 5 years of Extended Support. One of our releases is now at the end of its life cycle; this post is a reminder to those still using Office XP that the end of support for this version is near.
Outlook for mac search issues. When you search in Outlook 2016 for Mac or Outlook for Mac 2011 on Mac OS X, be aware of the following: Mac OS includes Spotlight Search. Mac OS controls the indexing of the hard disk for Spotlight Search. Both versions of Outlook for Mac rely on Spotlight Search to provide search results for Outlook data.
Products Released | General Availability | Mainstream Support End | Extended Support End |
Office XP Developer Edition | 5/31/2001 | 7/11/2006 | 7/12/2011 |
Office XP Professional Edition | 5/31/2001 | 7/11/2006 | 7/12/2011 |
Office XP Professional Special Edition | 8/22/2002 | Not Applicable | 3/9/2005 |
Office XP Standard Edition | 5/31/2001 | 7/11/2006 | 7/12/2011 |
The chart above reflects the end of support for the main Office XP Release versions. The full detail is spelled out under the link.
What does “end of support” mean? The end of support means that we will no longer provide public fixes for the Office XP release. Automatic Updates that ship on “Patch Tuesday” will be discontinued. There will be no effect on installed software; products will still continue to function.
What options do Office XP users have?
Microsoft recommends that customers keep their systems secure by upgrading to the latest, supported product and/or service pack, such as Microsoft Office 2010. Office 2007 Service Pack 2 and Office 2003 Service Pack 3 are also supported for the duration outlined in the Support Lifecycle Product Database.
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For our Premier Support customers, a Custom Support program is available. The support team has posted a useful web page about available options for retired product support. They have also published a good FAQ page to explain some of the background on the support policy.
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For more information, consult these resources:
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· Retired Product Support Options
· Microsoft Services Premier Support
· Microsoft Services Premier Support – Custom Support
· Support Lifecycle Information for all Office Products
· Office XP Support Lifecycle
· Microsoft Support Lifecycle