Office 2007: the end is coming. Microsoft announced that its support companys for Microsoft Office 2007 will expire on October 10, 2017.
Office 2007 was the first version of the office suite to feature the Ribbon interface (tools on a ribbon) instead of the classic toolbars and menus we knew. It was also the version of Office that brought new Open XML, docx, pptx and xlsx file formats.
The program Office was released for the first time on 30 January 2007, and main support was completed on 9 October at 2012. So where is the time to end the extended product support that will expire on 10 October at 2017.
The end of life for a Microsoft product means that Microsoft will no longer release updates on the product. This includes security updates as well as any other form of update, for example, to resolve errors. In addition, Microsoft will no longer provide technical support for any issue that comes to its customers.
Microsoft published a list with Office 2007 products that will expire.
The programs of Office 2007 such as Word, Excel or PowerPoint will continue to work after support ends. On the other hand, Microsoft Outlook will not be able to connect to Office 365 mailboxes after October 10, 2017. This means that users using Outlook 2007 to send or receive Office 365 emails will no longer be able to do so.
The reason for this is that Microsoft will remove RPC over HTTP in Office 365 on 31 October 2017.
On October 31, 2017, RPC over HTTP will be deprecated in the Exchange Online και θα αντικατασταθεί με το MAPI over HTTP, ενός σύγχρονου πρωτοκόλλου που κυκλοφόρησε τον Μάιο του 2014. Αυτή η αλλαγή θα σας επηρεάσει εάν εκτελείτε το Outlook 2007 επειδή δεν θα λειτουργήσει με MAPI μέσω HTTP. Για να συνεχίσετε τη σύνδεση ηλεκτρονικού ταχυδρομείου, τα clients του Outlook 2007 θα πρέπει να ενημερώσουν σε μια νεότερη έκδοση του Outlook ή να χρησιμοποιήσουν το Outlook στο web. Αυτή η αλλαγή μπορεί επίσης να σας επηρεάσει, εάν useste Outlook 2016, Outlook 2013, and Outlook 2010, as you should ensure that you have installed the latest cumulative update for your version of Office.
