Microsoft Products Reaching End of Support in 2025!!! Yes, it will happen soon. Several Microsoft products will be retiring or reaching their end of support in 2025. In this post, I want to discuss the latest updates on this topic.
Most commercial products and services follow either the Fixed Policy or the Modern Policy. These policies define the timelines for support and servicing. When a product reaches the end of support or a service is retired, it will not get security updates, non-security updates, or support. So, customers are urged to upgrade to the latest version of the product or service.
Enterprise customers can receive migration assistance through App Assure, part of FastTrack. This application compatibility program addresses and resolves application issues when upgrading to the latest Microsoft products.
If any customer needs extra time to upgrade, the Extended Security Update (ESU) program offers security updates for some older products up to three years after support ends.
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Microsoft Products Reaching End of Support in 2025
As I said above, most of the commercial products and services fall under either the Fixed or Modern policies. These policies set the timelines for support and servicing.
| Policy | Description |
|---|---|
| Modern Policy | Products under the Modern Policy have ongoing support and services. To stay supported, customers need to install the latest updates. Customers will be informed at least 12 months before any product or service is retired. |
| Fixed Policy | Products under the Fixed Policy will have end-of-support dates at launch. They generally include 5 years of mainstream support followed by 5 years of extended support, with possible exceptions. |
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Retiring Products under Modern Policy
Products under the Modern Policy require customers to install the latest updates to maintain support. To ensure a smooth transition, retirements will be announced at least 12 months in advance. The following table represents the products listed under the Modern Policy that will be retired in 2025.
| Product | Retirement Date |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Genomics | January 6, 2025 |
| Visual Studio App Center | March 31, 2025 |
| SAP HANA Large Instances (HLIs) | June 30, 2025 |
| Azure Basic Load Balancer | September 19, 2025 |
| Azure Database for MariaDB | September 30, 2025 |
| Azure HPC Cache | September 30, 2025 |
| Azure Remote Rendering | September 30, 2025 |
| Azure SQL Edge | September 30, 2025 |
| Azure Service Map | September 30, 2025 |
| Azure vFXT | September 30, 2025 |
| Azure Unmanaged Disks | September 30, 2025 |
| Windows 10 IoT Enterprise | October 14, 2025 |
| Windows 10 Home and Pro | October 14, 2025 |
| Windows 10 Enterprise and Education | October 14, 2025 |
End of Servicing Products
The product versions listed below, managed by the Modern Policy, will no longer receive support starting in 2025.
| Product | End of Servicing Date |
|---|---|
| Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premises (Modern Policy), 2023 release wave 2, version 23.x | April 2, 2025 |
| Microsoft Configuration Manager, Version 2309 | April 9, 2025 |
| Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premises (Modern Policy), 2024 release wave 1, version 24.x | October 7, 2025 |
| Windows 11 Enterprise and Education, Version 22H2 | October 14, 2025 |
| Windows 11 IoT Enterprise, Version 22H2 | October 14, 2025 |
| Microsoft Configuration Manager, Version 2403 | October 22, 2025 |
| Windows Server Annual Channel, Version 23H2 | October 24, 2025 |
| Windows 11 Home and Pro, Version 23H2 | November 11, 2025 |
Products Reaching End of Support in 2025
Products under the Fixed Policy have clear end-of-support dates at launch. They typically receive 5 years of mainstream support and 5 years of extended support, though exceptions may apply. Under the Fixed Policy, the following products and releases will end support in 2025.
Products Moving to Extended Support
When a product finishes its mainstream support phase, customers can no longer get non-security updates or request changes to its design and features. When a product completes its extended support phase, it is no longer supported at all.
| Products | End of Mainstream Support Date |
|---|---|
| SQL Server 2019 | February 28, 2025 |
| Azure DevOps Server 2020 Microsoft Robotics | October 14, 2025 |
Additional Azure Changes
Here is a list of recent updates from Azure, involving API, SDK, tools, and feature changes. These Azure products will also be retired in 2025.
| Azure products | Retirement Date |
|---|---|
| HTTP Application Routing add-on for AKS | March 3, 2025 |
| Azure pod identity v1 (public preview) Explainability and Fairness Dashboard | March 14, 2025 |
| Global ingestion endpoints” (resulting in Instrumentation Key deprecation) Every-write AOF on Redis Enterprise | March 15, 2025 |
| Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Single Server | March 28, 2025 |
| Azure HDInsight 4.0 & 5.0 | March 30, 2025 |
| Application Insights ‘instrumentation key’ based global ingestion Azure Functions Service Bus Extension v4 Standard_NC24rs_v3 VM size Visual Studio App Center | March 31, 2025 |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS support | April 23, 2025 |
| Cluster Configuration Flux v1 | May 24, 2025 |
| Azure Database for MariaDB | September 19, 2025 |
| App Insights API Key Retirement Application Insights Java 2.X SDK Retirement Unmanaged Disks VPN Gateway Standard and High-Performance SKUs | September 30, 2025 |
| Azure Monitor legacy Log Analytics API for log alerts Language Understandings (LUIS) v1 | October 1, 2025 |
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