Let’s check the Office 365 Supported Versions at a given point of time. You can have a quick look at Office 365 Apps End of Support Dates from this post. The Microsoft 365 apps (a.k.a Office 365 apps) version details can help to build the SQL/CMPivot queries to check the out of support devices.
Microsoft recently changed the name of Office 365 apps to Microsoft 365 apps. I will be using a mix of both the names in this post. Before getting into details of supported versions of Office 365 apps, let’s go through the details of support scenarios and channels of Office 365 apps.
Microsoft 365 Apps Updates
There are two types of updates available for Office 365 and that is similar to Windows 10 update cycles.
- Feature Updates – The Microsoft 365 Apps Feature updates are a major upgrade to the product with new features & improvements.
- Quality Updates – The Microsoft 365 Apps quality updates are monthly security (2nd Tuesday) & other quality updates.
Channels
There are four (4) update channels available for Office 365 apps. These channels are mainly to define the frequency of feature updates. All the update channels provide quality updates as well.
- Current Channel
- Monthly Enterprise Channel
- Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel (Preview)
- Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel
Frequency of Channel Update Schedule
Let’s see what is the frequency of the channel update schedule. The Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel and Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel (preview) channel update frequency are every 6 months.
SR | Channel Name | Frequency of Release |
---|---|---|
1 | Current Channel | No Set Schedule (Released whenever ready) |
2 | Monthly Enterprise Channel | Every Month |
3 | Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel | Every 6 Months (Jan & July) |
Monthly and Semi-Annual enterprise channels are updated on the second Tuesday of the release month!
NOTE! – Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel (preview) released in March and September of every year.
Support Period for Update Channels
Now let’s check the support period for update channels. The below table provides more information about the support period in the number of months.
SR | Channel Name | Support Period |
---|---|---|
1 | Current Channel | Until New Version is Released |
2 | Monthly Enterprise Channel | 2 Months |
3 | Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel (Preview) | 6 Months |
4 | Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel | 14 Months |
Version vs Build Numbers
The version & build numbers of Microsoft 365 apps (a.k.a Office 365 apps) are a bit confusing for me. Let’s try to understand it before checking the supported versions.
Let’s try to check Windows 10 version details. I explained Windows 10 Major Minor Build Rev | Where Can I Get Details in another blog post.
Office 365 App build number of 2008 = 16.0.13127.20408. The 2008 version of the Office 365 app is not supported anymore.
Office 365 Apps 👉👉 major.minor.build.rev = 16.0.13127.20408
- Major – 16
- Minor -0
- Build 13127 (build number for version 2008)
- Rev – 20408
NOTE! – As per my understanding, the rev version is updated with quality updates. The build version is updated with every feature update.
Supported Versions
Microsoft 365 Apps support is based on the version numbers. It’s also important to note that each version number has a unique build number. The build number is the one that can help you to create a report with a list of unsupported devices.
For example 👉 Build 13127 (build number for version 2008).
SR | Channel Name | Version (Build) | End of Support |
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1 | Current Channel | 2008 (13127) | Until Version 2009 is released |
2 | Monthly Enterprise Channel | 2007 (13029) | 10th Nov 2020 |
3 | Monthly Enterprise Channel | 2006 (13001) | 13th Oct 2020 |
4 | Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel (Preview) | 2008 (13127) | 9th Mar 2021 |
5 | Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel | 2002 (12527) | 14th Sep 2021 |
6 | Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel | 1908 (11929) | 9th Mar 2021 |
Resources
- Update History of Office 365 Apps – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/update-history-microsoft365-apps-by-date
- ConfigMgr CMPivot Query for Out of Support Office 365 ProPlus
- SCCM Out of Support Versions of Office 365 Semi-Annual Channel
This needs reviewing! I think there’s at least one more channel: Current Channel (Preview).
Thanks!