What’s next for those leveraging Microsoft Exchange Server? Meanwhile, extended support for that solution will continue on until October 14, 2025. The last generally available planned update for Exchange Server 2016 is due to arrive this December. Also, Exchange Server 2016 will hit its end of mainstream support date this October 13.

This comes more than five years after mainstream support dried up for the solution. Exchange Server 2010 is set to reach the end of its extended support phase on October 3 of this year. News about this latest version of Exchange Server – currently dubbed Exchange Server vNext until it receives a permanent designation – comes just as two other versions of the solution near crucial end of support dates. As has become the norm for many Microsoft solutions, each of these new server versions will necessitate the purchase of a subscription in the vein of Microsoft 365. Those organizations planning to continue leveraging Exchange Server as part of their broader Microsoft footprint can soon expect a familiar approach to both licensing and product updates.Īt Ignite, Microsoft announced plans to release the next version of on premises Exchange Server (alongside SharePoint Server and Skype for Business Server) during the back half of next year.

As it turns out, that future may end up looking a lot like the present. With support set to run out on a pair of Exchange Server solutions in the coming weeks, Microsoft spent part of its annual Ignite conference shedding some light on the future of the platform.

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