As of that date, the Redmond, Wash., developer will cease supplying patches for security vulnerabilities or fixes for other bugs, and halt both free and paid assisted support. 10, a date Microsoft first stamped on the calendar two years ago, but has not widely publicized since. Microsoft's advice about Office for Mac 2011 wasn't unexpected, since support for the application suite is slated to end Oct.
(Version 15.35 was released in June since then, Microsoft has issued 15.36 in July and 15.37 in August.) 'In some cases, you may not be able to launch the Office apps ,' Microsoft said.Īpple is expected to release High Sierra to customers in September.
In the same document, Microsoft told those running the newer Office 2016 for Mac that they must update its applications to version 15.35 or later, if they intend to upgrade their Macs to High Sierra. 'Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Lync have not been tested on macOS 10.13 High Sierra, and no formal support for this configuration will be provided,' Microsoft wrote in a support document. Microsoft has warned users of Office for Mac 2011 not to upgrade to Apple's macOS High Sierra when the new operating system launches next month.
