Microsoft SharePoint Lifecycle: End Of Life And Support Status
Last updated on January 22, 2024
Microsoft SharePoint is a collaboration platform that provides document management and storage space. However, it is often also used as a web server for website hosting.
SharePoint is offered as both a web-based and on-premise server option. Known as “Microsoft SharePoint Online” or “SharePoint for Microsoft 365“, receives updates from Microsoft automatically and is supported indefinitely. On the other hand, Microsoft SharePoint Server needs to be maintained through periodic updates and has an end-of-life, which is the focus of the following table.
Support status guide
End of life (EOL) is the end of a product’s useful life. When a product reaches the end of its life cycle, the manufacturer no longer supports it. The following table explains the different phases of a product’s lifecycle. Testing status is when the product is initially released and EOL is when product support is no longer offered. The time between these two points is the support timeframe.
Testing
The software is not yet publicly available. It is in testing phase i.e., alpha, beta, release preview etc.
Active
The software is actively supported by the vendor.
Phasing Out
The software will soon reach its end of life. You need to look for upgrade or migration options. The software will automatically go into phasing out status 2 months before end of life.
End Of Life
The software is no longer supported by the vendor. You need to make sure your system and environment are safe.
Version
Released
Active Support
Security Support
(2 November 2021)
(22 October 2018)
(9 January 2024)
(14 July 2026)
(1 May 2016)
(13 July 2021)
(14 July 2026)
(9 January 2013)
(10 April 2018)
(11 April 2023)
(5 July 2010)
(13 October 2015)
(13 April 2021)
(27 January 2007)
(9 October 2012)
(10 October 2017)
Microsoft SharePoint Server previously received Service Packs (SP), and the versions were named as such. However, after SharePoint 2013, SharePoint only received security updates.
There is no rule for how long a SharePoint version is supported. However, Microsoft does publish the precise dates. Microsoft publishes the exact dates of release and end of life for its SharePoint products.
Microsoft now also offers “Microsoft SharePoint Server Subscription Edition,” which is the next major version for on-premise “SharePoint Server”. This will be a subscription-based deployment model for SharePoint.
EOLs
