Windows 7 end of support and Microsoft 365 Apps
Support for Windows 7 ended on January 14, 2020. Learn more
Microsoft 365 Apps is no longer supported on Windows 7. If you’re a home user running Office on Windows 7, see Windows 7 end of support and Office instead of reading this article.
Another frequently asked inquiry is “Can Microsoft 365 run on Windows 7?”.
Microsoft is committed to ensuring your apps work on the latest versions of our software, and Windows 365 was built with compatibility in mind. Apps that worked on Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10—and soon, Windows 11 —also work on Windows 365.
You’ll find many virtual machines (Hyper/V and VMWare Workstation) using Windows 7 because of those compatibility advantages. Windows 7 will work with Microsoft Office 2016 and earlier versions of Office. Even the latest Office 365 for Windows works with Windows 7. Only Office 2019 for Windows is specifically Windows 10 only.
You might be asking “Can you install Office 365 on Windows 7?”
You can use the Office Deployment Tool to deploy Microsoft 365 Apps on devices that are running Windows 7. But, you can’t use the Office Customization Toolor the Office 365 Installer wizard in Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (current branch) to deploy Version 2002.
Will your Microsoft Office work on Windows 11?
Slipped into the bottom of a long Microsoft announcement was news about which versions of Microsoft Office would not be supported on Windows 11. According to Microsoft, Office 2013 is not supported on Windows 11. With that little snippet of news, here’s the list of Office releases that ARE supported on Windows 11.
What’s new in Microsoft 365?
What you need to know. The new Microsoft 365 A1 for devices license is aimed at students and educators. Microsoft Teams Content from camera is also for students, enabling a new kind of whiteboard learning. The new Teams feature is the most recent in a long line of education-attuned Teams features.