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October 16, 2025

Windows 10 isn’t only Microsoft product at end of support

Support for Windows 10 ended on October 14, 2023, impacting older versions of Office (2019 and 2016) and Exchange Server (2019). Microsoft offers Extended Security Updates (ESU) for Windows 10 for an additional year, but Office users must choose between transitioning to Office 2024 LTSC or subscribing to Microsoft 365. Office 2024 LTSC will not receive continuous feature updates and will be supported until 2029. Support for Exchange 2016, Exchange 2019, Skype for Business 2016, and Skype for Business 2019 also ended on October 14. Windows 11 22H2 for Enterprises and Education is no longer receiving updates, and users are encouraged to upgrade to a more recent version. The changes may pose significant challenges for organizations, particularly those focused on the end of Windows 10 support.

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September 13, 2025

Microsoft To Depreciate VBScript In Windows Warns Developers To Adapt Their Projects

Microsoft is phasing out VBScript from Windows, a decision announced in May 2024, affecting developers using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). The deprecation will occur in three phases: the first phase, ongoing until at least 2026, classifies VBScript as a "Feature on Demand" (FOD), allowing existing VBA projects to function without disruption. The second phase, starting around 2027, will disable the default status of the VBScript FOD, leading to potential failures in unupdated applications. The final phase will involve the complete removal of VBScript from future Windows releases. This change will impact VBA projects that rely on VBScript for executing external scripts and using the VBScript type library for regular expressions. To address these issues, Microsoft has integrated RegExp classes into the VBA runtime library starting with Microsoft 365 Version 2508, allowing developers to use regular expressions natively without relying on vbscript.dll. Developers are encouraged to upgrade to the latest Office build and test their projects for dependencies on VBScript.