On August 1, 2025, prices for the Core Client Access License (CAL) Suite and Enterprise CAL Suite will increase by 15% and 20%, respectively. This has been changed from the previously announced date of July 1, 2025. On July 1, 2025, Microsoft will implement
Effective July 1, 2025, Exchange Server Subscription Edition (SE) and Skype for Business Server Subscription Edition (SE) become generally available, which marks a significant licensing shift in Microsoft’s approach to on-premises server products. It aligns them with the modern lifecycle policy and transitions them
In 2025, a list of Microsoft products, for example Microsoft Office Apps from 2016 and 2019, will reach their End of Support on scheduled dates. Hence, there will be no new security updates, non-security updates, free or paid assisted support options or online technical content
Effective October 14, 2025, support will end for all Office 2016 and 2019 suites, standalone apps, and servers. After that date, no further updates, security fixes, or technical support will be available for these versions. We recommend starting to upgrade any unsupported versions as
In May 2024, Microsoft confirmed that the next version of Exchange Server will be a Subscription Edition (SE). Microsoft Exchange Server Subscription Edition will be available early in the third quarter of 2025. What is Exchange Server Subscription Edition Exchange Server Subscription
Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 reached end of Mainstream Support on January 9, 2024. Normally, you wouldn’t expect any non-security updates to be released after that date. However, on February 13, 2024, Microsoft released the planned Cumulative Update (CU) CU14 and has one more CU
The following products will be moving from Mainstream to Extended Support in 2024. Extended Support includes security updates at no cost, and paid non-security updates and support. Additionally, Microsoft will not accept requests for design changes or new features during the Extended Support phase.
Effective second half of 2025, the new version of Microsoft Exchange Server will be released. Until that time, Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 will remain the current version of Exchange Server. Microsoft initially planned on releasing the next version of Exchange Server in the second
Microsoft Exchange Online Voice Mail Service has been added as a Software Assurance (SA) Benefit for Customers with active SA coverage for Microsoft Exchange Server Standard 2019 or Microsoft Exchange Server Enterprise 2019. For more information on the Microsoft Exchange Online Voice Mail Service,
Until September 30, 2025, there is a promotion, offering 15% off Microsoft 365 E3/E5 to eligible, new-to-Microsoft 365 E3/E5 customers in the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) licensing program. This is interesting for organizations transitioning from e.g., Office 365 E3 or a Microsoft competitor. On June 24, 2025, this promotion was
Until September 30, 2025, Microsoft is providing a discount of 15 % for 10 to 2400 seat purchases of Microsoft 365 Copilot in the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program. On April 21, 2025, the license cap with increased from 300 to 2400 licenses. On June 24, 2025, this promo has
Effective May 21, 2025, Microsoft has officially launched two new free offers regarding Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance. These offers are now generally available and allow organizations to explore, develop, and test SQL workloads in Azure at no cost. Free SQL Managed Instance offer One General