Microsoft products retiring in 2025

In 2025, a list of Microsoft products will retire according to a schedule. Upon retirement, there will be no new security updates, non-security updates, free or paid assisted support options or online technical content updates.

The retiring products, governed by the Modern Policy, in 2025 are:

Product Retirement
Microsoft Genomics January 6, 2025
Visual Studio App Center March 31, 2025
SAP HANA Large Instances (HLIs) June 30, 2025
Azure Database for MariaDB September 19, 2025
Azure Basic Load Balancer September 30, 2025
Azure HPC Cache September 30, 2025
Azure Remote Rendering September 30, 2025
Azure Service Map September 30, 2025
Azure SQL Edge September 30, 2025
Azure Unmanaged Disks September 30, 2025
Azure vFXT September 30, 2025
Windows 10 Enterprise and Education October 14, 2025
Windows 10 Home and Pro October 14, 2025
Windows 10 IoT Enterprise October 14, 2025

 

What are the next steps?

If you are currently using any of those products, we recommend searching for suitable alternatives from Microsoft. The software licensing experts at SCHNEIDER IT MANAGEMENT would be more than happy to assist you with finding the right alternatives. Contact us for expert services.

 

What is the Modern Lifecycle Policy of Microsoft?

The retirements happen according to the Modern Lifecycle Policy of Microsoft. The Modern Lifecycle Policy covers products and services that are serviced and supported continuously. Under this policy, the product or service remains in support if the following criteria are met:

  • Customers must stay current as per the servicing and system requirements published for the product or service.
  • Customers must be licensed to use the product or service.
  • Microsoft must currently offer support for the product or service.

 

Also read:

Microsoft products transitioning to Extended Support 2025 – SCHNEIDER IT MANAGEMENT

Microsoft products reaching End of Support 2025 – SCHNEIDER IT MANAGEMENT

Microsoft product releases reaching End of Servicing 2025 – SCHNEIDER IT MANAGEMENT

 

More information

Note, that there are more products retiring or reaching the end of support in 2025. Please visit: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/end-of-support/end-of-support-2025 for information on all Microsoft products ending support in 2025.

To find the lifecycle information of a specific Microsoft product, please visit: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/.

For more information on the Modern Lifecycle Policy of Microsoft, please visit: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/policies/modern.

For useful software licensing information on Microsoft products, please visit: https://www.schneider.im/software/microsoft/.

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