Tactical yet quite relevant – despite the earlier sense they would, Microsoft will not be blocking Office 2016 and Office 2019 customers from connecting to Microsoft 365 back-end services after October 2023.
And as the details from ZDNet outline, Office 2016 and 2019 will continue to work with Microsoft 365/Office 365 back-end services at least until those Office editions are out of support, which means October 2025. They just might (or might not) work well, especially starting next year, so it’s a “use at your own risk” situation
Why do we care?
It’s blocking and tackling, but managing all of those support dates is still a “thing.” So I mention it.
Or just go SaaS. Sure does simplify things.