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The Microsoft Store Versions of Office Apps Are Being Discontinued

Summary by technewstube.com
According to a new support document (spotted by Windows Latest), Microsoft plans to end support for Office applications installed through the Microsoft Store. Starting October 2025, those versions of Office apps will stop getting new features. Starting December 2026, they'll stop receiving security updates as well. This move may be inconvenient if you're using the Microsoft Store versions, but it's a reasonable one. Instead of having to support …
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Microsoft will end support for Office applications installed through the Microsoft Store, reports Windows Latest with reference to this support document. Starting in October 2025, no new features will be offered, and security updates will also end in December 2026. While this may sound harsh, it essentially means that this model for delivering Office apps will be abolished. Instead of two ways to use Office applications, there will now be only o…

Microsoft announced that it will abandon the Microsoft 365 application based on the UWP architecture, and will stop function updates in October 2025 and end security updates in December 2026. Users need to switch to the click-to-run version as soon as possible to continue to get new features and security support.

Microsoft has for years been offering its Office programs no more than individual apps via store as a download. This remnant from the UWP era will also be discontinued from October 2025: After that, there will no longer be any functional updates for the Microsoft 365 apps via the Microsoft Store. At Windows 10 times, users could still conveniently install the Office programs like Word or Excel like any other app directly via the Microsoft Store.…

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Windows Latest broke the news in on Monday, July 21, 2025.
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