Editing Microsoft Office (section)

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All versions of Microsoft Office products from Office 2000 to Office 2016 are eligible for ten years of support following their release, during which Microsoft releases [[security update]]s for the product version and provides paid technical support. The ten-year period is divided into two five-year phases: The mainstream phase and the extended phase. During the mainstream phase, Microsoft may provide limited complimentary technical support and release non-security updates or change the design of the product. During the extended phase, said services stop.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 9, 2017 |title=Microsoft Business, Developer and Desktop Operating Systems Policy |url=https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/14085/microsoft-business-developer-and-desktop-operating-systems-policy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424011714/https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/14085/microsoft-business-developer-and-desktop-operating-systems-policy |archive-date=April 24, 2017 |access-date=April 10, 2017 |website=Support |publisher=[[Microsoft]]}}</ref> Office 2019 only receives 5 years of mainstream and 2 years of extended support and Office 2021 only gets 5 years of mainstream support.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Office 2019 On-Premises Release Details (published February 1, 2018) |url=https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4086137/office-2019-on-premises-release-details-february-1-2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317230749/https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4086137/office-2019-on-premises-release-details-february-1-2018 |archive-date=March 17, 2019 |access-date=February 6, 2019 |website=support.microsoft.com}}</ref>