Microsoft Office 2010 will end support next month

Microsoft Office 2003 and 2007 are both office suites familiar to many netizens, but these office suites have ended support in 2014 and 2017.

The nostalgia of the Microsoft Office 2010 version may not be so high, but this version will also end the extended support period in October 2020.

End of support means that Microsoft will no longer provide any security updates to this version, even if serious security vulnerabilities are discovered, Microsoft will no longer provide updates.

Therefore, it is very important for the use of office software, especially for enterprises and business people, to upgrade in time, because hackers may use vulnerabilities to steal secrets.

According to Microsoft, Microsoft plans to end its security support for Microsoft Office 2010 on October 13, 2020.

On the same day, Microsoft will push the final security update to this version. The security update supports Office 2010 and Office 2010 SP1 / SP2.

After that, Microsoft will not provide any feature or security updates to this version, so even if researchers find a vulnerability, Microsoft will not fix it.

In theory, based on security considerations, users should upgrade to a supported version before this date, otherwise, some attackers may use security vulnerabilities to launch attacks.

For enterprises and business people, intranet security and business secret security are very important, so these users are also important targets of attackers and are more likely to be attacked.

Currently, Microsoft has launched the Microsoft Office 2010 EOL support website, where Microsoft introduced the potential consequences of discontinuing support and product recommendations.

Of course, Microsoft, as always, recommends ordinary users or enterprises to upgrade to Microsoft 365, that is, to subscribe to the cloud-supported Office 365 version for an annual fee.

If you don’t need to use cloud services, you can also choose to upgrade to buy-out versions such as Microsoft Office 2019. These versions are a one-time payment without annual payment.