On October 14, 2025, support for Microsoft Project 2016 and Microsoft Project 2019 will be discontinued. After that date, these versions will no longer receive security updates, bug fixes or technical support.
Although Project 2016 and 2019 versions continue to work normally after October 14, 2025, it is recommended that customers migrate to newer versions before the end date of support to avoid risks.
Planner and Project Plan 3
Migrating to Planner and Project Plan 3, your organization will have access to Planner integrated into Microsoft Teams, Planner for the Web, Project for the Web, Project Online and Project Online Desktop. In addition, users with Planner and Project Plan 3 licenses will have the opportunity to explore Microsoft 365 Copilot resources in Planner, such as creating new projects, goals and tasks.
Microsoft 365
Upgrading to a Microsoft 365 license, users can use Planner for task management and project planning directly on the web. Planner in Microsoft 365 offers unique views, such as Grid, Frame, Agenda and Graphics, and allows editing of premium projects created by users with Planner and Project Plan 3 or Plan 5 licenses. To access these advanced features, you need to have an additional subscription.
Project 2024
Project Standard 2024 and Project Professional 2024 are available for single acquisition through volume licensing contracts. Although they do not receive regular feature updates, they offer all the features of the previous versions as well as new features.
Other Microsoft products that will have discontinued support in 2025:
In addition to Project 2016 and 2019, several other Microsoft products will also come to an end on October 14, 2025.
This includes Microsoft Office 2016, Office 2019, Excel 2016, Excel 2019, Outlook 2016, Outlook 2019, PowerPoint 2016, PowerPoint 2019, Visio 2016, Visio 2019, Word 2016 and Word 2019.
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