The End of the Road: The Complete List of Microsoft Products That Will 'Stop Playing' in 2025

We all know that Windows 10 will officially end support on October 14, 2025. But that's not all — there are many more Microsoft products that will be retiring this year. This list includes Visual Studio 2015, Windows 11 IoT, Enterprise, and Education 22H2 editions, and Windows 10 2015 LTSB. And for your convenience, here are all the Microsoft products and services that will reach end of support (EoL) in 2025.

Products subject to the 'Modern Lifecycle Policy'

With this policy, products are supported as long as customers keep the software up to date, have a valid license, and Microsoft continues to provide service. The 2025 end of support/decommissioning list includes:

Microsoft Genomics – January 6, 2025
Visual Studio App Center – March 31, 2025
Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premises (Modern Policy), 2023 wave 2 – April 2, 2025
Microsoft Configuration Manager 2309 – April 9, 2025
SAP HANA Large Instances – June 30, 2025
Azure Database for MariaDB – September 19, 2025
Various other Azure services: Basic Load Balancer, HPC Cache, Remote Rendering, Service Map, SQL Edge, Unmanaged Disks, vFXT – 09/30/2025
Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premises (Modern Policy), 2024 wave 1 – October 7, 2025
Windows 10 Enterprise, Education, Home, Pro, IoT Enterprise – October 14, 2025
Windows 11 Enterprise, Education, IoT Enterprise February 22 – October 14, 2025
Microsoft Configuration Manager 2403 – October 22, 2025
Windows Server Annual Channel February 23 – October 24, 2025
Windows 11 Home, Pro February 23 – November 11, 2025

Products subject to the 'Fixed Lifecycle Policy'

Unlike the Modern Policy, this policy specifies a support period from launch, with a minimum of 5 years of official support and the possibility of extended support. The list of support ending this year includes:

Dynamics C5 2015, CRM 2015, NAV 2015, SL 2015 – January 14, 2025
Visual Studio 2022 v17.6 (LTSC) – January 14, 2025
Dynamics GP 2015 & 2015 R2 – April 8, 2025
SQL Server 2012 (ESU Year 3), SQL Server 2014 (ESU Year 1) – 07/08/2025
Visual Studio 2022 v17.8 (LTSC) – July 8, 2025
Microsoft Office 2016 & 2019 suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Project, Publisher, OneNote.) – October 14, 2025
Exchange Server 2016 & 2019 – October 14, 2025
Skype for Business (2016, 2019, Server 2015, Server 2019) – October 14, 2025
Visio 2016 & 2019 – October 14, 2025
Visual Studio 2015, TFS 2015 – October 14, 2025
Windows 10 2015 LTSB, IoT Enterprise LTSB 2015, Team (Surface Hub) – October 14, 2025
Windows Defender Exploit Guard / Defender for Windows 10 – October 14, 2025
Windows Server 2012 & 2012 R2 (ESU Year 2) – 10/14/2025

Products moving from mainstream to extended support

SQL Server 2019 – mainstream support ends 28/02/2025, extended support ends 08/01/2030
Azure DevOps Server 2020 and Microsoft Robotics – end of mainstream support 10/14/2025, extended support until 10/08/2030

With a product portfolio as large as Microsoft's, it's understandable that many tools and services will end support in the same year. If you or your business still uses these software, plan to upgrade or replace them now to avoid disruptions at the end of 2025.