The remaining mailboxes need to stay on-premises for some reason (for instance, the organization doesn’t have a reliable internet connection). To put this in context, the vast majority of what you might call utility mailboxes have moved to Exchange Online.

At the time, my assessment was “ I don’t expect Microsoft to ship on-premises versions of Exchange or SharePoint in the way they’ve done in the past because it just doesn’t make sense.”

Engage a trusted provider to help you work through the details.Last March, a Microsoft employee caused a stir with an assertion that Exchange 2019 will be the last on-premises version of Microsoft’s enterprise email server.

Watch this space for more to come on the subscription agreements that will govern Exchange Server, SharePoint Server, and Skype for Business Server and,.

And if some time has passed, these products could be well beyond their support dates. This would cause a reversion back to pre-vNext convention days.

Without doing that, not only updates and support end, so does the customer’s right-to-use the product (unless Microsoft changes the rules around subscriptions). This means that the customer will have to remit subscription fees forever. The ongoing subscription entitles the customer to updates and support.As of today, the following lifecycle dates are in place:.By doing this, Microsoft believes that this is the last forklift upgrade that ever needs to be done. However, Microsoft will support upgrades from the prior two (2) Versions: 20. Microsoft is encouraging its customer to upgrade to Version 2019 because the migration to the new version is an in-place upgrade.The next version of Exchange Server will support in-place upgrades from Exchange Server 2019 for a period of approximately two (2) years following release.

Windows Server 2022 was released on September 6, 2021, but, as of this writing, details remain undisclosed. That announcement was made by Microsoft last year, with the timeframe of announcing the details after Windows Server 2022 was released. Exchange Server, SharePoint Server, and Skype for Business Server will become subscription licenses after Version 2019.

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