Microsoft Product Lifecycle : Visual Basic, Exchange Server and Outlook (various versions)

 

Microsoft Product Lifecycle for various versions of Visual Basic

Products Released General Availability Date Mainstream Support Retired Extended Support Retired Service Pack Retired Notes Visual Basic .NET 2002 Standard Edition 4/15/2002 7/10/2007 7/14/2009     Visual Basic .NET 2003 Standard Edition 7/10/2003 10/14/2008 10/8/2013     Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition 1/14/2006 4/12/2011 4/12/2016     Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition 2/19/2008 Review Note Review Note   Mainstream support will end two years after the next version of this product is released. Extended support will end five years after mainstream support ends. Visual Basic 6.0 Enterprise Edition 1/27/1999 3/31/2005 4/8/2008     Visual Basic 6.0 Standard Edition 1/27/1999 3/31/2005 4/8/2008

Microsoft Product Lifecycle for various versions of Exchange Server

Products Released General Availability Date Mainstream Support Retired Extended Support Retired Service Pack Retired Notes Exchange Server 2000 Service Pack 3 7/18/2002 Review Note Review Note   Support ends 12 months after the next service pack releases or at the end of the product's support lifecycle, whichever comes first. For more information, please see the service pack policy at https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/#ServicePackSupport . Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 10/19/2005 Review Note Review Note   Support ends 12 months after the next service pack releases or at the end of the product's support lifecycle, whichever comes first. For more information, please see the service pack policy at https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/#ServicePackSupport . Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 11/29/2007 Review Note Review Note   Support ends 12 months after the next service pack releases or at the end of the product's support lifecycle, whichever comes first. For more information, please see the service pack policy at https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/#ServicePackSupport . Exchange Server 4.0 Standard Edition 6/11/1996 6/30/2003 Not Applicable     Exchange Server 5.0 Enterprise Edition 5/23/1997 12/31/2003 1/10/2006   Support for the Exchange 5.0 Outlook Web Access (OWA) client and Internet Information Server (IIS) 3.0 ended on March 31, 2000. (IIS 3.0 is a required component of Exchange 5.0 OWA.) We strongly recommend that customers who are running Exchange 5.0 OWA, upgrade to Internet Information Server 4.0 or later and Exchange 5.5 OWA. Exchange Server 5.0 Standard Edition 5/23/1997 12/31/2003 1/10/2006     Exchange Server 5.5 Enterprise Edition 2/3/1998 12/31/2003 1/10/2006     Exchange Server 5.5 Standard Edition 2/3/1998 12/31/2003 1/10/2006     Forefront Security for Exchange Server 3/8/2007 4/10/2012 4/11/2017     Exchange Server 4.0 Service Pack 1 5/1/1996 Not Applicable Not Applicable 12/31/1996   Exchange Server 4.0 Service Pack 2 7/19/1996 Not Applicable Not Applicable 1/29/1997   Exchange Server 4.0 Service Pack 3 10/29/1996 Not Applicable Not Applicable 6/28/1997   Exchange Server 5.0 Service Pack 1 6/18/1997 Not Applicable Not Applicable 5/10/1998   Exchange Server 4.0 Service Pack 4 3/28/1997 Not Applicable Not Applicable 8/5/1998   Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 1 8/5/1998 Not Applicable Not Applicable 3/23/1999   Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 2 12/23/1998 Not Applicable Not Applicable 12/9/1999   Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 3 9/9/1999 Not Applicable Not Applicable 1/1/2001   Exchange Server 2000 Service Pack 1 6/21/2001 Not Applicable Not Applicable 2/28/2002   Exchange Server 4.0 Service Pack 5 5/5/1998 Not Applicable Not Applicable 6/30/2003   Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition 9/28/2003 4/14/2009 4/8/2014 5/25/2005   Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition 9/28/2003 4/14/2009 4/8/2014 5/25/2005   Exchange Server 5.0 Service Pack 2 2/10/1998 Not Applicable Not Applicable 12/31/2005   Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 4 11/1/2000 Not Applicable Not Applicable 12/31/2005   Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 1 5/25/2004 Not Applicable Not Applicable 1/8/2008   Exchange Server 2007 Enterprise Edition 3/8/2007 4/10/2012 4/11/2017 1/13/2009   Exchange Server 2007 Standard Edition 3/8/2007 4/10/2012 4/11/2017 1/13/2009

Microsoft Product Lifecycle for various versions of Outlook

Products Released General Availability Date Mainstream Support Retired Extended Support Retired Service Pack Retired Notes Outlook 97 Standard Edition 1/16/1997 12/31/2001 2/28/2002     Outlook Express 4.0 for Macintosh 1/6/1998 6/30/2003 Not Applicable     Outlook Express 4.0 4/21/1998 3/31/2003 Not Applicable     Outlook 98 Standard Edition 6/21/1998 1/16/2004 1/16/2004     Outlook Express 4.5 for Macintosh 1/5/1999 6/30/2003 Not Applicable     Outlook 2000 Standard Edition 6/27/1999 6/30/2004 7/14/2009     Outlook Express 5.0 Macintosh Edition 10/19/1999 6/30/2003 Not Applicable     Outlook 2002 Standard Edition 5/31/2001 7/11/2006 7/12/2011     Outlook Express 6.0 8/27/2001 Review Note Review Note   Please review the Internet Explorer 6 information that is on the Select a Product for Lifecycle Information site at https://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifeselect or the Support Lifecycle Index site at https://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifeselectindex. Outlook 2003 11/20/2003 4/14/2009 4/8/2014     Outlook 2007 1/27/2007 4/10/2012 4/11/2017     Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager 1/27/2007 4/10/2012 Not Applicable     Outlook 2007 with Interconnect 1/27/2007 4/10/2012 4/11/2017