Windows 10: Microsoft is limiting Microsoft 365 & OneDrive on Windows 10 to push holdouts to Windows 11

Microsoft is making Windows 10 less appealing to holdouts by limiting Microsoft 365 and OneDrive, and Microsoft 365-related changes will begin rolling out in August 2026. This month, Microsoft 365 version 2608, which covers all Office apps and Copilot, will be the last major release for Windows 10, and you’ll be asked to move to Windows 11 if you want new features.

Microsoft has pledged support for Office apps on Windows 10 until at least October 10, 2028, and we have no indication that it’ll extend support beyond that date. But that doesn’t mean Office apps will stop working on Windows 10.


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In a support document, Microsoft noted that Office apps remain supported on Windows 10 until October 2028, and there are no changes to the plan it outlined last year. However, it won’t release new features after version 2608, which is set to begin rolling out in August 2026.

“Devices running Microsoft 365 Apps on Windows 10 will receive feature updates and Copilot support (where eligible) until Version 2608 is released,” Microsoft noted. “Devices will remain on Version 2608, receiving only security updates until October 10, 2028.” Version 2607 was released on August 11, and we’re expecting version 2608 in two weeks.

Once this update rolls out, you can keep using Office apps on Windows 10 for another two years, but you won’t get new features available on Windows 11 or even macOS.

This means Office apps for Windows 10 are now officially in a “frozen development” state.

Sorry, Microsoft. You can’t convince Windows 10 holdouts to embrace Windows 11 by limiting Office apps


Microsoft may be making a big deal out of limiting Office app updates on Windows 10, but I don’t think it’s a major loss for most people, at least initially. If you look at the release notes, most of the major new features for Office products have been more or less around Copilot or Microsoft’s agents.

For example, PowerPoint’s last major update rolled out in April, and it added the ability to edit your presentation with Copilot. This means you can use Copilot in PowerPoint to refine presentations, add new content directly inside PowerPoint, generate slides, and improve layouts, as long as you have a Copilot subscription.



We had a similar update in February when Microsoft added support for agents in Word, and that has pretty much been it.

As much as Microsoft may want to deny it, the reality is that these Office apps are mostly feature-complete, and enterprises or consumers are more than happy with the current state of the features.

Ironically, most of the Office apps’ major problems have also been around Copilot, such as a floating Copilot button that made it difficult to read cells in Excel.



It was eventually rolled back after outrage, but if Microsoft is really going to follow its own announcement, Windows 10 users will no longer be victims of wild AI tests.

But, of course, for Microsoft, it’s also an opportunity to create a fear of missing out by limiting new features on Windows 10. My only fear is that Microsoft could ship features and integrate them into other products, and make it a bit difficult to use Office apps on Windows 10, which could convince some customers to make the switch.

What about OneDrive for Windows 10? Will it stop working?


It’s not yet clear what happens to OneDrive in the coming months, but Microsoft has plans to retire support for older versions of Windows, mostly those released before Windows 10 22H2.

Most people are already on Windows 10 22H2, so it shouldn’t be an issue, but it’s unclear whether the company will continue releasing new OneDrive features for Windows 10.

“Devices running the OneDrive desktop app on Windows 10 22H2 will continue to receive updates through October 10, 2028. On devices running an older version of Windows 10, the OneDrive desktop app will no longer update,” Microsoft noted in a document.

OneDrive has largely remained on par with Windows 11, and even the controversial OneDrive Photos app has made its way to Windows 10.

But if you use an older version of Windows 10, don’t be surprised if OneDrive eventually stops working properly. And if you use OneDrive on Windows 10 22H2, you should probably lower your expectations for major new features going forward.

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Windows 10 - OneDrive

[/quote] Click to expand... Sorry, but I think you're confused and keep referring to Onedrive. There is a big difference between the consumer version of Onedrive business O365 version. I do not have the consumer version of Onedrive installed... it is Onedrive for Business. Also, this script is for "Onedrive" .... not Onedrive for Business. Thanks anyway.

OneDrive (for Business) built-in Windows 10 differences?

No thanks for providing a non-rant version. I ought to recruit about 20 million people and walk down to Microsoft headquarters and do them in. Tired of Microsoft forcing their childish development skills on the masses.

 

Windows 10 - OneDrive

I use Groove Music and OneDrive hasn't ran again. I suspect Office 365 is behind restarting it. There might be a setting in Office 365 somewhere to disable OneDrive.


This will get rid of one drive. Put it in a .bat and run it:
Code: @Echo off echo Uninstalling OneDrive... start /wait "" "%SYSTEMROOT%\SYSWOW64\ONEDRIVESETUP.EXE" /UNINSTALL rd C:\OneDriveTemp /Q /S >NUL 2>&1 rd "%USERPROFILE%\OneDrive" /Q /S >NUL 2>&1 rd "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\OneDrive" /Q /S >NUL 2>&1 rd "%PROGRAMDATA%\Microsoft OneDrive" /Q /S >NUL 2>&1 reg add "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}\ShellFolder" /f /v Attributes /t REG_DWORD /d 0 >NUL 2>&1 reg add "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}\ShellFolder" /f /v Attributes /t REG_DWORD /d 0 >NUL 2>&1 echo. echo OneDrive has been removed. Windows Explorer needs to be restarted. pause start /wait TASKKILL /F /IM explorer.exe start explorer.exe[/quote]

 

Windows 10 - OneDrive

This is Windows 10 Pro... Enterprise is an entirely different deal and I'm sure I won't have problems that route, but I'm not forking over more $ to dipshit developers. The only thing I can think of is un-linking my Office 365 accounts within Office, but that defeats the purpose of accessing the files ONLINE and managing them from there. I have two alumni accounts, not a single problem in Windows 7/8 until M$shit devs decided to integrate Onedrive. I've deleted, renamed, set read-only to "msosync.exe," ... but windows continues to add it again and again, and NOW I just noticed it's now linking to groove.exe, instead of onedrive. Sooo fn annoying!



Onedrive on Windows 10 is not an 'app' it is integrated. Plus I don't fool around with the Windows Store thoughtless developer child bullshit. Windows Store ought to be completely removed from the Windows platform all together. Also I do not intend to completely remove Onedrive, it defeats the purpose... the purpose is to REMOVE it from Windows Explorer navigation and startup.