Windows 10: Microsoft is killing off Windows 10 Office Lens app and other services

Microsoft is constantly adding new features and apps to Windows 10 via Windows Updates and Microsoft Store. At the same time, Microsoft is also pretty brutal when it thinks apps or services aren’t being used or better alternatives are available.

As it does every year, Microsoft is now reminding customers that it’s going to end support for some Windows 10 apps and enterprise services in 2021.

Perhaps the most noticeable Windows 10 app that has been discontinued is the Office Lens app. As you may be aware, Office Lens is popular because it lets you shoot photos of written materials and then convert printed words in the image to text through OCR.

There are other ways to extract images from screenshots or images, but Microsoft has added some impressive tricks to the genre with Office Lens and it’s currently the best solution in the marketplace.

Earlier this week, Microsoft removed Office Lens from the Microsoft Store. If the app is installed, you can still use it but it no longer supports cloud-based features. For example, you won’t be able to save photos scanned using Office Lens to OneNote or OneDrive.



Microsoft is recommending users to download the app from the Play Store and App Store for the best experience.

If you still want to use Microsoft’s OCR technology on Windows 10, you can also try OneDrive, which now has all the basic features including to scan the Whiteboard, Business Card, and Photo.

Old Microsoft Edge


The original Microsoft Edge browser, which is pre-installed with all versions of Windows 10, won’t be supported after March 2021.

In a post to the admin portal, Microsoft is advising Windows 10 users to use the new version of Edge, which has been retooled using Chromium open-source platform. If you don’t move manually, the new Edge will be automatically installed.

Internet Explorer 11


Starting August 17, 2020, you can no longer use Internet Explorer to access Microsoft 365 services, such as Office web apps, Outlook, and many Microsoft account features will be unavailable.

Microsoft is encouraging users to upgrade to Edge, which works best with Windows 10.

Enterprise services


Later this year, Microsoft plans to end support for the following enterprise services:

• TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1
• Skype for Business Online Connector
• Visio Web Access

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Office 2019

Only supported on Win10. Sorry, 8.1 users, only 4 years old, gotta go.

Microsoft Office 2019 will only work on Windows 10

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com...-to-office-and-windows-servicing-and-support/

Spoiler Office 2019
Last year at Ignite, we announced Office 2019 – the next perpetual version of Office that includes apps (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, and Skype for Business) and servers (including Exchange, SharePoint, and Skype for Business). Today we’re pleased to share the following updates:

• Office 2019 will ship in H2 of 2018. Previews of the new apps and servers will start shipping in the second quarter of 2018.
• Office 2019 apps will be supported on:
  • Any supported Windows 10 SAC release
  • Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2018
  • The next LTSC release of Windows Server
• The Office 2019 client apps will be released with Click-to-Run installation technology only. We will not provide MSI as a deployment methodology for Office 2019 clients. We will continue to provide MSI for Office Server products.

 

Bing Lens and Office Lens crash

Three points worth noting.

• Issue happens only with Bing Lens and Office Lens.
• You have done phone reset.
• Issue does not happen with Camscanner.

I think the apps (both of them are broken). I believe you should inform the developer. In this, it is Microsoft. There is no direct email but you can of course leave a review and a update will be eventually pushed to resolve this problem.

 

Microsoft Office 2019 Will Run on Windows 10, and Only Windows 10

How is this news or surprising to anyone?

Especially when there are viable and arguably better open-source alternatives out there.. For those of us who don't use Microsoft Office, this isn't a problem.