Microsoft Exchange End of Life (EOL) Dates & Support Timeline
Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Microsoft Exchange versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 4.0.996 | Jun 11, 1996 | No EOL date | Supported | Active |
| 5.0 | 5.0.1460 | May 23, 1997 | Jan 10, 2006 | 7469 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.5 | 5.5.2653 | Feb 3, 1998 | Jan 10, 2006 | 7469 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2000 | 6.0.6620.7 | Nov 29, 2000 | Jan 11, 2011 | 5642 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2003 | 6.5.7654.4 | Sep 28, 2003 | Apr 8, 2014 | 4459 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2007 | 8.3.517.0 | Mar 8, 2007 | Apr 11, 2017 | 3360 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2010 | 14.3.513.0 | Nov 9, 2009 | Oct 13, 2020 | 2079 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2013 | 15.0.1497.48 | Jan 9, 2013 | Apr 11, 2023 | 1169 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2016 | 15.1.2507.69 | Oct 1, 2015 | Oct 14, 2025 | 252 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2019 | 15.2.1748.46 | Oct 22, 2018 | Oct 14, 2025 | 252 days past EOL | EOL |
| subscription | 15.2.2562.43 | Jul 1, 2025 | TBD | Supported | Active |
What does Microsoft Exchange end of life mean for your organization?
When a version of Microsoft Exchange reaches end of life, the maintainers stop issuing security patches. Vulnerabilities discovered after this date are publicly disclosed on the National Vulnerability Database, exploit code appears on GitHub, and your systems remain permanently exposed.
The CVE blind spot: Most vulnerability scanners check for known CVEs but do not flag the accumulation of unpatched vulnerabilities in EOL software. With a zero-day, nobody knows about the vulnerability. With EOL software, the vulnerability is public — listed, rated, and often weaponized — but no patch will ever exist. This is the most dangerous gap in enterprise security posture.
Organizations running EOL Microsoft Exchange should treat it as a vulnerability class in their risk register, apply compensating controls (network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, access restriction), and prioritize migration to a supported version.
Extended Support Options
If you cannot migrate immediately, extended support vendors provide continued security patches for EOL Microsoft Exchange versions. This is a bridge, not a permanent solution — plan your migration in parallel.
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