Microsoft announced the end of mainstream support for its Exchange Server 2019 on-premises mail server software on January 9, 2023.
Starting today, the company says it will no longer accept requests for bug fixes and Design Change Requests, but it will keep releasing patches to fix the latest discovered security issues,.
Although it is in extended support until October 14, 2025, Exchange Server 2019 will still receive two cumulative updates this year.
Specifically, CU14 will be out until the end of the month, and CU15 in the second half of 2024.
The Exchange Team said in November that CU14 will come with support for TLS 1.3, an S/MIME control fix, Extended Protection toggled on by default, and more.
While Redmond doesn't plan to release any additional CUs this year, Microsoft's Nino Bilic said that any regressions introduced with CU14 and CU15 will be fixed via hotfix updates.
Even though Microsoft hasn't provided Exchange 2019 end-of-life guidance and has yet to release a new on-premises Exchange Server version, Schnoll said on Monday that Redmon will soon share more details on what's coming next.
Exchange Server 2016 is also under extended support until October 2025, after reaching its mainstream end date in October 2020.
The previous version, Exchange Server 2013, reached its extended end-of-support date last year, on April 11, with Redmond no longer providing technical support and bug fixes for newly discovered issues.
Admins are advised to switch to Exchange 2019 to keep receiving updates for new security flaws or migrate to Microsoft's hosted Exchange Online.
The company provides Microsoft 365 migration information on its documentation site and guidance for global admins to help decide the migration path in Exchange Online.
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This Cyber News was published on www.bleepingcomputer.com. Publication date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 16:55:13 +0000