Title: Microsoft isn’t killing Word, Excel or PowerPoint — but it is pulling the plug on several Windows desktop apps and pushing everything to the web
By: [Your Name], Senior IT Writer — WindowsForum.com
Date: January 8, 2026
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Microsoft is accelerating a multi-year push to web-first...
Microsoft has confirmed that Office Online Server (OOS) — the on‑premises engine that powered in‑browser Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote hosting inside customer datacenters — will be retired and reach end‑of‑support on December 31, 2026, forcing organizations that relied on local browser...
Microsoft’s decision to retire Office Online Server (OOS) by December 31, 2026 redraws the map for on‑premises browser‑based Office experiences and crystallizes a broader strategy: funnel engineering toward Microsoft 365 and cloud‑native Copilot capabilities while testing how far those AI...
Microsoft’s decision to retire Office Online Server (OOS) by December 31, 2026 redraws the map for on‑premises Office web experiences and pushes enterprises hard toward Microsoft 365 and cloud‑first, AI‑enabled workflows—while simultaneously testing how far Microsoft can extend Copilot into...
Microsoft has formally announced that Office Online Server (OOS) — the on‑premises product that delivered browser‑based Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote to enterprise datacenters — will be retired and reach end of support on December 31, 2026, forcing organizations that require in‑browser...
Microsoft has confirmed that Office Online Server (OOS) will be retired and reach end of support on December 31, 2026, a move that removes Microsoft’s supported on‑premises browser-hosted Office experience and forces organizations that rely on in‑browser editing on their own servers to choose...
Microsoft's advisory confirms a use‑after‑free flaw in Microsoft Excel that can lead to local code execution when a specially crafted spreadsheet is opened, creating a potentially serious escalation path on unpatched systems. Overview
This vulnerability, tracked as CVE‑2025‑54904, is listed in...