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Retirements & End of Support

Features Microsoft is switching off, with the dates and the replacement path.

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SharePoint Featured Links Retire: What to Know

Featured Links on the SharePoint Start Page are being removed by late July 2026. Here is what admins should audit and replace before the links disappear.

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SharePoint Designer 2013 End of Support: What to Do Next

SharePoint Designer 2013 loses all Microsoft support on July 14, 2026. Here is what admins running SPD-based workflows need to do before the deadline.

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Teams Live Events Retirement: What Admins Need to Know

Teams Live Events shut down on June 30, 2026. Here is what Microsoft 365 admins must do to protect SharePoint recordings and move broadcasts to Teams Town Hall.

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Office Online Server Retirement 2026: What Admins Must Do

Office Online Server retires on December 31, 2026, with no extended support path. Here is what SharePoint administrators still running OOS need to do now.

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SharePoint InfoPath Retirement: What Admins Must Do

Struggling to replace InfoPath before July 14? Here is what is retiring, when new forms were blocked, and the actions every SharePoint admin must take.

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SharePoint OTP Retirement: What Admins Need to Know

SharePoint One-Time Passcode authentication retires August 2026. Here is the Entra B2B transition timeline and what admins must do before July.

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SharePoint Plan Retirement 2026: What Admins Need to Know

June 2026 is the last month to purchase standalone SharePoint plans. Here is what admins must check before full access removal in December 2029.

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SharePoint Alerts Retirement: What Admins Need to Know

Still using classic SharePoint Alerts? They stop working in July 2026. Here is the retirement timeline and how to migrate to Power Automate or Rules.

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SharePoint Legacy Auth (IDCRL) Retired May 2026

Microsoft permanently retired IDCRL cookie-based authentication for SharePoint Online on 1 May 2026 (MC1184649). Scripts and tools using legacy auth will now fail. Here is what to check.

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