Microsoft is set to freeze new feature development for Microsoft 365 apps on Windows 10 starting August 2026, gradually encouraging users to upgrade to Windows 11 while ensuring security updates continue until 2028.
Microsoft is preparing to freeze new feature development for Microsoft 365 apps on Windows 10, using the change to further push users towards Windows 11. According to Microsoft’s support documentation, Windows 10 reached end of support on 14 October 2025, although Microsoft 365 apps on the older operating system will continue to receive security updates for three years after that date, until 10 October 2028.
The practical shift is tied to Microsoft 365 version 2608. Until that build reaches the stable channel, Windows 10 users should continue to receive normal feature updates, including Copilot access where their subscriptions allow it. Once 2608 becomes the stable release, Microsoft plans to stop adding new functions to Microsoft 365 on Windows 10 machines and limit them to security patches only. Windows Central and other technology publications report that this change is expected to begin in August 2026, with the exact cutoff varying by update channel.
That means the feature freeze will not hit all customers at the same time. Reporting from Thurrott and Petri says Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscribers on the Current Channel are expected to lose new features first, followed by business users on the Monthly Enterprise Channel and then the Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel later in the cycle. The common end point remains the same: security support continues, but fresh Office features move to Windows 11.
There is one narrow exception. Microsoft says the OneDrive desktop app will keep receiving feature updates on Windows 10 until October 2028, but only on version 22H2 of the operating system. Devices running older Windows 10 builds will not get that longer runway. For users who have stayed on Windows 10 because their hardware is incompatible with Windows 11, or simply because they prefer the older interface, the message is increasingly clear: Microsoft is keeping the platform secure, but no longer actively improving its productivity software there.
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