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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-fy20-q1-earnings-2019-10-23-office-365-commercial-monthly-active-users-200-million",
      "citation_text": "Over 200 million monthly active users of Office 365 commercial (Microsoft's business plans) in the quarter to September 2019, Microsoft said on its October 2019 earnings call (Microsoft, 2019). Source: Microsoft, \"Microsoft Fiscal Year 2020 First Quarter Earnings Conference Call (transcript, 2019-10-23)\" (https://cdn-dynmedia-1.microsoft.com/is/content/microsoftcorp/TranscriptFY20Q1.docx). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-fy20-q1-earnings-2019-10-23-office-365-commercial-monthly-active-users-200-million."
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      "quote": "Microsoft reported its Q1 FY19 results on October 24 and noted that Office 365 now has more than 155 million monthly active users (MAU).",
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      "notes": "Fills the October 2018 gap in Microsoft's monthly-active-user run (135 million April 2018, 180 million April 2019). The figure is not in Microsoft's transcript of the 24 October 2018 call (raw/microsoft-365-subscriptions-and-revenue/transcripts/ctr-fy2019-q1.txt, checked 2026-10-15) and the FY19 Q1 slide deck on Microsoft's CDN is image-only, so Petri is the first outlet found reporting it. Secondary source; the measure (monthly active users) matches Microsoft's run.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#petri-2018-10-25-microsoft-q1-fy19-office-365-155-million-monthly-active-users",
      "citation_text": "More than 155 million monthly active users of Office 365 commercial in the quarter to September 2018, Microsoft noted with its October 2018 results, as Petri reported (Petri, 2018). Source: Petri IT Knowledgebase, \"Office 365 Soars to 155 Million Active Users (Petri, Tony Redmond, 25 October 2018)\" (https://petri.com/office-365-soars-155-million-active-users). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#petri-2018-10-25-microsoft-q1-fy19-office-365-155-million-monthly-active-users."
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      "quote": "Kurt DelBene, president of the Microsoft Office Division, announced that 1 billion people worldwide now use Microsoft Office.",
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      "notes": "A vendor claim with no stated method: it counts people using any Office version, licensed or not, in 2012. Not comparable with the paid seats and subscribers Microsoft reports today. Office Watch questioned the figure at the time (office-watch.com, 2012).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-2012-07-09-wpc-office-used-by-1-billion-people",
      "citation_text": "1 billion people worldwide use Microsoft Office, Microsoft's Office Division president Kurt DelBene announced at the July 2012 Worldwide Partner Conference (Microsoft, 2012). Source: Microsoft, \"Microsoft Sees Big Opportunities for Partners With Upcoming Wave of New Products and Services (Microsoft News Center, Toronto, 9 July 2012)\" (https://news.microsoft.com/source/2012/07/09/microsoft-sees-big-opportunities-for-partners-with-upcoming-wave-of-new-products-and-services/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-2012-07-09-wpc-office-used-by-1-billion-people."
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      "statement": "More than 1.2 billion people use Microsoft Office, Microsoft said on its 'By the Numbers' fact page from at least October 2015, a figure it repeated until 2018 (Microsoft, 2015).",
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      "source_title": "Microsoft By the Numbers (news.microsoft.com/bythenumbers), Wayback Machine capture of 6 October 2015",
      "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20151006185904/http://news.microsoft.com/bythenumbers/index.html",
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      "published_at": "2015-10-06",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
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      "notes": "Last all-Office user total Microsoft gave. By January 2016 the tile read 'More than 1.2 billion people use Microsoft Office in 140 countries and 107 languages around the world' and it was still there in July 2018. Microsoft repeated it at its Build conference (30 March 2016, as Petri and GSMArena reported) and Satya Nadella used it in the fiscal 2016 annual report letter (18 October 2016): 'With more than 1.2 billion Office users and 433 million LinkedIn members'. published_at is the earliest capture, not a publication date; the claim may be older. No method given; it is not a count of paid users and is a decade old: roundups that give it as current are stale.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-bythenumbers-2015-more-than-1-2-billion-people-use-office",
      "citation_text": "More than 1.2 billion people use Microsoft Office, Microsoft said on its 'By the Numbers' fact page from at least October 2015, a figure it repeated until 2018 (Microsoft, 2015). Source: Microsoft, \"Microsoft By the Numbers (news.microsoft.com/bythenumbers), Wayback Machine capture of 6 October 2015\" (https://web.archive.org/web/20151006185904/http://news.microsoft.com/bythenumbers/index.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-bythenumbers-2015-more-than-1-2-billion-people-use-office."
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      "id": "microsoft-ar16-2016-10-18-more-than-1-2-billion-office-users",
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      "published_at": "2016-10-18",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "With more than 1.2 billion Office users and 433 million LinkedIn members, our combined data graphs will forever change how Sales, HR, and other professionals get work done.",
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      "notes": "Third dated wording of the claim: 'more than 1.2 billion people use Microsoft Office' (By the Numbers page, from October 2015), '1.2 billion Office users' (Build keynote, 30 March 2016, as Petri reported), and this letter (18 October 2016). Annual report letters for fiscal 2017 to 2025 (raw arNN.txt, fetched 2026-10-15) give Office 365 commercial users or seats instead and never repeat an all-Office total. A decade-old vendor estimate: do not present it as current, and do not round it up to 1.5 billion (no Microsoft source for that exists).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-ar16-2016-10-18-more-than-1-2-billion-office-users",
      "citation_text": "Office had more than **1.2 billion** users, Satya Nadella wrote in Microsoft's fiscal 2016 annual report letter in October 2016, the last time an all-Office user total appears in a Microsoft annual report (Microsoft, 2016). Source: Microsoft, \"Microsoft 2016 Annual Report, shareholder letter (Satya Nadella)\" (https://www.microsoft.com/investor/reports/ar16/index.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-ar16-2016-10-18-more-than-1-2-billion-office-users."
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      "notes": "Traces to Microsoft's own claim (By the Numbers page from October 2015; Build 2016 keynote, 30 March 2016). GSMArena (31 March 2016) added 'who spend an average of 3-4 hours per day using the suite'. Roundups still repeat '1.2 billion Office users' as if current; it is a 2015-2016 vendor estimate with no method, and Microsoft has not updated it.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#petri-2016-03-31-restates-microsoft-build-1-2-billion-office-users",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-fy26-q3-earnings-2026-04-29-microsoft-365-copilot-over-20-million-paid-seats",
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      "quote": "When it comes to knowledge work, we now have over 30 million paid Microsoft 365 Copilot seats, with net seat adds more than doubling quarter-over-quarter.",
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      "notes": "Latest disclosure (the next call, FY27 Q1, is due in late October 2026). Seats, not people; seats can be unused. Same call: 'The number of customers with more than 50,000 seats increased over 7X year-over-year'; NHS England rolling out Copilot to 505,000 clinicians and staff; HSBC committed to 200,000 seats. Series: 15 million (December 2025), over 20 million (March 2026), over 30 million (June 2026).",
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      "citation_text": "Over 30 million paid Microsoft 365 Copilot seats were in use at the end of June 2026, with net seat additions more than doubling from the previous quarter, Microsoft said on its July 2026 earnings call (Microsoft, 2026). Source: Microsoft, \"Microsoft Fiscal Year 2026 Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call (transcript, 2026-07-29)\" (https://cdn-dynmedia-1.microsoft.com/is/content/microsoftcorp/TranscriptFY26Q4.docx). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-fy26-q4-earnings-2026-07-29-microsoft-365-copilot-over-30-million-paid-seats."
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      "citation_text": "Nearly 70% of Fortune 500 companies were using Microsoft 365 Copilot by September 2024, Microsoft said on its October 2024 earnings call (Microsoft, 2024). Source: Microsoft, \"Microsoft Fiscal Year 2025 First Quarter Earnings Conference Call (transcript, 2024-10-30)\" (https://cdn-dynmedia-1.microsoft.com/is/content/microsoftcorp/TranscriptFY25Q1.docx). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-fy25-q1-earnings-2024-10-30-nearly-70pct-of-fortune-500-use-microsoft-365-copilot."
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      "quote": "Nearly 60% of the Fortune 500 now use Copilot, and we’ve seen accelerated adoption across industries and geographies",
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      "notes": "Company-level adoption: one seat or a pilot counts, so it says nothing about how many employees use Copilot. Microsoft said 'Copilot' here, meaning Copilot for Microsoft 365 (its name until September 2024), five months after general availability on 1 November 2023.",
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      "citation_text": "Nearly 60% of Fortune 500 companies were using Microsoft 365 Copilot by March 2024, Microsoft said on its April 2024 earnings call (Microsoft, 2024). Source: Microsoft, \"Microsoft Fiscal Year 2024 Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call (transcript, 2024-04-25)\" (https://cdn-dynmedia-1.microsoft.com/is/content/microsoftcorp/TranscriptFY24Q3.docx). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-fy24-q3-earnings-2024-04-25-nearly-60pct-of-fortune-500-use-microsoft-365-copilot."
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      "quote": "All up, more than 90% of the Fortune 500 now use Microsoft 365 Copilot.",
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      "notes": "Company-level adoption: one seat or a pilot counts, so it says nothing about how many employees use Copilot. Microsoft's December 2025 pricing post repeated it: 'more than 90% of Fortune 500 companies trusting Microsoft 365 Copilot'. Microsoft gave its first paid seat count (15 million) only three months later.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-fy26-q1-earnings-2025-10-29-more-than-90pct-of-fortune-500-use-microsoft-365-copilot",
      "citation_text": "More than 90% of Fortune 500 companies were using Microsoft 365 Copilot by September 2025, Microsoft said on its October 2025 earnings call (Microsoft, 2025). Source: Microsoft, \"Microsoft Fiscal Year 2026 First Quarter Earnings Conference Call (transcript, 2025-10-29)\" (https://cdn-dynmedia-1.microsoft.com/is/content/microsoftcorp/TranscriptFY26Q1.docx). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-fy26-q1-earnings-2025-10-29-more-than-90pct-of-fortune-500-use-microsoft-365-copilot."
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      "statement": "About 7% of Microsoft 365's paid commercial seats carried a paid Microsoft 365 Copilot seat by mid-2026, GeekWire calculated from Microsoft's figures of 30 million Copilot seats and more than 450 million commercial seats (GeekWire, 2026).",
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      "population": "Paid Microsoft 365 commercial seats (more than 450 million at the end of December 2025)",
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      "source_title": "Microsoft starts merging its Copilot consumer and business apps in advance of 'Super App' rollout",
      "source_url": "https://www.geekwire.com/2026/microsoft-starts-merging-its-copilot-consumer-and-business-apps-in-advance-of-super-app-rollout/",
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      "quote": "That amounts to just about 7% of the more than 450 million commercial Microsoft 365 paid seats the company reported in January.",
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      "notes": "Approximate: the two counts are from different quarters (June 2026 and December 2025) and both are floors ('over').",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#geekwire-2026-08-13-microsoft-365-copilot-seats-about-7pct-of-commercial-seats",
      "citation_text": "About 7% of Microsoft 365's paid commercial seats carried a paid Microsoft 365 Copilot seat by mid-2026, GeekWire calculated from Microsoft's figures of 30 million Copilot seats and more than 450 million commercial seats (GeekWire, 2026). Source: GeekWire, \"Microsoft starts merging its Copilot consumer and business apps in advance of 'Super App' rollout\" (https://www.geekwire.com/2026/microsoft-starts-merging-its-copilot-consumer-and-business-apps-in-advance-of-super-app-rollout/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#geekwire-2026-08-13-microsoft-365-copilot-seats-about-7pct-of-commercial-seats."
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    {
      "id": "techcrunch-2026-04-29-restates-microsoft-365-copilot-20-million-paid-seats-as-paid-users",
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      "quote": "Microsoft says it has over 20M paid Copilot users, and they really are using it",
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      "notes": "Drift: Microsoft said 'over 20 million Microsoft 365 Copilot paid seats' (microsoft-fy26-q3-earnings-2026-04-29-microsoft-365-copilot-over-20-million-paid-seats). The article body keeps 'seats' but the headline, which syndicated widely (themodelwire, hyper.ai and copies found by search), says 'users'. Seats are licences bought by employers, not people using Copilot.",
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      "citation_text": "20 million paid Copilot users is how TechCrunch's April 2026 headline restated Microsoft's over 20 million paid Microsoft 365 Copilot seats, turning seats into users (TechCrunch, 2026). Source: TechCrunch, \"Microsoft says it has over 20M paid Copilot users, and they really are using it\" (https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/29/microsoft-says-it-has-over-20m-paid-copilot-users-and-they-really-are-using-it/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#techcrunch-2026-04-29-restates-microsoft-365-copilot-20-million-paid-seats-as-paid-users."
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      "quote": "Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella last week announced that the company now has more than 20 million enterprise users paying for Microsoft Copilot, according to TechCrunch. That’s up 33% from the 15 million paying customers Microsoft claimed in January.",
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      "notes": "Two drifts from Microsoft's wording: seats become 'enterprise users paying', and the January figure of 15 million paid seats becomes '15 million paying customers' (customers are organisations; Microsoft counts seats). The 33% growth is Computerworld's arithmetic on rounded floors (20 versus 15 million). Sourced to TechCrunch, not to Microsoft's transcript.",
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      "citation_text": "More than 20 million enterprise users paying for Copilot, up from 15 million paying customers in January, is how Computerworld restated Microsoft's paid Microsoft 365 Copilot seat counts in May 2026, citing TechCrunch rather than Microsoft (Computerworld, 2026). Source: Computerworld, \"Microsoft now has more than 20M paying Copilot users\" (https://www.computerworld.com/article/4166676/microsoft-now-has-over-20-million-paying-copilot-users.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#computerworld-2026-05-04-restates-copilot-seats-as-20-million-paying-users-and-15-million-paying-customers."
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      "quote": "Microsoft 365 Copilot will be available for commercial customers for $30 per user per month for Microsoft 365 E3, E5, Business Standard and Business Premium customers when broadly available.",
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      "notes": "An add-on on top of the Microsoft 365 plan price. General availability for enterprises followed on 1 November 2023. From 1 December 2025 a cheaper Microsoft 365 Copilot Business add-on for organisations with up to 300 users lists at $21 (see microsoft-store-2026-10-15-microsoft-365-copilot-business-21-dollars-per-user-per-month).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-blog-2023-07-18-microsoft-365-copilot-priced-30-dollars-per-user-per-month",
      "citation_text": "$30 per user per month was the list price Microsoft set for Microsoft 365 Copilot for business customers on Microsoft 365 E3, E5, Business Standard and Business Premium, announced in July 2023 (Microsoft, 2023). Source: Microsoft, \"Furthering our AI ambitions: Announcing Bing Chat Enterprise and Microsoft 365 Copilot pricing (Official Microsoft Blog, 18 July 2023)\" (https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023/07/18/furthering-our-ai-ambitions-announcing-bing-chat-enterprise-and-microsoft-365-copilot-pricing/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-blog-2023-07-18-microsoft-365-copilot-priced-30-dollars-per-user-per-month."
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      "notes": "The only share split between subscription and perpetual business Office that Microsoft has stated. 'Under 30%' on perpetual licences is the complement, our arithmetic, and assumes the remainder is Office licensed on-premises. 'Paid installed base' is Microsoft's term; it does not say whether it counts seats or users. Not updated since. Microsoft has given no comparable figure for consumers. Microsoft does not publish perpetual Office unit sales or users; these revenue lines are the only official measure of the shift from one-time purchase to subscription.",
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      "notes": "A flow measure (renewals in one quarter), not the installed base. July 2016 call: '70 percent of our Office enterprise agreement renewals are in the cloud' (see microsoft-fy16-q4-earnings-2016-07-19-70pct-of-office-enterprise-agreement-renewals-in-cloud). Microsoft does not publish perpetual Office unit sales or users; these revenue lines are the only official measure of the shift from one-time purchase to subscription.",
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      "citation_text": "45% of Office renewal seats moved to the cloud in the October to December 2014 quarter, Microsoft said in January 2015, as business customers renewing agreements switched to Office 365 (Microsoft, 2015). Source: Microsoft, \"Microsoft Fiscal Year 2015 Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call (transcript, 2015-01-26)\" (https://cdn-dynmedia-1.microsoft.com/is/content/microsoftcorp/TranscriptFY15Q2.docx). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-fy15-q2-earnings-2015-01-26-45pct-of-office-renewal-seats-moved-to-cloud."
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-fy16-q4-earnings-2016-07-19-70pct-of-office-enterprise-agreement-renewals-in-cloud",
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      "citation_text": "85% of Microsoft's consumer Office revenue came from Microsoft 365 Consumer subscriptions in the July to September 2024 quarter, the rest mainly from one-time-purchase Office, Microsoft said in October 2024 (Microsoft, 2024). Source: Microsoft, \"Microsoft Fiscal Year 2025 First Quarter Earnings Conference Call (transcript, 2024-10-30)\" (https://cdn-dynmedia-1.microsoft.com/is/content/microsoftcorp/TranscriptFY25Q1.docx). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-fy25-q1-earnings-2024-10-30-m365-consumer-cloud-85pct-of-consumer-office-revenue."
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      "citation_text": "$26 per user per month is the US list price of Office 365 E3 from 1 July 2026, up from $23 (13% more), under the price rise Microsoft announced in December 2025 (Microsoft, 2025). Source: Microsoft, \"Advancing Microsoft 365: New capabilities and pricing update (Microsoft 365 blog, Nicole Herskowitz, 4 December 2025)\" (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/12/04/advancing-microsoft-365-new-capabilities-and-pricing-update/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-blog-2025-12-04-office-365-e3-price-rises-to-26-dollars-july-2026."
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      "citation_text": "Annual Microsoft 365, Office 365 and other business subscriptions paid monthly cost **5%** more than those paid up front from 1 April 2025, Microsoft announced in November 2024, as Redmond Magazine reported (Redmond Magazine, 2024). Source: Redmond Magazine, \"Microsoft Pricing Changes: Monthly Billing for Microsoft 365, Price Hikes for Power BI (Redmondmag.com, Gladys Rama, 12 November 2024)\" (https://redmondmag.com/articles/2024/11/12/microsoft-pricing-changes.aspx). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#redmondmag-2024-11-12-microsoft-365-annual-plans-billed-monthly-cost-5pct-more-from-april-2025."
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      "notes": "The original plan, Office 365 Home Premium (January 2013), cost the same $9.99 a month or $99.99 a year. Monthly price; the annual price was $99.99 at the time (not stated in this post).",
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      "citation_text": "$9.99 a month was the US price of Microsoft 365 Family (up to six people) in January 2023, unchanged since the consumer subscription launched in 2013, Microsoft said (Microsoft, 2023). Source: Microsoft, \"10 years of Microsoft 365: More benefits at even better prices (Microsoft 365 blog, 11 January 2023)\" (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2023/01/11/10-years-of-microsoft-365-more-benefits-at-even-better-prices/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-blog-2023-01-11-microsoft-365-family-9-99-dollars-a-month-unchanged-since-2013."
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      "statement": "$1.99 a month or $19.99 a year was the price of Microsoft 365 Basic, a cheaper plan with 100 GB of storage and no desktop Office apps, launched worldwide on 30 January 2023 (Microsoft, 2023).",
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      "source_title": "10 years of Microsoft 365: More benefits at even better prices (Microsoft 365 blog, 11 January 2023)",
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      "source_type": "primary",
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      "quote": "Microsoft 365 Basic will cost only USD1.99 per month or USD19.99 per year and be available worldwide on January 30, 2023",
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      "notes": "Basic replaced the OneDrive 100 GB plan ('Existing OneDrive 100 GB subscribers will also automatically transition to Microsoft 365 Basic'). From fiscal 2024 Microsoft counted Basic subscribers in its Microsoft 365 Consumer subscriber total, which explains part of the jump in that series. Still $19.99 a year or $1.99 a month on Microsoft's US store on 15 October 2026 (raw prices/store-microsoft-365-basic.txt).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-blog-2023-01-11-microsoft-365-basic-1-99-dollars-a-month",
      "citation_text": "$1.99 a month or $19.99 a year was the price of Microsoft 365 Basic, a cheaper plan with 100 GB of storage and no desktop Office apps, launched worldwide on 30 January 2023 (Microsoft, 2023). Source: Microsoft, \"10 years of Microsoft 365: More benefits at even better prices (Microsoft 365 blog, 11 January 2023)\" (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2023/01/11/10-years-of-microsoft-365-more-benefits-at-even-better-prices/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-blog-2023-01-11-microsoft-365-basic-1-99-dollars-a-month."
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      "id": "microsoft-blog-2025-01-16-microsoft-365-personal-and-family-up-3-dollars-a-month-first-rise-since-2013",
      "family": "microsoft-365-subscriptions-and-revenue",
      "statement": "Microsoft 365 Personal and Family went up by **$3 a month** in the US from January 2025, the first price rise since the consumer subscription launched in 2013, as Microsoft added Copilot (Microsoft, 2025).",
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      "source_title": "Copilot is now included in Microsoft 365 Personal and Family (Microsoft 365 blog, Bryan Rognier, 16 January 2025)",
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      "quote": "we’re increasing the prices of Microsoft 365 Personal and Family in the US for the first time since its release by $3 USD per month",
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      "notes": "US prices moved from $6.99 to $9.99 a month (Personal) and $9.99 to $12.99 a month (Family); annual prices from $69.99 to $99.99 and $99.99 to $129.99 (Microsoft's US store showed $99.99 and $129.99 a year on 15 October 2026). 'Existing subscribers won't experience the price increase until their next renewal.' Microsoft said the rise went with adding Copilot to 'most of our 84 million consumer subscribers'. Microsoft later said consumer cloud revenue grew 20% to 33% a year in the following quarters, mostly from revenue per user (see microsoft-365-consumer-cloud-revenue-growth-quarterly).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-blog-2025-01-16-microsoft-365-personal-and-family-up-3-dollars-a-month-first-rise-since-2013",
      "citation_text": "Microsoft 365 Personal and Family went up by **$3 a month** in the US from January 2025, the first price rise since the consumer subscription launched in 2013, as Microsoft added Copilot (Microsoft, 2025). Source: Microsoft, \"Copilot is now included in Microsoft 365 Personal and Family (Microsoft 365 blog, Bryan Rognier, 16 January 2025)\" (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/01/16/copilot-is-now-included-in-microsoft-365-personal-and-family/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-blog-2025-01-16-microsoft-365-personal-and-family-up-3-dollars-a-month-first-rise-since-2013."
    },
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      "statement": "Personal Classic and Family Classic, plans without Copilot, were offered for a limited time to existing Microsoft 365 subscribers on recurring billing from January 2025 (Microsoft, 2025).",
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      "source_title": "Copilot is now included in Microsoft 365 Personal and Family (Microsoft 365 blog, Bryan Rognier, 16 January 2025)",
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      "quote": "Existing subscribers with recurring billing enabled with Microsoft can switch to plans without Copilot or AI credits like our Basic plan, or, for a limited time, to new Personal Classic or Family Classic plans.",
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      "notes": "Microsoft did not give the Classic prices in this post; trade press reported them at the old prices ($69.99 and $99.99 a year in the US). The post adds: 'These plans will continue to be maintained as they exist today, but for certain new innovations and features you'll need a Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscription.'",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-blog-2025-01-16-personal-classic-and-family-classic-plans-without-copilot",
      "citation_text": "Personal Classic and Family Classic, plans without Copilot, were offered for a limited time to existing Microsoft 365 subscribers on recurring billing from January 2025 (Microsoft, 2025). Source: Microsoft, \"Copilot is now included in Microsoft 365 Personal and Family (Microsoft 365 blog, Bryan Rognier, 16 January 2025)\" (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/01/16/copilot-is-now-included-in-microsoft-365-personal-and-family/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-blog-2025-01-16-personal-classic-and-family-classic-plans-without-copilot."
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      "id": "microsoft-store-2026-10-15-microsoft-365-personal-9-99-dollars-a-month-99-99-a-year",
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      "statement": "$9.99 a month or $99.99 a year is the US price of Microsoft 365 Personal on Microsoft's store in October 2026, after the January 2025 rise of $3 a month (Microsoft, 2026).",
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      "quote": "Microsoft 365 Personal $9.99/month $99.99/year",
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      "notes": "A store page, not an announcement: published_at is the fetch date. Up from $6.99 a month ($69.99 a year) before January 2025.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-store-2026-10-15-microsoft-365-personal-9-99-dollars-a-month-99-99-a-year",
      "citation_text": "$9.99 a month or $99.99 a year is the US price of Microsoft 365 Personal on Microsoft's store in October 2026, after the January 2025 rise of $3 a month (Microsoft, 2026). Source: Microsoft, \"Microsoft 365 plans for individuals and families: compare prices (Microsoft US store page, fetched 15 October 2026)\" (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/buy/compare-all-microsoft-365-products). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-store-2026-10-15-microsoft-365-personal-9-99-dollars-a-month-99-99-a-year."
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    {
      "id": "microsoft-store-2026-10-15-microsoft-365-family-12-99-dollars-a-month-129-99-a-year",
      "family": "microsoft-365-subscriptions-and-revenue",
      "statement": "$12.99 a month or $129.99 a year is the US price of Microsoft 365 Family (up to six people) on Microsoft's store in October 2026, after the January 2025 rise of $3 a month (Microsoft, 2026).",
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      "notes": "A store page, not an announcement: published_at is the fetch date. Up from $9.99 a month ($99.99 a year) before January 2025, the price since Office 365 Home Premium in 2013.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-store-2026-10-15-microsoft-365-family-12-99-dollars-a-month-129-99-a-year",
      "citation_text": "$12.99 a month or $129.99 a year is the US price of Microsoft 365 Family (up to six people) on Microsoft's store in October 2026, after the January 2025 rise of $3 a month (Microsoft, 2026). Source: Microsoft, \"Microsoft 365 plans for individuals and families: compare prices (Microsoft US store page, fetched 15 October 2026)\" (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/buy/compare-all-microsoft-365-products). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-store-2026-10-15-microsoft-365-family-12-99-dollars-a-month-129-99-a-year."
    },
    {
      "id": "microsoft-blog-2025-10-01-microsoft-365-premium-19-99-dollars-a-month",
      "family": "microsoft-365-subscriptions-and-revenue",
      "statement": "$19.99 a month is the price of Microsoft 365 Premium, the top consumer plan combining Family and Copilot Pro that Microsoft launched in October 2025 (Microsoft, 2025).",
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      "source_title": "Meet Microsoft 365 Premium: Your AI and productivity powerhouse (Microsoft 365 blog, 1 October 2025)",
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      "published_at": "2025-10-01",
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      "quote": "Microsoft 365 Premium combines everything in our Microsoft 365 Family and Copilot Pro subscriptions—and then some—for just $19.99 per month",
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      "notes": "Microsoft's US store showed $19.99 a month or $199.99 a year on 15 October 2026 (raw prices/store-compare-consumer.txt). It replaced Copilot Pro ($20 a month) as the consumer AI tier. The quote contains em dashes as published; statement and display fields avoid them.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-blog-2025-10-01-microsoft-365-premium-19-99-dollars-a-month",
      "citation_text": "$19.99 a month is the price of Microsoft 365 Premium, the top consumer plan combining Family and Copilot Pro that Microsoft launched in October 2025 (Microsoft, 2025). Source: Microsoft, \"Meet Microsoft 365 Premium: Your AI and productivity powerhouse (Microsoft 365 blog, 1 October 2025)\" (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/10/01/meet-microsoft-365-premium-your-ai-and-productivity-powerhouse/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-blog-2025-10-01-microsoft-365-premium-19-99-dollars-a-month."
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      "statement": "$179.99 is the US price of Office Home 2024, the one-time-purchase Office for one PC or Mac, on Microsoft's store in October 2026, against $99.99 a year for Microsoft 365 Personal (Microsoft, 2026).",
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      "notes": "A store page, not an announcement: published_at is the fetch date. Microsoft said in March 2024 that it did not plan to change the price of the consumer Office at Office 2024's release (see microsoft-techcommunity-2024-03-15-office-2024-consumer-price-unchanged-at-release); Microsoft's store showed $149.99 in October and December 2024 (see microsoft-store-2024-10-11-office-home-2024-one-time-purchase-149-99-dollars-at-launch), so the price rose by $30 (20%) at some point between December 2024 and October 2026; the date of the change was not pinned down. Office 2024 has no free upgrade to a later version and is supported until 9 October 2029.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-store-2026-10-15-office-home-2024-one-time-purchase-179-99-dollars",
      "citation_text": "$179.99 is the US price of Office Home 2024, the one-time-purchase Office for one PC or Mac, on Microsoft's store in October 2026, against $99.99 a year for Microsoft 365 Personal (Microsoft, 2026). Source: Microsoft, \"Microsoft 365 plans for individuals and families: compare prices (Microsoft US store page, fetched 15 October 2026)\" (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/buy/compare-all-microsoft-365-products). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-store-2026-10-15-office-home-2024-one-time-purchase-179-99-dollars."
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      "notes": "A store page, not an announcement: published_at is the fetch date. The page says: 'there are no upgrade options, which means if you plan to upgrade to the next major release, you'll have to buy it at full price.'",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-store-2026-10-15-office-home-and-business-2024-one-time-purchase-249-99-dollars",
      "citation_text": "$249.99 is the US price of Office Home & Business 2024, the one-time-purchase Office with Outlook for one PC or Mac, on Microsoft's store in October 2026 (Microsoft, 2026). Source: Microsoft, \"Buy Office Home & Business 2024 (PC or Mac) - Download & Pricing (Microsoft US store, fetched 15 October 2026)\" (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/p/office-home-business-2024/cfq7ttc0pbm7). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-store-2026-10-15-office-home-and-business-2024-one-time-purchase-249-99-dollars."
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    {
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-techcommunity-2024-03-15-office-2024-consumer-price-unchanged-at-release",
      "citation_text": "**No price change** for consumer Office 2024 at release was planned, Microsoft said in March 2024, while it raised Office LTSC prices for organisations by up to 10% (Microsoft, 2024). Source: Microsoft, \"Upcoming preview of Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 (Microsoft 365 Blog, Microsoft Tech Community)\" (https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft_365blog/upcoming-preview-of-microsoft-office-ltsc-2024/4082963). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-techcommunity-2024-03-15-office-2024-consumer-price-unchanged-at-release."
    },
    {
      "id": "microsoft-techcommunity-2024-03-15-office-ltsc-specialty-product-price-up-to-10pct",
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      "notes": "The same post: 'The future of work in an AI-powered world is on the cloud.' It also noted that 'many customers deploy Office LTSC on only a subset of their devices'. Office 2024 for consumers kept its price. The Register reported the post as by TJ Devine, senior director of product marketing.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-techcommunity-2024-03-15-office-ltsc-specialty-product-price-up-to-10pct",
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      "notes": "Reports Microsoft's 18 February 2021 Microsoft 365 blog announcement (Jared Spataro); the original Tech Community post could not be retrieved on 2026-10-15 (its address now redirects to a sign-in page). The same article: 'There will also be an Office 2021 for personal and small business users later this year, however, the price for that is not set to change.'",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#register-2021-02-19-office-ltsc-2021-price-up-10pct",
      "citation_text": "10% was the price rise for Office LTSC 2021 Professional Plus, Standard and the individual apps, announced in February 2021 alongside shorter five-year support, The Register reported (The Register, 2021). Source: The Register, \"Microsoft announces a new Office for offline fans, slashes support, hikes the price (The Register, 19 February 2021)\" (https://www.theregister.com/2021/02/19/office_ltsc/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#register-2021-02-19-office-ltsc-2021-price-up-10pct."
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      "notes": "The same post: 'On October 1, 2018, we will adjust pricing for our licensing programs and make price adjustments to on-premises and cloud products. These changes will highlight the benefits of our pricing for a cloud-first world'. Computerworld (29 July 2018, raw prices/computerworld-2018-07-office-2019-price-10pct.txt) added: 'The last time Microsoft raised prices on the perpetual license version of Office was in 2010, with the debut of Office 2010.' Microsoft's October 2018 call credited 'approximately 3 points of growth from increased demand ahead of a price increase with the launch of Office 2019' in Office commercial revenue (raw transcripts/ctr-fy2019-q1.txt).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-mpn-2018-07-25-office-2019-commercial-price-up-10pct",
      "citation_text": "10% was the rise in Office 2019 commercial prices over existing on-premises Office prices from 1 October 2018, Microsoft told partners in July 2018 (Microsoft, 2018). Source: Microsoft, \"Announcing price adjustments (Microsoft Partner Network blog, 25 July 2018)\" (https://blogs.partner.microsoft.com/mpn/announcing-price-adjustments/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-mpn-2018-07-25-office-2019-commercial-price-up-10pct."
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      "notes": "Annual price before the rise; $99.99 a year on Microsoft's US store on 15 October 2026 (raw prices/store-compare-consumer.txt), 43% more (our arithmetic). A store page captured by the Wayback Machine: published_at is the capture date.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-store-2024-12-01-microsoft-365-personal-69-99-dollars-a-year-before-copilot-rise",
      "citation_text": "**$69.99** a year, or $6.99 a month on monthly billing, was the US price of Microsoft 365 Personal on Microsoft's store in December 2024, the last month before the January 2025 Copilot price rise (Microsoft, 2024). Source: Microsoft, \"Compare All Microsoft 365 Plans (Formerly Office 365) - Microsoft Store (Wayback Machine capture of 1 December 2024)\" (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/buy/compare-all-microsoft-365-products). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-store-2024-12-01-microsoft-365-personal-69-99-dollars-a-year-before-copilot-rise."
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      "notes": "Annual price before the rise, the same $99.99 as Office 365 Home Premium in 2013; $129.99 a year on Microsoft's US store on 15 October 2026, 30% more (our arithmetic). A store page captured by the Wayback Machine: published_at is the capture date.",
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      "notes": "Launch price, in line with Microsoft's March 2024 statement that it did not plan to change the consumer Office price at release. The same page in December 2024 still showed $149.99; in October 2026 it showed $179.99 (20% more, our arithmetic). A store page captured by the Wayback Machine: published_at is the capture date.",
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      "notes": "Drift: the box gives 'Commercial seats: ~400 million (official, from Microsoft's FY2026 Q3 earnings)' and 'Consumer subscribers: ~50 million (estimated, as Microsoft stopped reporting consumer numbers separately after 2022)'. Microsoft actually said over 450 million paid commercial seats (January 2026; the April 2026 call gave growth only), 89.0 million consumer subscribers (June 2025) and nearly 95 million (April 2026); it never stopped in 2022. The page also adds commercial seats and consumer subscribers into one total and estimates '~1.2 billion' active users including free tiers, with no source, which echoes Microsoft's 2015-2016 claim of 1.2 billion Office users. A number we will not publish.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#countly-2026-07-07-restates-microsoft-365-450-million-paid-subscribers",
      "citation_text": "Countly's July 2026 roundup put Microsoft 365 at about 450 million paid subscribers, 400 million commercial seats and 50 million consumers, figures that do not match Microsoft's own disclosures (Countly, 2026). Source: Countly, \"How Many Microsoft 365 Users Are There in 2026? Global & by Country (Countly, 7 July 2026)\" (https://countly.net/how-many-microsoft-365-users-are-there-in-2026-global-by-cou). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#countly-2026-07-07-restates-microsoft-365-450-million-paid-subscribers."
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      "quote": "Microsoft’s 2012 claim that a billion people use Office has now grown to 1.2 billion! ... The ‘billion user’ claim might be true, but it’s hard to believe and deserves to be supported by evidence and independent confirmation.",
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      "notes": "A critique, recorded as a restatement of microsoft-bythenumbers-2015-more-than-1-2-billion-people-use-office and microsoft-ar16-2016-10-18-more-than-1-2-billion-office-users. Office Watch's 14 September 2012 piece ('Office has a billion users - true or false?', raw press/officewatch-2012-office-has-a-billion-users.txt) made the same point about the 2012 claim: 'the speaker can't give any justification for the number'. No Microsoft method for either figure has been found.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#officewatch-2016-06-20-restates-1-2-billion-office-users-as-hard-to-believe",
      "citation_text": "1.2 billion Office users was Microsoft's claim that Office Watch called hard to believe in June 2016, noting it had grown from the unexplained 1 billion of 2012 without evidence (Office Watch, 2016). Source: Office Watch, \"Billion plus Office users? Really? (Office Watch, 20 June 2016)\" (https://office-watch.com/2016/billion-plus-office-users-really/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#officewatch-2016-06-20-restates-1-2-billion-office-users-as-hard-to-believe."
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      "statement": "60 million Office 365 commercial customers is how Windows Central reported Microsoft's figure of 60 million monthly active users at Build in March 2016, turning users into customers (Windows Central, 2016).",
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      "source_title": "There are now 1.2 billion Office users and 60 million Office 365 commercial customers (Windows Central, John Callaham, 31 March 2016)",
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      "quote": "Microsoft also revealed there are now 60 million monthly active Office 365 commercial customers and that it has seen 50,000 small business customers added to Office 365 each month.",
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      "notes": "Drift: Microsoft's measure was monthly active users (60 million in October 2015, microsoft-fy16-q1-earnings-2015-10-22-office-365-commercial-monthly-active-users-60-million); customers are organisations. Microsoft first gave 60 million on its October 2015 call and announced 'more than 70 million' three weeks after Build (21 April 2016 call). The headline's other figure, '1.2 billion Office users', is Microsoft's claim from its By the Numbers page.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#windowscentral-2016-03-31-restates-60-million-office-365-monthly-active-users-as-customers",
      "citation_text": "60 million Office 365 commercial customers is how Windows Central reported Microsoft's figure of 60 million monthly active users at Build in March 2016, turning users into customers (Windows Central, 2016). Source: Windows Central, \"There are now 1.2 billion Office users and 60 million Office 365 commercial customers (Windows Central, John Callaham, 31 March 2016)\" (https://www.windowscentral.com/there-are-now-12-billion-office-users-60-million-office-365-commercial-customers). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#windowscentral-2016-03-31-restates-60-million-office-365-monthly-active-users-as-customers."
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      "id": "microsoft-fy15-q4-earnings-2015-07-21-office-365-in-four-of-five-fortune-500-enterprises",
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      "quote": "Office 365 is now in four out of five Fortune 500 enterprises, and more than 55% of the install base is on premium workloads.",
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      "notes": "Company-level presence: one Office 365 subscription in a company counts, so it does not say how many employees moved off perpetual Office. The October 2014 call said '80 percent of the Fortune 500 are now on the Microsoft Cloud' (all Microsoft cloud services, not only Office 365).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-fy15-q4-earnings-2015-07-21-office-365-in-four-of-five-fortune-500-enterprises",
      "citation_text": "**Four out of five** Fortune 500 enterprises had Office 365 by mid-2015, Microsoft said on its July 2015 earnings call, four years after the service launched (Microsoft, 2015). Source: Microsoft, \"Microsoft Fiscal Year 2015 Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call (transcript, 2015-07-21)\" (https://cdn-dynmedia-1.microsoft.com/is/content/microsoftcorp/TranscriptFY15Q4.docx). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-fy15-q4-earnings-2015-07-21-office-365-in-four-of-five-fortune-500-enterprises."
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      "published_at": "2015-07-21",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "In fact, for more than a year now we’ve seen 50,000 new SMB customers adopt Office 365 every month.",
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      "notes": "Customers are organisations, not seats or users. October 2015 call: 'we added 50 thousand new small business customers in each of the last 19 consecutive months' (raw transcripts/ctr-fy2016-q1.txt); Microsoft repeated the figure at Build 2016, as Petri reported. No total count of Office 365 or Microsoft 365 business customers (organisations) appears in the earnings releases, call transcripts (2014-2026) or annual reports checked for this collection.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-fy15-q4-earnings-2015-07-21-50000-new-smb-customers-adopt-office-365-every-month",
      "citation_text": "50,000 new small and medium business customers adopted Office 365 every month for more than a year to mid-2015, Microsoft said on its July 2015 earnings call (Microsoft, 2015). Source: Microsoft, \"Microsoft Fiscal Year 2015 Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call (transcript, 2015-07-21)\" (https://cdn-dynmedia-1.microsoft.com/is/content/microsoftcorp/TranscriptFY15Q4.docx). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-fy15-q4-earnings-2015-07-21-50000-new-smb-customers-adopt-office-365-every-month."
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      "id": "okta-baw-2015-office-365-overtook-salesforce-top-app-jan-2015",
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      "published_at": "2015-08-20",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "However, in January 2015, Microsoft Office 365 dethroned Salesforce after a gradual climb to the top, evidence that Office 365 is successfully bringing large enterprises to the cloud.",
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      "notes": "Okta counts its own customers' deployments through the Okta Integration Network (vendor telemetry): a rank by number of Okta customers with the app deployed, not users or market share. Okta's customers are cloud-forward; Okta itself calls the data representative only of its customers. First edition: TechCrunch reported its release on 20 August 2015 ('Today it released its first Okta Business @ Work Report'). Okta's later dashboard text says the first report came out in October 2015; the 2015-08 URL and TechCrunch date it to August 2015. Reused from page 4 (most-used-software-statistics), same id, quote re-checked against the source on 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#okta-baw-2015-office-365-overtook-salesforce-top-app-jan-2015",
      "citation_text": "Office 365 became the most deployed app by number of business customers in Okta's network in January 2015, overtaking Salesforce, which had led since Okta began tracking in 2012 (Okta, 2015). Source: Okta, \"Okta's Businesses @ Work Report (2015)\" (https://www.okta.com/Businesses-At-Work/2015-08/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#okta-baw-2015-office-365-overtook-salesforce-top-app-jan-2015."
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#okta-baw-2016-office-365-top-app-then-salesforce-box-google-apps",
      "citation_text": "Office 365 remained the most popular app by number of customers in Okta's network in 2015, followed by Salesforce, Box and Google Apps (Okta, 2016). Source: Okta, \"Businesses @ Work (March 2016)\" (https://www.okta.com/Businesses-At-Work/2016-03/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#okta-baw-2016-office-365-top-app-then-salesforce-box-google-apps."
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      "id": "okta-baw-2017-office-365-top-app-aws-passes-g-suite",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#okta-baw-2017-office-365-top-app-aws-passes-g-suite",
      "citation_text": "Office 365 remained the most popular app by number of customers in Okta's network in 2016, ahead of Salesforce and Box, while Amazon Web Services passed G Suite for fourth place (Okta, 2017). Source: Okta, \"Businesses @ Work (January 2017)\" (https://www.okta.com/Businesses-At-Work/2017-01/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#okta-baw-2017-office-365-top-app-aws-passes-g-suite."
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#okta-baw-2017-g-suite-customers-29-apps-office-365-customers-22",
      "citation_text": "29 apps on average were used by Okta's G Suite customers in 2016, against 22 for its Office 365 customers (Okta, 2017). Source: Okta, \"Businesses @ Work (January 2017)\" (https://www.okta.com/Businesses-At-Work/2017-01/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#okta-baw-2017-g-suite-customers-29-apps-office-365-customers-22."
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    {
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#okta-baw-2018-office-365-top-app-since-january-2015",
      "citation_text": "Office 365 was still the most popular app by number of customers in Okta's network in the year to October 2017, a lead it had held since January 2015 (Okta, 2018). Source: Okta, \"Businesses @ Work (January 2018)\" (https://www.okta.com/businesses-at-work/2018-01/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#okta-baw-2018-office-365-top-app-since-january-2015."
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      "quote": "Office 365 increased its lead and continues to dominate the total pool of apps by number of customers, and it's growing its active unique users by 55% year over year.",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#okta-baw-2019-office-365-top-app-by-customers",
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      "citation_text": "Office 365 and Salesforce held first and second place by number of customers in Okta's network for the sixth year in a row in the year to October 2019 (Okta, 2020). Source: Okta, \"Okta Businesses @ Work 2020\" (https://www.okta.com/businesses-at-work/2020/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#okta-baw-2020-office-365-salesforce-top-two-six-years."
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      "quote": "Microsoft 365 continues to hold the top spot, but there has been a significant shakeup in the ranks overall. With 35% year-over-year growth, AWS jumped into the second place spot",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#okta-baw-2021-microsoft-365-top-aws-takes-second-from-salesforce",
      "citation_text": "Microsoft 365 kept first place by number of customers in Okta's network in the year to October 2020, while AWS took second place from Salesforce for the first time since 2015 (Okta, 2021). Source: Okta, \"Businesses at Work 2021\" (https://www.okta.com/businesses-at-work/2021/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#okta-baw-2021-microsoft-365-top-aws-takes-second-from-salesforce."
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      "quote": "Microsoft 365 and Amazon Web Services (AWS) continue to hold gold and silver, respectively, with Salesforce and Zoom rounding out the top five.",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#okta-baw-2022-microsoft-365-top-then-aws-google-workspace",
      "citation_text": "Microsoft 365 remained the most popular app by number of customers in Okta's network in the year to October 2021, ahead of AWS, Google Workspace, Salesforce and Zoom (Okta, 2022). Source: Okta, \"Businesses at Work 2022 (annual report PDF)\" (https://www.okta.com/sites/default/files/2022-02/Businesses-at-Work-2022-Annual-Report.pdf). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#okta-baw-2022-microsoft-365-top-then-aws-google-workspace."
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      "quote": "Microsoft 365 continues to take first place by number of customers, and Google again takes the gold for growth.",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#okta-baw-2023-microsoft-365-first-by-customers",
      "citation_text": "Microsoft 365 kept **first place** by number of customers in Okta's network in the year to October 2022, while Google Workspace grew faster (32% against 21%) (Okta, 2023). Source: Okta, \"Businesses at Work 2023 (report PDF)\" (https://www.okta.com/sites/default/files/2023-02/Businesses-at-Work-Report.pdf). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#okta-baw-2023-microsoft-365-first-by-customers."
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      "quote": "Another first: Looking at our most popular apps by number of customers, Google Workspace has grabbed the No. 2 spot behind Microsoft 365.",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#okta-baw-2024-microsoft-365-top-google-workspace-second",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#okta-baw-2026-microsoft-365-top-then-google-workspace-aws-salesforce-zoom",
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      "notes": "Paying customers are organisations (businesses, schools, governments), not people; Google gives no paid-seat or paid-user total. Not comparable with Microsoft's paid seats. Series gap: Google's own channels gave no paying-customer total we could find between April 2020 (6 million) and January 2025 (10 million). The post now reads 'G Suite' although the product was called Google Apps for Work in November 2015 (renamed G Suite in September 2016); Google appears to have updated the name. Reused from page 4 (most-used-software-statistics), same id, quote re-checked against the source on 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#google-cloud-blog-2015-11-04-g-suite-2-million-paying-businesses",
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      "statement": "More than 5 million paying businesses used G Suite in February 2019, Google said on its G Suite blog after Alphabet's fourth-quarter 2018 results (Google, 2019).",
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      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 5000000,
      "unit": "paying business customers of G Suite / Google Workspace (Google's count)",
      "display_value": "more than 5 million",
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      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2019-02",
      "population": "Paying organisations using G Suite, worldwide",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Google",
      "source_title": "5 million and counting: how G Suite is transforming work (Google Workspace blog, 5 February 2019)",
      "source_url": "https://workspace.google.com/blog/product-announcements/5-million-and-counting-how-g-suite-is-transforming-work",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2019-02-05",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Now more than 5 million paying businesses are using G Suite to work faster, smarter, and more collaboratively everyday.",
      "locator": "First paragraph; raw copy raw/office-competitors/workspace_google_com_blog_product_announcements_5_million_and_counting_how_g_suite_is_transforming_work.txt (re-fetched 2026-10-15)",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "google-workspace-paying-customers",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Paying customers are organisations (businesses, schools, governments), not people; Google gives no paid-seat or paid-user total. Not comparable with Microsoft's paid seats. Series gap: Google's own channels gave no paying-customer total we could find between April 2020 (6 million) and January 2025 (10 million). Sundar Pichai gave the same 5 million on Alphabet's 4 February 2019 earnings call (reported by 9to5Google); Alphabet does not publish call transcripts on abc.xyz, so the blog is the citable primary. Reused from page 4 (most-used-software-statistics), same id, quote re-checked against the source on 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#google-workspace-blog-2019-02-05-g-suite-5-million-paying-businesses",
      "citation_text": "More than 5 million paying businesses used G Suite in February 2019, Google said on its G Suite blog after Alphabet's fourth-quarter 2018 results (Google, 2019). Source: Google, \"5 million and counting: how G Suite is transforming work (Google Workspace blog, 5 February 2019)\" (https://workspace.google.com/blog/product-announcements/5-million-and-counting-how-g-suite-is-transforming-work). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#google-workspace-blog-2019-02-05-g-suite-5-million-paying-businesses."
    },
    {
      "id": "cnbc-2020-04-07-google-g-suite-6-million-paying-businesses",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "Over 6 million paying businesses used G Suite in March 2020, Google executive Javier Soltero told CNBC (CNBC, 2020).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 6000000,
      "unit": "paying business customers of G Suite / Google Workspace (Google's count, as reported)",
      "display_value": "over 6 million",
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      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2020-03",
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      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "CNBC",
      "source_title": "Google's G Suite now has 6 million paying businesses, up from 5 million in Feb. 2019 (CNBC, Jordan Novet, 7 April 2020)",
      "source_url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/07/google-g-suite-passes-6-million-customers.html",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2020-04-07",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Google's G Suite bundle of productivity software for businesses, schools and governments had over 6 million paying businesses in March, up from 5 million in February 2019, executive Javier Soltero told CNBC on Tuesday.",
      "locator": "First paragraph; raw copy raw/office-competitors/cnbc_com_2020_04_07_google_g_suite_passes_6_million_customers_html.txt (re-fetched 2026-10-15)",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "google-workspace-paying-customers",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Paying customers are organisations (businesses, schools, governments), not people; Google gives no paid-seat or paid-user total. Not comparable with Microsoft's paid seats. Series gap: Google's own channels gave no paying-customer total we could find between April 2020 (6 million) and January 2025 (10 million). First outlet to report the figure (a Google executive's statement in an interview); no Google post with it was found. Thurrott (8 April 2020) noted Microsoft counts Office 365 by monthly active users while Google counts paying businesses, so the two are not comparable. Reused from page 4 (most-used-software-statistics), same id, quote re-checked against the source on 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#cnbc-2020-04-07-google-g-suite-6-million-paying-businesses",
      "citation_text": "Over 6 million paying businesses used G Suite in March 2020, Google executive Javier Soltero told CNBC (CNBC, 2020). Source: CNBC, \"Google's G Suite now has 6 million paying businesses, up from 5 million in Feb. 2019 (CNBC, Jordan Novet, 7 April 2020)\" (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/07/google-g-suite-passes-6-million-customers.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#cnbc-2020-04-07-google-g-suite-6-million-paying-businesses."
    },
    {
      "id": "google-workspace-blog-2021-10-12-more-than-3-billion-users",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "More than 3 billion users had Google Workspace once Google opened it to everyone with a Google account in June 2021, Google said in October 2021, a count of accounts including free Gmail users (Google, 2021).",
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      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 3000000000,
      "unit": "users of Google Workspace apps (Google's count; includes free consumer Google accounts)",
      "display_value": "more than 3 billion",
      "display_label": "Google Workspace blog, October 2021",
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      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2021-10",
      "population": "Users of Google Workspace apps (Gmail, Drive, Docs and others), free and paid accounts, worldwide",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Google",
      "source_title": "Extending the value of Google Workspace to 3 billion users and counting (Google Workspace blog, Javier Soltero, 12 October 2021)",
      "source_url": "https://workspace.google.com/blog/product-announcements/announcing-new-ways-to-build-and-integrate-applications-in-google-workspace",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2021-10-12",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "And in June, we brought the power of Google Workspace to everyone , enabling more than 3 billion users to transform the way they connect, create, and collaborate.",
      "locator": "Second paragraph; raw copy raw/office-competitors/workspace_google_com_blog_product_announcements_announcing_new_ways_to_build_and_integrate_applications_in_goo.txt (re-fetched 2026-10-15)",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Users here means accounts that can use Workspace apps, including every free Gmail account; Google gives no active-user definition and no paid-user count. Android Headlines (12 October 2021) pointed out that one person with several accounts is counted several times. Never compare with Microsoft's paid seats. Reused from page 4 (most-used-software-statistics), same id, quote re-checked against the source on 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#google-workspace-blog-2021-10-12-more-than-3-billion-users",
      "citation_text": "More than 3 billion users had Google Workspace once Google opened it to everyone with a Google account in June 2021, Google said in October 2021, a count of accounts including free Gmail users (Google, 2021). Source: Google, \"Extending the value of Google Workspace to 3 billion users and counting (Google Workspace blog, Javier Soltero, 12 October 2021)\" (https://workspace.google.com/blog/product-announcements/announcing-new-ways-to-build-and-integrate-applications-in-google-workspace). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#google-workspace-blog-2021-10-12-more-than-3-billion-users."
    },
    {
      "id": "google-workspace-blog-2026-04-22-next26-3-billion-users-13-million-customers",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "More than 13 million customers and over 3 billion users had Google Workspace in April 2026, Google said at Cloud Next 2026, users counting free Google accounts (Google, 2026).",
      "short_statement": "Google Workspace has more than **13 million** customers; its 3 billion users include free Google accounts.",
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 13000000,
      "unit": "customers (organisations) of Google Workspace (Google's count)",
      "display_value": "more than 13 million",
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      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2026-04",
      "population": "Organisations using Google Workspace (Google's wording: customers), worldwide; users include free accounts",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Google",
      "source_title": "10 more announcements for Workspace at Google Cloud Next 2026 (Google Workspace blog, 22 April 2026)",
      "source_url": "https://workspace.google.com/blog/product-announcements/10-more-announcements-workspace-at-next-2026",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-04-22",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Google Workspace is where work happens for over 3 billion users and more than 13 million customers",
      "locator": "Closing paragraph; raw copy raw/office-competitors/workspace_google_com_blog_product_announcements_10_more_announcements_workspace_at_next_2026.txt (re-fetched 2026-10-15)",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": true,
      "series": "google-workspace-paying-customers",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Latest Google figure. Wording changed from 'paying customers' (2025 boilerplate) to 'customers'; we read it as the same series but Google did not say 'paying'. 3 billion users is unchanged since October 2021 and includes free consumer accounts. Alphabet's fourth-quarter 2025 CEO remarks (blog.google) give no Workspace customer count. Reused from page 4 (most-used-software-statistics), same id, quote re-checked against the source on 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#google-workspace-blog-2026-04-22-next26-3-billion-users-13-million-customers",
      "citation_text": "More than 13 million customers and over 3 billion users had Google Workspace in April 2026, Google said at Cloud Next 2026, users counting free Google accounts (Google, 2026). Source: Google, \"10 more announcements for Workspace at Google Cloud Next 2026 (Google Workspace blog, 22 April 2026)\" (https://workspace.google.com/blog/product-announcements/10-more-announcements-workspace-at-next-2026). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#google-workspace-blog-2026-04-22-next26-3-billion-users-13-million-customers."
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      "id": "tdf-annual-report-2025-libreoffice-user-base-around-100-million",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "Around 100 million LibreOffice users, on a conservative basis, is The Document Foundation's own estimate for 2025, with 140 to 180 million on a higher reading of update-page visits (The Document Foundation, 2026).",
      "short_statement": "LibreOffice estimates its users at around **100 million**, half the figure it gave in January 2025.",
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      "value": 100000000,
      "unit": "LibreOffice users (The Document Foundation's estimate, conservative basis)",
      "display_value": "around 100 million",
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      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2025",
      "population": "People using LibreOffice, worldwide (estimate from download and update-page data; LibreOffice has no telemetry)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "The Document Foundation",
      "source_title": "LibreOffice downloads and donations in 2025 (TDF Annual Report), TDF Community Blog, 26 June 2026",
      "source_url": "https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/06/26/libreoffice-downloads-and-donations-in-2025-tdf-annual-report/",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-06-26",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "On a conservative basis, the Foundation estimates the LibreOffice user base at around 100 million, with a substantial further number of occasional users.",
      "locator": "Downloads section, last paragraph; raw copy raw/office-competitors/blog_documentfoundation_org_blog_2026_06_26_libreoffice_downloads_and_donations_in_2025_tdf_annual_report.txt (re-fetched 2026-10-15)",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "libreoffice-user-estimate",
      "history": [
        {
          "date": "2025-01-31",
          "value": 200000000,
          "note": "TDF blog: 'LibreOffice is used by 200 million people around the world.'"
        }
      ],
      "notes": "Same paragraph: 'A higher reading is also defensible: at a ratio of roughly one user for every three to four update-page visits, the active community would fall between 140 and 180 million.' This lowers TDF's long-repeated '200 million users' (TDF blog, January and October 2025). The LibreOffice 26.8 announcement (26 August 2026) speaks of 'software used by tens of millions of people'. An estimate, not a count: LibreOffice has no telemetry. Reused from page 4 (most-used-software-statistics), same id, quote re-checked against the source on 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#tdf-annual-report-2025-libreoffice-user-base-around-100-million",
      "citation_text": "Around 100 million LibreOffice users, on a conservative basis, is The Document Foundation's own estimate for 2025, with 140 to 180 million on a higher reading of update-page visits (The Document Foundation, 2026). Source: The Document Foundation, \"LibreOffice downloads and donations in 2025 (TDF Annual Report), TDF Community Blog, 26 June 2026\" (https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/06/26/libreoffice-downloads-and-donations-in-2025-tdf-annual-report/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#tdf-annual-report-2025-libreoffice-user-base-around-100-million."
    },
    {
      "id": "tdf-2025-01-31-libreoffice-used-by-200-million-people",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "200 million people around the world use LibreOffice, The Document Foundation said in January 2025, an estimate it lowered to around 100 million in June 2026 (The Document Foundation, 2025).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 200000000,
      "unit": "LibreOffice users (The Document Foundation's estimate)",
      "display_value": "200 million",
      "display_label": "TDF Community Blog, January 2025",
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      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2025-01",
      "population": "People using LibreOffice, worldwide (estimate; LibreOffice has no telemetry)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "The Document Foundation",
      "source_title": "LibreOffice QA Team: Fixing a bug in three days (TDF Community Blog, Mike Saunders, 31 January 2025)",
      "source_url": "https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/01/31/libreoffice-qa-team-fixing-a-bug-in-three-days/",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2025-01-31",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "LibreOffice is used by 200 million people around the world.",
      "locator": "First sentence of the post; raw copy raw/office-competitors/blog_documentfoundation_org_blog_2025_01_31_libreoffice_qa_team_fixing_a_bug_in_three_days.txt (re-fetched 2026-10-15)",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "libreoffice-user-estimate",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Origin of the 200 million: TDF's launch goal. Italo Vignoli (TDF blog, 19 March 2018): 'When we launched the project in late September 2010, we told the media that our dream would have been to reach 200 million users in 2020.' TDF repeated 'over 200 million users' in a job post on 27 October 2025, then revised to around 100 million (conservative) or 140 to 180 million in its 2025 annual report (26 June 2026). Reused from page 4 (most-used-software-statistics), same id, quote re-checked against the source on 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#tdf-2025-01-31-libreoffice-used-by-200-million-people",
      "citation_text": "200 million people around the world use LibreOffice, The Document Foundation said in January 2025, an estimate it lowered to around 100 million in June 2026 (The Document Foundation, 2025). Source: The Document Foundation, \"LibreOffice QA Team: Fixing a bug in three days (TDF Community Blog, Mike Saunders, 31 January 2025)\" (https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/01/31/libreoffice-qa-team-fixing-a-bug-in-three-days/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#tdf-2025-01-31-libreoffice-used-by-200-million-people."
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    {
      "id": "computerworld-2025-03-06-restates-tdf-estimate-200-million-libreoffice-users",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "Computerworld reported in March 2025 that The Document Foundation estimated around 200 million LibreOffice users while saying it does not track users and cannot be sure (Computerworld, 2025).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 200000000,
      "unit": "LibreOffice users (TDF estimate as reported)",
      "display_value": "around 200 million",
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      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2025-03",
      "population": "People using LibreOffice, worldwide (TDF estimate)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Computerworld",
      "source_title": "LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid subscription costs (Computerworld, Agam Shah, 6 March 2025)",
      "source_url": "https://www.computerworld.com/article/3840480/libreoffice-downloads-on-the-rise-as-users-look-to-avoid-subscription-costs.html",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2025-03-06",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "We estimate around 200 million [LibreOffice] users, but it’s important to note that we respect users’ privacy and don’t track them, so we can’t say for sure,",
      "locator": "Quote from Mike Saunders (TDF), fourth paragraph; raw copy raw/office-competitors/computerworld_com_article_3840480_libreoffice_downloads_on_the_rise_as_users_look_to_avoid_subscription_costs_.txt (re-fetched 2026-10-15)",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "The most repeated LibreOffice number in roundups ('200 million users') traces here and to TDF's own blog; TDF itself called it unverifiable and in June 2026 put the conservative estimate at around 100 million. The same article says weekly downloads were close to 1 million and that 'The last version of OpenOffice was released in 2023' (true then; Apache OpenOffice 4.1.16 followed on 10 November 2025). Reused from page 4 (most-used-software-statistics), same id, quote re-checked against the source on 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#computerworld-2025-03-06-restates-tdf-estimate-200-million-libreoffice-users",
      "citation_text": "Computerworld reported in March 2025 that The Document Foundation estimated around 200 million LibreOffice users while saying it does not track users and cannot be sure (Computerworld, 2025). Source: Computerworld, \"LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid subscription costs (Computerworld, Agam Shah, 6 March 2025)\" (https://www.computerworld.com/article/3840480/libreoffice-downloads-on-the-rise-as-users-look-to-avoid-subscription-costs.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#computerworld-2025-03-06-restates-tdf-estimate-200-million-libreoffice-users."
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    {
      "id": "tdf-annual-report-2025-libreoffice-downloads-2025-44-8-million",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "LibreOffice was downloaded **44.8 million** times from its official download page in 2025, the highest annual figure in the project's history, by The Document Foundation's count (The Document Foundation, 2026).",
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      "value": 44809742,
      "unit": "downloads from the official LibreOffice download page in the calendar year",
      "display_value": "44.8 million",
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      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2025",
      "population": "Downloads from libreoffice.org's download page (Windows, macOS, Linux), deduplicated in TDF's charts",
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      "publisher": "The Document Foundation",
      "source_title": "LibreOffice downloads and donations in 2025 (TDF Annual Report), TDF Community Blog, 26 June 2026",
      "source_url": "https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/06/26/libreoffice-downloads-and-donations-in-2025-tdf-annual-report/",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-06-26",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "LibreOffice was downloaded 44,809,742 times in 2025 from the official download page, and the year recorded the highest annual figure in the project’s history.",
      "locator": "Downloads section, first paragraph; also slide 'Downloads from LibreOffice Download Page 44.809.742' in the State of the Project deck of January 2026; raw copy raw/office-competitors/blog_documentfoundation_org_blog_2026_06_26_libreoffice_downloads_and_donations_in_2025_tdf_annual_report.txt (re-fetched 2026-10-15)",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "libreoffice-downloads-per-year",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Downloads are not users. TDF counts downloads from its own download page only: Linux distribution packages, Microsoft Store and Mac App Store installs are not counted, and the Windows updater now updates without a new download (TDF, June 2026). TDF says the 2019 figure was distorted by automated traffic. Against Apache OpenOffice's 11.6 million SourceForge downloads in 2025, LibreOffice was downloaded about four times as often (downloads, not users, on both sides). Reused from page 4 (most-used-software-statistics), same id, quote re-checked against the source on 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#tdf-annual-report-2025-libreoffice-downloads-2025-44-8-million",
      "citation_text": "LibreOffice was downloaded **44.8 million** times from its official download page in 2025, the highest annual figure in the project's history, by The Document Foundation's count (The Document Foundation, 2026). Source: The Document Foundation, \"LibreOffice downloads and donations in 2025 (TDF Annual Report), TDF Community Blog, 26 June 2026\" (https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/06/26/libreoffice-downloads-and-donations-in-2025-tdf-annual-report/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#tdf-annual-report-2025-libreoffice-downloads-2025-44-8-million."
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    {
      "id": "tdf-2025-01-30-libreoffice-downloads-2024-over-35-million",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "Over 35 million downloads of LibreOffice were counted in 2024, The Document Foundation said, on an average of 28.6 million a year since 2011 (The Document Foundation, 2025).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 35000000,
      "unit": "downloads from the official LibreOffice download page in the calendar year",
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      "publisher_short": null,
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      "period": "2024",
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      "publisher": "The Document Foundation",
      "source_title": "400 million downloads, and counting... (TDF Community Blog, Italo Vignoli, 30 January 2025)",
      "source_url": "https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/01/30/400-million-downloads-and-counting/",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2025-01-30",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "After 2019, a slow but inexorable growth to over 35 million downloads – and 400 million downloads since 2011, with an average of 28.6 million downloads per year – in 2024.",
      "locator": "Second paragraph under the per-year download histogram; raw copy raw/office-competitors/blog_documentfoundation_org_blog_2025_01_30_400_million_downloads_and_counting.txt (re-fetched 2026-10-15)",
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      "notes": "Downloads are not users. TDF counts downloads from its own download page only: Linux distribution packages, Microsoft Store and Mac App Store installs are not counted, and the Windows updater now updates without a new download (TDF, June 2026). The same post: 'rapid growth between 2011 and 2014 to 30 million downloads' a year, then stagnation; TDF publishes the per-year values only as a chart, so earlier years are not recorded as figures. Reused from page 4 (most-used-software-statistics), same id, quote re-checked against the source on 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#tdf-2025-01-30-libreoffice-downloads-2024-over-35-million",
      "citation_text": "Over 35 million downloads of LibreOffice were counted in 2024, The Document Foundation said, on an average of 28.6 million a year since 2011 (The Document Foundation, 2025). Source: The Document Foundation, \"400 million downloads, and counting... (TDF Community Blog, Italo Vignoli, 30 January 2025)\" (https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/01/30/400-million-downloads-and-counting/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#tdf-2025-01-30-libreoffice-downloads-2024-over-35-million."
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    {
      "id": "tdf-2025-01-30-libreoffice-400-million-downloads-since-2011",
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      "statement": "400 million downloads of LibreOffice since 2011 had been counted by the end of 2024, The Document Foundation said (The Document Foundation, 2025).",
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      "notes": "Downloads are not users. TDF counts downloads from its own download page only: Linux distribution packages, Microsoft Store and Mac App Store installs are not counted, and the Windows updater now updates without a new download (TDF, June 2026). Coincidence worth flagging: Apache OpenOffice's SourceForge counter also passed 400 million (on 23 April 2026, since May 2012), so 'both have 400 million downloads' is true but compares two download counters, not users. Reused from page 4 (most-used-software-statistics), same id, quote re-checked against the source on 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#tdf-2025-01-30-libreoffice-400-million-downloads-since-2011",
      "citation_text": "400 million downloads of LibreOffice since 2011 had been counted by the end of 2024, The Document Foundation said (The Document Foundation, 2025). Source: The Document Foundation, \"400 million downloads, and counting... (TDF Community Blog, Italo Vignoli, 30 January 2025)\" (https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/01/30/400-million-downloads-and-counting/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#tdf-2025-01-30-libreoffice-400-million-downloads-since-2011."
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      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "LibreOffice was downloaded **51.2 million** times from its official download page in the twelve months from October 2025 to September 2026, by The Document Foundation's count (The Document Foundation, 2026).",
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      "notes": "Downloads are not users. TDF counts downloads from its own download page only: Linux distribution packages, Microsoft Store and Mac App Store installs are not counted, and the Windows updater now updates without a new download (TDF, June 2026). The same deck: 'Visitors to LibreOffice Update Page 586.044.144' over the twelve months. The deck's sources slide says download numbers in maps are not deduplicated and in charts are deduplicated. Reused from page 4 (most-used-software-statistics), same id, quote re-checked against the source on 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#tdf-state-of-project-2026-10-libreoffice-downloads-oct-2025-sep-2026-51-2-million",
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    {
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      "statement": "581.6 million visits to LibreOffice's update page were counted in 2025, not deduplicated, which The Document Foundation uses to gauge its active user base (The Document Foundation, 2026).",
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      "notes": "Visits, not users: TDF divides them by three to four to reach its 140 to 180 million 'higher reading'. The closest thing to an installed-base signal any free office suite publishes. TDF's 'Sixteen years' post (28 September 2026): 'the updates website receives almost fifty million visits per month'. Reused from page 4 (most-used-software-statistics), same id, quote re-checked against the source on 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#tdf-annual-report-2025-libreoffice-update-page-visits-581-6-million",
      "citation_text": "581.6 million visits to LibreOffice's update page were counted in 2025, not deduplicated, which The Document Foundation uses to gauge its active user base (The Document Foundation, 2026). Source: The Document Foundation, \"LibreOffice downloads and donations in 2025 (TDF Annual Report), TDF Community Blog, 26 June 2026\" (https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/06/26/libreoffice-downloads-and-donations-in-2025-tdf-annual-report/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#tdf-annual-report-2025-libreoffice-update-page-visits-581-6-million."
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    {
      "id": "tdf-2026-09-02-libreoffice-26-8-first-week-1-031-162-downloads",
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      "statement": "1,031,162 downloads of LibreOffice 26.8 were counted in its first week (late August 2026), the most for any LibreOffice release, from the official download page only (The Document Foundation, 2026).",
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      "notes": "Downloads are not users. TDF counts downloads from its own download page only: Linux distribution packages, Microsoft Store and Mac App Store installs are not counted, and the Windows updater now updates without a new download (TDF, June 2026). For comparison, LibreOffice 7.6 had 1,587,383 downloads in its first two weeks (TDF blog, 11 September 2023). Reused from page 4 (most-used-software-statistics), same id, quote re-checked against the source on 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#tdf-2026-09-02-libreoffice-26-8-first-week-1-031-162-downloads",
      "citation_text": "1,031,162 downloads of LibreOffice 26.8 were counted in its first week (late August 2026), the most for any LibreOffice release, from the official download page only (The Document Foundation, 2026). Source: The Document Foundation, \"One week of LibreOffice 26.8: the stats (TDF Community Blog, 2 September 2026)\" (https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09/02/one-week-of-libreoffice-26-8-the-stats/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#tdf-2026-09-02-libreoffice-26-8-first-week-1-031-162-downloads."
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      "statement": "404.8 million downloads of Apache OpenOffice via SourceForge from May 2012 to 20 September 2026, by the project's own download counter, downloads rather than users (Apache OpenOffice, 2026).",
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      "notes": "Downloads are not users: the project's statistics page says 'This is a download count, not a user count' and counts only full-install downloads via SourceForge (no language packs, SDKs or other mirrors). The counter passed 100 million on 17 April 2014, 200 million on 18 October 2016, 300 million on 23 October 2020, 333,333,333 on 26 August 2022 and 400 million on 23 April 2026 (dates from the same file). The project's January 2026 board report gives 395,976,603 as of 4 January 2026, matching the file. published_at is the date of the last data row; the file has one gap (20 to 26 July 2026). Reused from page 4 (most-used-software-statistics), same id, quote re-checked against the source on 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#apache-openoffice-sourceforge-cumulative-downloads-2026-09-20-404-8-million",
      "citation_text": "404.8 million downloads of Apache OpenOffice via SourceForge from May 2012 to 20 September 2026, by the project's own download counter, downloads rather than users (Apache OpenOffice, 2026). Source: Apache OpenOffice (The Apache Software Foundation), \"Apache OpenOffice download statistics data file (aoo-downloads.txt, SourceForge Download Stats API, manually updated), linked from openoffice.org/stats/downloads.html\" (https://www.openoffice.org/stats/aoo-downloads.txt). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#apache-openoffice-sourceforge-cumulative-downloads-2026-09-20-404-8-million."
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      "notes": "Project activity in the same report: 141 committers and 28 PMC members; 'Work continues on the 4.2 future release', including a 64-bit Windows build; one new committer in 2025. The minutes show 'No report was submitted' for the April, May and June 2026 board meetings and a July 2026 report 'awaiting the approval of the Board minutes'. Releases since 2022 are maintenance updates of the 4.1 line: 4.1.13 (22 July 2022), 4.1.14 (27 February 2023), 4.1.15 (22 December 2023), 4.1.16 (10 November 2025). Reused from page 4 (most-used-software-statistics), same id, quote re-checked against the source on 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#asf-board-report-2026-01-apache-openoffice-4-1-16-and-395-976-603-downloads",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#apache-openoffice-4-1-16-released-2025-11-10",
      "citation_text": "10 November 2025 is the release date of Apache OpenOffice 4.1.16, the latest version as of October 2026 and the first release in almost two years (Apache OpenOffice, 2025). Source: Apache OpenOffice (The Apache Software Foundation), \"Apache OpenOffice home page, Recent News: 'Apache OpenOffice 4.1.16 released'\" (https://www.openoffice.org/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#apache-openoffice-4-1-16-released-2025-11-10."
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    {
      "id": "apache-openoffice-blog-2020-10-29-300-million-downloads",
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      "statement": "300 million downloads of Apache OpenOffice were counted from 2011 to 24 October 2020, the project announced, downloads rather than users (Apache OpenOffice, 2020).",
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      "quote": "With great pleasure we have seen that Apache OpenOffice® was downloaded more than 300 million times from 2011 until now, October 24th.",
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      "notes": "Downloads are not users: the project's statistics page says 'This is a download count, not a user count' and counts only full-install downloads via SourceForge (no language packs, SDKs or other mirrors). Origin of the roundup number 'OpenOffice: 300 million downloads'. A different, older 300 million exists: OpenOffice.org (the Sun-era project) said in February 2010 it had been downloaded 300 million times since 2002 (TechCrunch, 11 February 2010). Later milestones: more than 333 million (blog, 30 August 2022) and 400 million (counter, 23 April 2026). Reused from page 4 (most-used-software-statistics), same id, quote re-checked against the source on 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#apache-openoffice-blog-2020-10-29-300-million-downloads",
      "citation_text": "300 million downloads of Apache OpenOffice were counted from 2011 to 24 October 2020, the project announced, downloads rather than users (Apache OpenOffice, 2020). Source: Apache OpenOffice (The Apache Software Foundation), \"300 Million Downloads of Apache OpenOffice (Apache OpenOffice blog, 29 October 2020)\" (https://openoffice.apache.org/blog/300-million-downloads-of-apache.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#apache-openoffice-blog-2020-10-29-300-million-downloads."
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    {
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      "statement": "More than 333 million downloads of Apache OpenOffice had been counted by late August 2022, the project announced, downloads rather than users (Apache OpenOffice, 2022).",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#asf-2014-04-17-apache-openoffice-100-million-downloads",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kingsoft-2020-03-24-office-software-mau-dec-2019-411-million",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kingsoft-2021-03-23-key-products-mau-dec-2020-474-million",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kingsoft-2024-03-20-key-products-mad-dec-2023-598-million",
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      "period": "2024-12",
      "population": "Devices with WPS Office active in the month, all platforms, worldwide, excluding WPS Docs, Kingsoft PowerWord and other products",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Kingsoft Corporation",
      "source_title": "Kingsoft Corporation Limited, Announcement of the results for the year ended 31 December 2024 (HKEX, 19 March 2025)",
      "source_url": "https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2025/0319/2025031900560.pdf",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2025-03-19",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Monthly Active Devices of WPS Office Globally* (Million) 632 595 615 6 3",
      "locator": "Operational Highlights table, Office Software row; raw copy raw/office-competitors/www1_hkexnews_hk_listedco_listconews_sehk_2025_0319_2025031900560_pdf.txt (re-fetched 2026-10-15)",
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      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "wps-office-global-monthly-active-devices",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Devices, not people: Kingsoft counts monthly active devices (one person with a PC and a phone counts twice). New basis from 2024: WPS Office alone 'across all platforms, excluding WPS Docs, Kingsoft Powerword and other products'; December 2023 restated as 595 million on this basis. Columns: December 2024, December 2023, September 2024. Reused from page 4 (most-used-software-statistics), same id, quote re-checked against the source on 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kingsoft-2025-03-19-wps-office-global-mad-dec-2024-632-million",
      "citation_text": "632 million monthly active devices of WPS Office worldwide in December 2024, up from 595 million a year earlier, Kingsoft Corporation reported (Kingsoft, 2025). Source: Kingsoft Corporation, \"Kingsoft Corporation Limited, Announcement of the results for the year ended 31 December 2024 (HKEX, 19 March 2025)\" (https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2025/0319/2025031900560.pdf). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kingsoft-2025-03-19-wps-office-global-mad-dec-2024-632-million."
    },
    {
      "id": "kingsoft-2026-03-25-wps-office-global-mad-dec-2025-678-million",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "678 million monthly active devices of WPS Office worldwide in December 2025, up 7% in a year, Kingsoft Corporation reported (Kingsoft, 2026).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 678000000,
      "unit": "monthly active devices of WPS Office across all platforms (Kingsoft's count)",
      "display_value": "678 million",
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      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2025-12",
      "population": "Devices with WPS Office active in the month, all platforms, worldwide, excluding WPS Docs, Kingsoft PowerWord and other products",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Kingsoft Corporation",
      "source_title": "Kingsoft Corporation Limited, Announcement of the results for the year ended 31 December 2025 (HKEX, 25 March 2026)",
      "source_url": "https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2026/0325/2026032500615.pdf",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-03-25",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Monthly Active Devices of WPS Office Globally* (Million) 678 632 669 7 1",
      "locator": "Operational Highlights table, Office Software row; raw copy raw/office-competitors/www1_hkexnews_hk_listedco_listconews_sehk_2026_0325_2026032500615_pdf.txt (re-fetched 2026-10-15)",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "wps-office-global-monthly-active-devices",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Devices, not people: Kingsoft counts monthly active devices (one person with a PC and a phone counts twice). Highest figure in the series; it dipped to 672 million in March 2026 (Q1 2026 announcement, 27 May 2026). The same table: accumulated paying subscribers 46.15 million domestic and 2.85 million overseas at 31 December 2025. Reused from page 4 (most-used-software-statistics), same id, quote re-checked against the source on 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kingsoft-2026-03-25-wps-office-global-mad-dec-2025-678-million",
      "citation_text": "678 million monthly active devices of WPS Office worldwide in December 2025, up 7% in a year, Kingsoft Corporation reported (Kingsoft, 2026). Source: Kingsoft Corporation, \"Kingsoft Corporation Limited, Announcement of the results for the year ended 31 December 2025 (HKEX, 25 March 2026)\" (https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2026/0325/2026032500615.pdf). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kingsoft-2026-03-25-wps-office-global-mad-dec-2025-678-million."
    },
    {
      "id": "kingsoft-2026-08-19-wps-office-global-mad-jun-2026-676-million",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "676 million monthly active devices of WPS Office worldwide in June 2026, up 4% in a year, Kingsoft Corporation reported in its latest results (Kingsoft, 2026).",
      "short_statement": "WPS Office counted **676 million** monthly active devices worldwide in June 2026.",
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      "value": 676000000,
      "unit": "monthly active devices of WPS Office across all platforms (Kingsoft's count)",
      "display_value": "676 million",
      "display_label": "Kingsoft Corporation results, 2026",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2026-06",
      "population": "Devices with WPS Office active in the month, all platforms, worldwide, excluding WPS Docs, Kingsoft PowerWord and other products",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Kingsoft Corporation",
      "source_title": "Kingsoft Corporation Limited, Announcement of the results for the three and six months ended 30 June 2026 (HKEX, 19 August 2026)",
      "source_url": "https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2026/0819/2026081901069.pdf",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-08-19",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Monthly Active Devices of WPS Office Globally 1 (Million) 676 651 4",
      "locator": "Operational Highlights table, Office Software row; raw copy raw/office-competitors/www1_hkexnews_hk_listedco_listconews_sehk_2026_0819_2026081901069_pdf.txt (re-fetched 2026-10-15)",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": true,
      "series": "wps-office-global-monthly-active-devices",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Devices, not people: Kingsoft counts monthly active devices (one person with a PC and a phone counts twice). Latest figure as of October 2026 (columns: June 2026, June 2025, year-on-year %). The listed subsidiary Beijing Kingsoft Office Software (688111.SH) reports the same metric in Chinese. Reused from page 4 (most-used-software-statistics), same id, quote re-checked against the source on 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kingsoft-2026-08-19-wps-office-global-mad-jun-2026-676-million",
      "citation_text": "676 million monthly active devices of WPS Office worldwide in June 2026, up 4% in a year, Kingsoft Corporation reported in its latest results (Kingsoft, 2026). Source: Kingsoft Corporation, \"Kingsoft Corporation Limited, Announcement of the results for the three and six months ended 30 June 2026 (HKEX, 19 August 2026)\" (https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2026/0819/2026081901069.pdf). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kingsoft-2026-08-19-wps-office-global-mad-jun-2026-676-million."
    },
    {
      "id": "kingsoft-2026-08-19-wps-paying-individual-subscribers-jun-2026-48-25-million",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "48.25 million paying individual subscribers to WPS in mainland China over the twelve months to June 2026, up 15% in a year, Kingsoft Corporation reported (Kingsoft, 2026).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 48250000,
      "unit": "accumulated annual paying individual subscribers in mainland China (Kingsoft's count)",
      "display_value": "48.25 million",
      "display_label": "Kingsoft Corporation results, August 2026",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "China (mainland)",
      "period": "2026-06",
      "population": "Individuals who paid for a WPS subscription in the past twelve months, mainland China (one-time purchases excluded)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Kingsoft Corporation",
      "source_title": "Kingsoft Corporation Limited, Announcement of the results for the three and six months ended 30 June 2026 (HKEX, 19 August 2026)",
      "source_url": "https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2026/0819/2026081901069.pdf",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-08-19",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Accumulated Annual Paying Individual Subscribers 2 (Million) 48.25 41.79 15",
      "locator": "Operational Highlights table; footnote 2 defines the measure; raw copy raw/office-competitors/www1_hkexnews_hk_listedco_listconews_sehk_2026_0819_2026081901069_pdf.txt (re-fetched 2026-10-15)",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "wps-accumulated-paying-individual-subscribers",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Paying people, mainland China only; the closest WPS figure to Microsoft's consumer subscribers (about 95 million worldwide, March 2026). Footnote: 'paying individual subscribers in the past twelve months (excluding onetime purchase) in Chinese mainland'. Reused from page 4 (most-used-software-statistics), same id, quote re-checked against the source on 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kingsoft-2026-08-19-wps-paying-individual-subscribers-jun-2026-48-25-million",
      "citation_text": "48.25 million paying individual subscribers to WPS in mainland China over the twelve months to June 2026, up 15% in a year, Kingsoft Corporation reported (Kingsoft, 2026). Source: Kingsoft Corporation, \"Kingsoft Corporation Limited, Announcement of the results for the three and six months ended 30 June 2026 (HKEX, 19 August 2026)\" (https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2026/0819/2026081901069.pdf). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kingsoft-2026-08-19-wps-paying-individual-subscribers-jun-2026-48-25-million."
    },
    {
      "id": "wps-com-about-us-2026-restates-600-million-monthly-active-users",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "WPS Office has more than **600 million** monthly active users, WPS's own About page says, recasting its parent's monthly active devices as users (WPS, 2026).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 600000000,
      "unit": "monthly active users of WPS Office (WPS website claim)",
      "display_value": "more than 600 million",
      "display_label": "wps.com About us, October 2026",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2026",
      "population": "WPS Office users (website claim; the filings count devices)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "WPS Software (Kingsoft Office)",
      "source_title": "About Us (wps.com), as displayed on 14 October 2026",
      "source_url": "https://www.wps.com/about-us/",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-10-14",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "With more than 600 million monthly active users, we are dedicated to providing a better \"Workplace Platform Service\".",
      "locator": "Company introduction paragraph; undated page, published_at is the access date; raw copy raw/office-competitors/wps_com_about_us.txt (re-fetched 2026-10-15)",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Drift in measure: Kingsoft's HKEX filings count monthly active devices (676 million, June 2026), not users. WPS's own blog ('What Is Kingsoft?') gets it right: 'By the end of 2025, WPS Office had 678 million monthly active devices worldwide'. Restate as devices. Reused from page 4 (most-used-software-statistics), same id, quote re-checked against the source on 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#wps-com-about-us-2026-restates-600-million-monthly-active-users",
      "citation_text": "WPS Office has more than **600 million** monthly active users, WPS's own About page says, recasting its parent's monthly active devices as users (WPS, 2026). Source: WPS Software (Kingsoft Office), \"About Us (wps.com), as displayed on 14 October 2026\" (https://www.wps.com/about-us/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#wps-com-about-us-2026-restates-600-million-monthly-active-users."
    },
    {
      "id": "apple-2013-01-29-iwork-over-10-million-users",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "Over 10 million iWork users (Pages, Numbers and Keynote) was the figure Apple gave in January 2013, the only iWork user count Apple has published; iWork became free in 2013 and 2017 (Apple, 2013).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 10000000,
      "unit": "iWork users (Apple's claim)",
      "display_value": "over 10 million",
      "display_label": "Apple press release, January 2013",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2013-01",
      "population": "Users of Apple's iWork apps (Pages, Numbers, Keynote) on Mac and iOS, when they were paid apps",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Apple",
      "source_title": "Apple Increases iPad with Retina Display to 128GB (Apple Newsroom, 29 January 2013)",
      "source_url": "https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2013/01/29Apple-Increases-iPad-with-Retina-Display-to-128GB/",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2013-01-29",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "The over 10 million iWork® users, and customers who rely on other incredible apps like Global Apptitude for analyzing team film and creating digital playbooks,",
      "locator": "Third paragraph; raw copy raw/office-competitors/apple_com_newsroom_2013_01_29Apple_Increases_iPad_with_Retina_Display_to_128GB.txt (re-fetched 2026-10-15)",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "No Apple figure published since January 2013. iWork was sold as paid apps then; Apple made it free with new devices from late 2013 and free for everyone in 2017, so any current base is far larger and unmeasured. No independent tracker measures iWork use. Reused from page 4 (most-used-software-statistics), same id, quote re-checked against the source on 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#apple-2013-01-29-iwork-over-10-million-users",
      "citation_text": "Over 10 million iWork users (Pages, Numbers and Keynote) was the figure Apple gave in January 2013, the only iWork user count Apple has published; iWork became free in 2013 and 2017 (Apple, 2013). Source: Apple, \"Apple Increases iPad with Retina Display to 128GB (Apple Newsroom, 29 January 2013)\" (https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2013/01/29Apple-Increases-iPad-with-Retina-Display-to-128GB/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#apple-2013-01-29-iwork-over-10-million-users."
    },
    {
      "id": "onlyoffice-home-2026-trusted-by-more-than-21-million-users",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "More than 21 million users trust ONLYOFFICE worldwide, its developer Ascensio System says on its home page in October 2026, a claim with no stated method (ONLYOFFICE, 2026).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 21000000,
      "unit": "users (ONLYOFFICE's claim, method not given)",
      "display_value": "more than 21 million",
      "display_label": "onlyoffice.com, October 2026",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2026-10",
      "population": "Users of ONLYOFFICE Docs, Workspace and Desktop Editors (vendor claim; no definition given)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Ascensio System SIA (ONLYOFFICE)",
      "source_title": "ONLYOFFICE home page, as displayed on 14 October 2026",
      "source_url": "https://www.onlyoffice.com/",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-10-14",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Trusted by more than 21 000 000 users worldwide",
      "locator": "Home page, customers banner; undated page, published_at is the access date; raw copy raw/office-competitors/onlyoffice_com.txt (re-fetched 2026-10-15)",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "onlyoffice-users-claim",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor claim, undated and unaudited; it does not say whether users are active, registered or downloads. Label it as ONLYOFFICE's claim. Reused from page 4 (most-used-software-statistics), same id, quote re-checked against the source on 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#onlyoffice-home-2026-trusted-by-more-than-21-million-users",
      "citation_text": "More than 21 million users trust ONLYOFFICE worldwide, its developer Ascensio System says on its home page in October 2026, a claim with no stated method (ONLYOFFICE, 2026). Source: Ascensio System SIA (ONLYOFFICE), \"ONLYOFFICE home page, as displayed on 14 October 2026\" (https://www.onlyoffice.com/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#onlyoffice-home-2026-trusted-by-more-than-21-million-users."
    },
    {
      "id": "zoho-workplace-2026-trusted-by-over-450000-customers",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "Over 450,000 customers use Zoho Workplace (Zoho's mail and office suite), Zoho says on its product page in October 2026 (Zoho, 2026).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 450000,
      "unit": "customers (organisations) of Zoho Workplace (Zoho's claim)",
      "display_value": "over 450,000",
      "display_label": "zoho.com/workplace, October 2026",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2026-10",
      "population": "Organisations using Zoho Workplace (Zoho's claim; no definition of customer given)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Zoho Corporation",
      "source_title": "Zoho Workplace product page, as displayed on 14 October 2026",
      "source_url": "https://www.zoho.com/en-in/workplace/",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-10-14",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Trusted by over 450,000 customers globally",
      "locator": "Product page, customer stories banner; undated page, published_at is the access date; raw copy raw/office-competitors/zoho-workplace-en-in-2026-10-15.txt (re-fetched 2026-10-15)",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Customers are organisations, not users; Zoho gives no Workplace user count. Zoho's company-wide user total on its About page is filled in by script and did not render in our copy, so it is not recorded. Re-fetched 2026-10-15 from the English (India) edition of the page; zoho.com/workplace/ serves a localised page by visitor location (the Hebrew edition shows the same 450,000). Reused from page 4 (most-used-software-statistics), same id, quote re-checked against the source on 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#zoho-workplace-2026-trusted-by-over-450000-customers",
      "citation_text": "Over 450,000 customers use Zoho Workplace (Zoho's mail and office suite), Zoho says on its product page in October 2026 (Zoho, 2026). Source: Zoho Corporation, \"Zoho Workplace product page, as displayed on 14 October 2026\" (https://www.zoho.com/en-in/workplace/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#zoho-workplace-2026-trusted-by-over-450000-customers."
    },
    {
      "id": "computerworld-2005-03-07-corel-wordperfect-office-20-million-customers",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "More than 20 million customers worldwide used WordPerfect Office 12, Corel said in March 2005, the last user figure published for WordPerfect (Computerworld, 2005).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 20000000,
      "unit": "customers of WordPerfect Office (Corel's claim as reported)",
      "display_value": "more than 20 million",
      "display_label": "Computerworld, March 2005",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2005-03",
      "population": "WordPerfect Office 12 customers worldwide (Corel's claim)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Computerworld",
      "source_title": "U.S. DOJ selects WordPerfect (Computerworld, Grant Gross, 7 March 2005)",
      "source_url": "https://www.computerworld.com/article/1457762/u-s-doj-selects-wordperfect.html",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2005-03-07",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "The company reports WordPerfect Office 12 has more than 20 million customers worldwide.",
      "locator": "Article body, paragraph after the DOJ quotes; raw copy raw/office-competitors/computerworld_com_article_1457762_u_s_doj_selects_wordperfect_html.txt (re-fetched 2026-10-15)",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "No WordPerfect user or customer figure published since 2005: Corel (renamed Alludo in 2022) is private and its WordPerfect pages give none (checked wordperfect.com, 14 October 2026). Same article: Corel said WordPerfect Office 12's installed base was 'growing by about 1 million users per quarter'. Corel's own 2005 press release was not retrieved, so the figure is recorded from the first outlet that reported it. Reused from page 4 (most-used-software-statistics), same id, quote re-checked against the source on 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#computerworld-2005-03-07-corel-wordperfect-office-20-million-customers",
      "citation_text": "More than 20 million customers worldwide used WordPerfect Office 12, Corel said in March 2005, the last user figure published for WordPerfect (Computerworld, 2005). Source: Computerworld, \"U.S. DOJ selects WordPerfect (Computerworld, Grant Gross, 7 March 2005)\" (https://www.computerworld.com/article/1457762/u-s-doj-selects-wordperfect.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#computerworld-2005-03-07-corel-wordperfect-office-20-million-customers."
    },
    {
      "id": "okta-baw-2026-microsoft-365-customers-also-using-google-workspace-51pct",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "51% of Okta's customers that use Microsoft 365 also used Google Workspace in November 2024 to October 2025, the first time over half, Okta's Businesses at Work 2026 report found (Okta, 2026).",
      "short_statement": "**51%** of the Microsoft 365 business customers in Okta's network also used Google Workspace.",
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 51,
      "unit": "percent of Okta customers using Microsoft 365 that also use Google Workspace",
      "display_value": "51%",
      "display_label": "Okta Businesses at Work 2026",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2024-11/2025-10",
      "population": "Organisations using Microsoft 365 through Okta's identity platform (anonymised Okta Integration Network data), worldwide",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Okta",
      "source_title": "Okta Businesses at Work 2026, Japanese press release (Okta Japan, 1 May 2026)",
      "source_url": "https://www.okta.com/ja-jp/newsroom/press-releases/okta-businesses-at-work2026/",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-05-01",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "今回初めて、「Amazon Web Services (AWS)」と「Google Workspace」を併用している企業の割合が共に51%に達し、過半数を超えました。",
      "locator": "Section 'Accelerating best-of-breed adoption' (加速するベストオブブリードの採用); raw copies raw/office-suites-and-alternatives/okta/okta-jp-press-2026-05-01-businesses-at-work-2026.txt and prtimes-2026-05-01-okta-businesses-at-work-2026.txt; raw copy raw/office-competitors/okta_com_ja_jp_newsroom_press_releases_okta_businesses_at_work2026.txt (re-fetched 2026-10-15)",
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      "notes": "Translation: 'For the first time, the share of companies also using AWS and Google Workspace each reached 51%, a majority' (among Okta customers on Microsoft 365). The same report ranks Microsoft 365 first and Google Workspace second by number of Okta customers (business-finance-tax-apps family records the ranking). Okta's customer base leans to cloud-first, mid-size and large firms, so it is not a census of businesses; the English report is gated behind a form, hence the Japanese release. Reused from page 4 (most-used-software-statistics), same id, quote re-checked against the source on 2026-10-15.",
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      "citation_text": "51% of Okta's customers that use Microsoft 365 also used Google Workspace in November 2024 to October 2025, the first time over half, Okta's Businesses at Work 2026 report found (Okta, 2026). Source: Okta, \"Okta Businesses at Work 2026, Japanese press release (Okta Japan, 1 May 2026)\" (https://www.okta.com/ja-jp/newsroom/press-releases/okta-businesses-at-work2026/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#okta-baw-2026-microsoft-365-customers-also-using-google-workspace-51pct."
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#okta-baw-2019-office-365-customers-double-bundling-g-suite-28pct",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#techtarget-2020-01-31-okta-2020-office-365-customers-also-g-suite-31pct",
      "citation_text": "31% of Okta customers with Office 365 also used G Suite in 2019, up from 28% a year earlier and 21% in 2016, TechTarget reported from Okta's Businesses at Work 2020 report (TechTarget, 2020). Source: TechTarget, \"Report: Nearly one-third of Office 365 customers also use G Suite (TechTarget, 31 January 2020)\" (https://www.techtarget.com/enterprise-software/news/252477714/Report-Nearly-one-third-of-Office-365-customers-also-use-G-Suite). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#techtarget-2020-01-31-okta-2020-office-365-customers-also-g-suite-31pct."
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#gartner-2016-02-01-cloud-email-public-companies-office-365-8-5pct-google-4-7pct",
      "citation_text": "8.5% of public companies used Office 365 for cloud email and 4.7% used Google Apps for Work, in Gartner's 2016 scan of nearly 40,000 companies' email routing records (Gartner, 2016). Source: Gartner, \"Gartner Says Cloud Email Is Gaining Traction Among Enterprises Worldwide (Gartner press release, Stamford, 1 February 2016)\" (https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2016-02-01-gartner-says-cloud-email-is-gaining-traction-among-enterprises-worldwide). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#gartner-2016-02-01-cloud-email-public-companies-office-365-8-5pct-google-4-7pct."
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      "statement": "About Chromebooks wrote in February 2026 that Google Workspace had over 3 billion monthly active users and 11 million paying customers 'according to Alphabet's Q4 2025 earnings report', two claims Google's own sources do not support (About Chromebooks, 2026).",
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      "source_title": "Google Workspace Integration And Usage Statistics 2026 (About Chromebooks, Dominic Reigns, 22 September 2025, updated 26 February 2026)",
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      "quote": "Google Workspace now has over 3 billion active monthly users and 11 million paying customers, according to Alphabet’s Q4 2025 earnings report released in February 2026.",
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      "notes": "Drift: (1) Google says 'users' (accounts, free Gmail included), never 'monthly active users'; (2) the 11 million comes from Google Cloud press-release boilerplate (April to December 2025), and Alphabet's fourth-quarter 2025 CEO remarks give no Workspace customer count; (3) the same page says 'up from 8 million in early 2025', but Google said over 10 million in January 2025; (4) it adds 'The platform holds 50.34% of the productivity software market globally', a technographics-style share with no method. Numbers we will not publish: the monthly-active wording and the market share. Reused from page 4 (most-used-software-statistics), same id, quote re-checked against the source on 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#aboutchromebooks-2026-02-26-restates-google-workspace-3-billion-monthly-active-users",
      "citation_text": "About Chromebooks wrote in February 2026 that Google Workspace had over 3 billion monthly active users and 11 million paying customers 'according to Alphabet's Q4 2025 earnings report', two claims Google's own sources do not support (About Chromebooks, 2026). Source: About Chromebooks, \"Google Workspace Integration And Usage Statistics 2026 (About Chromebooks, Dominic Reigns, 22 September 2025, updated 26 February 2026)\" (https://aboutchromebooks.com/google-workspace-integration-usage-rates). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#aboutchromebooks-2026-02-26-restates-google-workspace-3-billion-monthly-active-users."
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      "statement": "371,285 installs of LibreOffice (libreoffice) were recorded by Homebrew's macOS app analytics in the 365 days to 14 October 2026, number 11 of 26,054 casks with 1.5% of all cask installs (Homebrew, 2026).",
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      "published_at": "2026-10-14",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "#11 libreoffice 371,285 1.47%",
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      "notes": "Homebrew is a package manager for macOS (and Linux) used mostly by developers; casks are its graphical Mac apps. Counts are install events in the 365 days to 14 October 2026 from users who did not opt out of Homebrew's anonymous analytics, so they are neither users nor Macs, and most people install apps such as Office, Dropbox or OneDrive from the vendor or the App Store, not Homebrew. Raw copies: raw/pc-installed-software-utilities-storage-security/homebrew-cask-install-365d-2026-10-14.json (JSON API) and raw/pc-installed-software-utilities-storage-security/homebrew-cask-install-365d-page-2026-10-14.html; definitions: raw/pc-installed-software-utilities-storage-security/homebrew-docs-analytics-2026-10-14.html. Against 17,798 for the 'microsoft-office' cask (number 211), 17,826 for 'microsoft-word' and 18,126 for 'microsoft-excel': among Homebrew users LibreOffice is installed about 20 times as often, but Office for Mac is normally installed from Microsoft or the App Store, so this is not a measure of Office use. Reused from page 4 (most-used-software-statistics), same id, quote re-checked against the source on 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#homebrew-2026-10-14-cask-libreoffice-371285-installs-365d",
      "citation_text": "371,285 installs of LibreOffice (libreoffice) were recorded by Homebrew's macOS app analytics in the 365 days to 14 October 2026, number 11 of 26,054 casks with 1.5% of all cask installs (Homebrew, 2026). Source: Homebrew, \"Homebrew Formulae: Homebrew Analytics Cask Install Events (365 days)\" (https://formulae.brew.sh/analytics/cask-install/365d/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#homebrew-2026-10-14-cask-libreoffice-371285-installs-365d."
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      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
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      "notes": "Homebrew is a package manager for macOS (and Linux) used mostly by developers; casks are its graphical Mac apps. Counts are install events in the 365 days to 14 October 2026 from users who did not opt out of Homebrew's anonymous analytics, so they are neither users nor Macs, and most people install apps such as Office, Dropbox or OneDrive from the vendor or the App Store, not Homebrew. Raw copies: raw/pc-installed-software-utilities-storage-security/homebrew-cask-install-365d-2026-10-14.json (JSON API) and raw/pc-installed-software-utilities-storage-security/homebrew-cask-install-365d-page-2026-10-14.html; definitions: raw/pc-installed-software-utilities-storage-security/homebrew-docs-analytics-2026-10-14.html. See the LibreOffice record (371,285, number 11) for the comparison and its caveat. Reused from page 4 (most-used-software-statistics), same id, quote re-checked against the source on 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#homebrew-2026-10-14-cask-microsoft-office-17798-installs-365d",
      "citation_text": "17,798 installs of Microsoft Office (microsoft-office) were recorded by Homebrew's macOS app analytics in the 365 days to 14 October 2026, number 211 of 26,054 casks with under 0.1% of all cask installs (Homebrew, 2026). Source: Homebrew, \"Homebrew Formulae: Homebrew Analytics Cask Install Events (365 days)\" (https://formulae.brew.sh/analytics/cask-install/365d/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#homebrew-2026-10-14-cask-microsoft-office-17798-installs-365d."
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      "statement": "Over 10 million paying customers used Google Workspace in January 2025, alongside more than 3 billion users, Google said in its press-release boilerplate (Google, 2025).",
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      "source_title": "ATB Financial Empowers Employees with Google AI (Google Cloud press release, 23 January 2025), 'About Google Workspace'",
      "source_url": "https://www.googlecloudpresscorner.com/2025-01-23-ATB-Financial-Empowers-Employees-with-Google-AI",
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      "published_at": "2025-01-23",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Google Workspace is a suite of productivity apps, including Gmail, Drive, Calendar, Docs, Meet, Vids, and more, that are trusted by more than 3 billion users and over 10 million paying customers.",
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      "notes": "Boilerplate in Google Cloud press releases ('About Google Workspace'). Customers are organisations, not people. The same boilerplate said 'over 10 million paying customers' on 23 January 2025 and 'over 11 million' from April to December 2025. Reused from page 4 (most-used-software-statistics), same id, quote re-checked against the source on 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#google-cloud-press-2025-01-23-workspace-over-10-million-paying-customers",
      "citation_text": "Over 10 million paying customers used Google Workspace in January 2025, alongside more than 3 billion users, Google said in its press-release boilerplate (Google, 2025). Source: Google, \"ATB Financial Empowers Employees with Google AI (Google Cloud press release, 23 January 2025), 'About Google Workspace'\" (https://www.googlecloudpresscorner.com/2025-01-23-ATB-Financial-Empowers-Employees-with-Google-AI). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#google-cloud-press-2025-01-23-workspace-over-10-million-paying-customers."
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      "statement": "Over 11 million paying customers used Google Workspace by April 2025, Google said in its press-release boilerplate, a figure it repeated until December 2025 (Google, 2025).",
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      "source_title": "Freshfields and Google Cloud Accelerate Legal Innovation Through Strategic AI Collaboration (Google Cloud press release, 8 April 2025), 'About Google Workspace'",
      "source_url": "https://www.googlecloudpresscorner.com/2025-04-08-Freshfields-and-Google-Cloud-Accelerate-Legal-Innovation-Through-Strategic-AI-Collaboration",
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      "published_at": "2025-04-08",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "that are trusted by more than 3 billion users and over 11 million paying customers.",
      "locator": "'About Google Workspace' boilerplate at the end; also in the releases of 7 August 2025 and 4 December 2025; raw copies raw/office-suites-and-alternatives/google/press-2025-04-08-workspace-11-million-paying-customers.txt and press-2025-12-04-workspace-11-million-paying-customers.txt; raw copy raw/office-competitors/googlecloudpresscorner_com_2025_04_08_Freshfields_and_Google_Cloud_Accelerate_Legal_Innovation_Through_Strateg.txt (re-fetched 2026-10-15)",
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      "notes": "Boilerplate in Google Cloud press releases ('About Google Workspace'). Customers are organisations, not people. The same boilerplate said 'over 10 million paying customers' on 23 January 2025 and 'over 11 million' from April to December 2025. Reused from page 4 (most-used-software-statistics), same id, quote re-checked against the source on 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#google-cloud-press-2025-04-08-workspace-over-11-million-paying-customers",
      "citation_text": "Over 11 million paying customers used Google Workspace by April 2025, Google said in its press-release boilerplate, a figure it repeated until December 2025 (Google, 2025). Source: Google, \"Freshfields and Google Cloud Accelerate Legal Innovation Through Strategic AI Collaboration (Google Cloud press release, 8 April 2025), 'About Google Workspace'\" (https://www.googlecloudpresscorner.com/2025-04-08-Freshfields-and-Google-Cloud-Accelerate-Legal-Innovation-Through-Strategic-AI-Collaboration). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#google-cloud-press-2025-04-08-workspace-over-11-million-paying-customers."
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    {
      "id": "okta-baw-2019-survey-67pct-of-us-knowledge-workers-prefer-word-over-google-docs",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "67% of US knowledge workers preferred Microsoft Word over Google Docs and 15% the opposite, in Okta's survey of over 1,200 workers in December 2018 and January 2019 (Okta, 2019).",
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      "population": "Over 1,200 US knowledge workers from companies of various sizes and industries (Okta-commissioned survey)",
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      "source_title": "Okta Businesses @ Work 2019 report (PDF, January 2019), People @ Work survey",
      "source_url": "https://www.okta.com/sites/default/files/Okta_BW_2019.pdf",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2019-01-01",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Our survey found that 67% of knowledge workers prefer Microsoft Word over Google Docs, while only 15% report the opposite.",
      "locator": "Section on Office 365 and G Suite; survey method in 'How Did Okta Create This Report?' (over 1,200 US knowledge workers, December 2018 and January 2019); raw copy raw/office-competitors/okta_com_sites_default_files_Okta_BW_2019_pdf.txt (re-fetched 2026-10-15)",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "A vendor-run survey of US workers, not a usage count. Same survey: 49% preferred Outlook over Gmail and 35% the opposite; 'Nearly half (49%) of our survey respondents have never used Google Docs.' sample_n is the stated floor ('over 1,200'). published_at is 2019-01-01 because only the release month (January 2019) is known. Reused from page 4 (most-used-software-statistics), same id, quote re-checked against the source on 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#okta-baw-2019-survey-67pct-of-us-knowledge-workers-prefer-word-over-google-docs",
      "citation_text": "67% of US knowledge workers preferred Microsoft Word over Google Docs and 15% the opposite, in Okta's survey of over 1,200 workers in December 2018 and January 2019 (Okta, 2019). Source: Okta, \"Okta Businesses @ Work 2019 report (PDF, January 2019), People @ Work survey\" (https://www.okta.com/sites/default/files/Okta_BW_2019.pdf). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#okta-baw-2019-survey-67pct-of-us-knowledge-workers-prefer-word-over-google-docs."
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      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "More than 3 million paying businesses used G Suite in January 2017, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said on Alphabet's fourth-quarter 2016 earnings call (TechCrunch, 2017).",
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      "source_type": "secondary",
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      "published_at": "2017-01-26",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "More than 3 million paying businesses are now using G Suite to collaborate smartly and securely in the cloud.",
      "locator": "Second paragraph, Pichai quoted from the earnings call; raw copy raw/office-competitors/techcrunch-2017-01-26-g-suite-3-million.txt",
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      "series": "google-workspace-paying-customers",
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      "notes": "Paying customers are organisations, not people or seats. Alphabet did not publish call transcripts on abc.xyz in 2017, so the first outlet to report the remark is cited. TechCrunch notes the previous milestone was 2 million in November 2015.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#techcrunch-2017-01-26-g-suite-3-million-paying-businesses",
      "citation_text": "More than 3 million paying businesses used G Suite in January 2017, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said on Alphabet's fourth-quarter 2016 earnings call (TechCrunch, 2017). Source: TechCrunch, \"More than 3M businesses now pay for Google's G Suite (TechCrunch, Frederic Lardinois, 26 January 2017)\" (https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/26/more-than-3m-businesses-now-pay-for-googles-g-suite/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#techcrunch-2017-01-26-g-suite-3-million-paying-businesses."
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    {
      "id": "techradar-2018-02-02-g-suite-4-million-paying-customers",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "**Four million** paying customers used G Suite in February 2018, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said with Alphabet's fourth-quarter 2017 results, double the count of two years earlier (TechRadar, 2018).",
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      "value": 4000000,
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      "source_title": "G Suite is powering ahead with 4 million customers (TechRadar, Darren Allan, 2 February 2018)",
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      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2018-02-02",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "G Suite now has four million paying customers, and Google's cloud business is already raking in a billion dollars per quarter, chief executive Sundar Pichai has revealed.",
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      "series": "google-workspace-paying-customers",
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      "notes": "Paying customers are organisations, not people or seats. The same article restates Microsoft's figure as 'Office 365 crested 120 million business subscribers', but Microsoft's 120 million (October 2017) counted monthly active commercial users, not subscribers: a measure drift typical of Google-versus-Microsoft comparisons.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#techradar-2018-02-02-g-suite-4-million-paying-customers",
      "citation_text": "**Four million** paying customers used G Suite in February 2018, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said with Alphabet's fourth-quarter 2017 results, double the count of two years earlier (TechRadar, 2018). Source: TechRadar, \"G Suite is powering ahead with 4 million customers (TechRadar, Darren Allan, 2 February 2018)\" (https://www.techradar.com/news/g-suite-is-powering-ahead-with-4-million-customers). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#techradar-2018-02-02-g-suite-4-million-paying-customers."
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      "id": "businessinsider-2023-03-15-google-workspace-9-million-paying-organizations",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "Over 9 million paying organizations used Google Workspace in March 2023, Google told Business Insider, the only Google count published between 2020 and 2025 (Business Insider, 2023).",
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      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2023-03-15",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Google's office-software suite now has over 9 million paying organizations, the company told Insider.",
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      "history": [],
      "notes": "Fills page 4's gap between 6 million (March 2020) and 10 million (January 2025). Organisations, not people or seats. The article sets it against Microsoft's 345 million paid Office 365 commercial seats, which counts seats, a different measure. Wikipedia misdates this figure to 'October 2021' (see the restatement record).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#businessinsider-2023-03-15-google-workspace-9-million-paying-organizations",
      "citation_text": "Over 9 million paying organizations used Google Workspace in March 2023, Google told Business Insider, the only Google count published between 2020 and 2025 (Business Insider, 2023). Source: Business Insider, \"Google Workspace, an office-software suite, hits 9 million paying organizations (Business Insider, Rosalie Chan and Hugh Langley, 15 March 2023)\" (https://www.businessinsider.com/google-workspace-9-million-paying-organizations-2023-3). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#businessinsider-2023-03-15-google-workspace-9-million-paying-organizations."
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      "id": "wikipedia-2026-restates-google-workspace-9-million-paying-businesses-october-2021",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "Wikipedia's Google Workspace article states that Google Workspace had 9 million paying businesses as of October 2021, misdating a figure Google gave Business Insider in March 2023 (Wikipedia, 2026).",
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      "value": 9000000,
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      "source_title": "Google Workspace (Wikipedia article, wikitext as of 15 October 2026)",
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      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-10-15",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "As of October 2021, Google Workspace had 9 million paying businesses.",
      "locator": "Lead section; the citation is Business Insider, 15 March 2023; raw copy raw/office-competitors/wikipedia-google-workspace-wikitext-2026-10-15.txt",
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      "history": [],
      "notes": "Restatement. The cited article (15 March 2023) says Workspace 'now has over 9 million paying organizations'; 'October 2021' comes from the next sentence of that article, which dates the 3 billion users figure. Roundups that print '9 million paying businesses in 2021' trace here. Wikitext saved on the access date; published_at is the access date because the article changes.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#wikipedia-2026-restates-google-workspace-9-million-paying-businesses-october-2021",
      "citation_text": "Wikipedia's Google Workspace article states that Google Workspace had 9 million paying businesses as of October 2021, misdating a figure Google gave Business Insider in March 2023 (Wikipedia, 2026). Source: Wikipedia, \"Google Workspace (Wikipedia article, wikitext as of 15 October 2026)\" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Workspace). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#wikipedia-2026-restates-google-workspace-9-million-paying-businesses-october-2021."
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      "id": "techcrunch-2012-10-01-google-apps-for-education-20-million-users",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "More than 20 million students, faculty and staff used Google Apps for Education in October 2012, Google announced (TechCrunch, 2012).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 20000000,
      "unit": "users of Google Apps for Education / Google Workspace for Education (Google's count, as reported)",
      "display_value": "more than 20 million",
      "display_label": "TechCrunch, October 2012",
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      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2012-10",
      "population": "Students, faculty and staff using Google Apps for Education, worldwide",
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      "publisher": "TechCrunch",
      "source_title": "Google Says Apps For Education Now Has More Than 20 Million Users (TechCrunch, Frederic Lardinois, 1 October 2012)",
      "source_url": "https://techcrunch.com/2012/10/01/google-says-apps-for-education-now-has-more-than-20-million-users/",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2012-10-01",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Google just announced that its Apps for Education suite is now being used by more than 20 million students, faculty members, and staff worldwide.",
      "locator": "First paragraph; raw copy raw/office-competitors/techcrunch-2012-10-01-apps-for-education-20m.txt",
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      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "google-workspace-for-education-users",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Users are accounts of students and staff, mostly free. The same article gives about 10 million in 2010, and says Microsoft's Live@edu (later Office 365 for Education) had about 15 million users in 2011, its last published figure then.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#techcrunch-2012-10-01-google-apps-for-education-20-million-users",
      "citation_text": "More than 20 million students, faculty and staff used Google Apps for Education in October 2012, Google announced (TechCrunch, 2012). Source: TechCrunch, \"Google Says Apps For Education Now Has More Than 20 Million Users (TechCrunch, Frederic Lardinois, 1 October 2012)\" (https://techcrunch.com/2012/10/01/google-says-apps-for-education-now-has-more-than-20-million-users/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#techcrunch-2012-10-01-google-apps-for-education-20-million-users."
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    {
      "id": "google-blog-2017-01-24-g-suite-for-education-70-million-active-users",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "More than 70 million people actively used G Suite for Education in January 2017, Google said, up from 50 million in October 2015 (Google, 2017).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 70000000,
      "unit": "active users of G Suite for Education / Google Workspace for Education (Google's count)",
      "display_value": "more than 70 million",
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      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2017-01",
      "population": "Students and educators actively using G Suite for Education, worldwide",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Google",
      "source_title": "A new generation of Chromebooks, designed for millions of students and educators (Google Keyword blog, 24 January 2017)",
      "source_url": "https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/education/new-generation-chromebooks-designed-millions-students-and-educators/",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2017-01-24",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Today both Chromebooks and Classroom are used by more than 20 million teachers and students, and we're excited to announce that more than 70 million people actively use G Suite for Education.",
      "locator": "Introduction, first paragraph; raw copy raw/office-competitors/blog-google-2017-01-24-chromebooks-education.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "google-workspace-for-education-users",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "TechCrunch (24 January 2017) adds the history: 60 million a year earlier and 50 million in October 2015. Users, mostly free education accounts; not paying customers.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#google-blog-2017-01-24-g-suite-for-education-70-million-active-users",
      "citation_text": "More than 70 million people actively used G Suite for Education in January 2017, Google said, up from 50 million in October 2015 (Google, 2017). Source: Google, \"A new generation of Chromebooks, designed for millions of students and educators (Google Keyword blog, 24 January 2017)\" (https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/education/new-generation-chromebooks-designed-millions-students-and-educators/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#google-blog-2017-01-24-g-suite-for-education-70-million-active-users."
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    {
      "id": "9to5google-2019-01-22-g-suite-for-education-80-million-users",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "80 million educators and students used G Suite for Education in January 2019, Google said at the Bett education show (9to5Google, 2019).",
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      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 80000000,
      "unit": "users of G Suite for Education / Google Workspace for Education (Google's count, as reported)",
      "display_value": "80 million",
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      "period": "2019-01",
      "population": "Students and educators using G Suite for Education, worldwide",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "9to5Google",
      "source_title": "Google for Education: 30 million Chromebooks, 40 million Classroom users, and 80 million G Suite users (9to5Google, 22 January 2019)",
      "source_url": "https://9to5google.com/2019/01/22/30m-chromebook-education-users/",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2019-01-22",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "13 years later, there are 80 million educators and students around the world using what has become G Suite for Education.",
      "locator": "Body, quoting Google's Bett 2019 announcement; raw copy raw/office-competitors/9to5google-2019-01-22-education.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "google-workspace-for-education-users",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "The quoted sentence is Google's own wording reproduced by 9to5Google; the same report gives 40 million Google Classroom users and 30 million Chromebooks in education.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#9to5google-2019-01-22-g-suite-for-education-80-million-users",
      "citation_text": "80 million educators and students used G Suite for Education in January 2019, Google said at the Bett education show (9to5Google, 2019). Source: 9to5Google, \"Google for Education: 30 million Chromebooks, 40 million Classroom users, and 80 million G Suite users (9to5Google, 22 January 2019)\" (https://9to5google.com/2019/01/22/30m-chromebook-education-users/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#9to5google-2019-01-22-g-suite-for-education-80-million-users."
    },
    {
      "id": "google-latam-blog-2020-08-12-g-suite-for-education-160-million",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "More than 160 million students and educators used G Suite for Education worldwide in August 2020, Google said, double its January 2019 figure after schools moved online in the pandemic (Google, 2020).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 160000000,
      "unit": "users of G Suite for Education / Google Workspace for Education (Google's count)",
      "display_value": "more than 160 million",
      "display_label": "Google Latin America blog, August 2020",
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      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2020-08",
      "population": "Students and educators using G Suite for Education, worldwide",
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      "publisher": "Google",
      "source_title": "Google for Education impulsa la educación a distancia en América Latina (Google Latin America blog, 12 August 2020)",
      "source_url": "https://blog.google/intl/es-419/noticias-de-la-empresa/iniciativas/google-for-education-impulsa-la/",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2020-08-12",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "En todo el mundo, más de 160 millones de estudiantes y educadores utilizan G Suite para Educación para crear, colaborar y comunicarse.",
      "locator": "Closing section; raw copy raw/office-competitors/blog-google-es419-education.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "google-workspace-for-education-users",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Spanish-language Google post; translation of the quote: 'Worldwide, more than 160 million students and educators use G Suite for Education to create, collaborate and communicate.' The post also gives national roll-outs: Mexico's education ministry issued more than 1 million teacher and 18 million student accounts.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#google-latam-blog-2020-08-12-g-suite-for-education-160-million",
      "citation_text": "More than 160 million students and educators used G Suite for Education worldwide in August 2020, Google said, double its January 2019 figure after schools moved online in the pandemic (Google, 2020). Source: Google, \"Google for Education impulsa la educación a distancia en América Latina (Google Latin America blog, 12 August 2020)\" (https://blog.google/intl/es-419/noticias-de-la-empresa/iniciativas/google-for-education-impulsa-la/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#google-latam-blog-2020-08-12-g-suite-for-education-160-million."
    },
    {
      "id": "google-workspace-updates-2021-02-17-workspace-for-education-170-million",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "More than 170 million students and educators relied on Google's education suite in February 2021, Google said when it renamed G Suite for Education to Google Workspace for Education, its latest published total (Google, 2021).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 170000000,
      "unit": "users of Google Workspace for Education (Google's count)",
      "display_value": "more than 170 million",
      "display_label": "Google Workspace Updates blog, February 2021",
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      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2021-02",
      "population": "Students and educators using Google Workspace for Education, worldwide",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Google",
      "source_title": "Introducing Google Workspace for Education (Google Workspace Updates blog, 17 February 2021)",
      "source_url": "https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2021/02/introducing-google-workspace-for-education.html",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2021-02-17",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "More than 170 million students and educators worldwide rely on our suite of tools.",
      "locator": "First section; raw copy raw/office-competitors/workspaceupdates-2021-02-17-workspace-for-education.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "google-workspace-for-education-users",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Latest Google total found: Google's 2025 education year in review (blog.google) gives no suite-wide user count, only Gemini for Education reaching more than 10 million students at over 1,000 US higher-education institutions. Users are accounts, mostly free; not paying customers.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#google-workspace-updates-2021-02-17-workspace-for-education-170-million",
      "citation_text": "More than 170 million students and educators relied on Google's education suite in February 2021, Google said when it renamed G Suite for Education to Google Workspace for Education, its latest published total (Google, 2021). Source: Google, \"Introducing Google Workspace for Education (Google Workspace Updates blog, 17 February 2021)\" (https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2021/02/introducing-google-workspace-for-education.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#google-workspace-updates-2021-02-17-workspace-for-education-170-million."
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      "id": "schleswig-holstein-2024-04-03-libreoffice-standard-for-30000-state-employees",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "About 30,000 employees of Schleswig-Holstein's state administration were to move from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice after the German state's cabinet made LibreOffice its standard office suite in April 2024 (Schleswig-Holstein state government, 2024).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 30000,
      "unit": "employees of the state administration covered by the switch",
      "display_value": "about 30,000",
      "display_label": "Schleswig-Holstein state chancellery, April 2024",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": "Schleswig-Holstein: state employees with LibreOffice as standard, 2024",
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Germany (Schleswig-Holstein)",
      "period": "2024-04-03",
      "population": "Employees of the Schleswig-Holstein state administration",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Land Schleswig-Holstein (Staatskanzlei)",
      "source_title": "Schleswig-Holstein setzt auf digital souveränen IT-Arbeitsplatz (Staatskanzlei Schleswig-Holstein, 3 April 2024)",
      "source_url": "https://www.schleswig-holstein.de/DE/landesregierung/ministerien-behoerden/I/_startseite/Artikel2024/II/240403_digitalsouveraene_verwaltung",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2024-04-03",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "dem digital souveränen IT-Arbeitsplatz für die rund 30.000 Beschäftigten der Landesverwaltung gemacht",
      "locator": "Fourth paragraph; the cabinet decision on 'flächendeckenden Einführung der quelloffenen Software LibreOffice als Standard Office-Lösung' is in the second paragraph; raw copy raw/office-competitors/schleswig-holstein-2024-04-03-libreoffice-kabinettsbeschluss.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
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      "history": [],
      "notes": "Employees, not PCs. The Register (2021) first reported the plan as '25,000 PCs'; the state's own figure is about 30,000 employees. Later steps named: Linux, Nextcloud, Open-Xchange and Thunderbird.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#schleswig-holstein-2024-04-03-libreoffice-standard-for-30000-state-employees",
      "citation_text": "About 30,000 employees of Schleswig-Holstein's state administration were to move from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice after the German state's cabinet made LibreOffice its standard office suite in April 2024 (Schleswig-Holstein state government, 2024). Source: Land Schleswig-Holstein (Staatskanzlei), \"Schleswig-Holstein setzt auf digital souveränen IT-Arbeitsplatz (Staatskanzlei Schleswig-Holstein, 3 April 2024)\" (https://www.schleswig-holstein.de/DE/landesregierung/ministerien-behoerden/I/_startseite/Artikel2024/II/240403_digitalsouveraene_verwaltung). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#schleswig-holstein-2024-04-03-libreoffice-standard-for-30000-state-employees."
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      "id": "schleswig-holstein-2025-10-06-over-40000-mailboxes-moved-off-microsoft-exchange",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "More than 40,000 mailboxes of Schleswig-Holstein's state administration moved from Microsoft Exchange and Outlook to Open-Xchange and Thunderbird, a switch completed on 2 October 2025 (Schleswig-Holstein state government, 2025).",
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      "population": "Mailboxes of the Schleswig-Holstein state administration",
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      "source_title": "Umstellung auf Open-Xchange abgeschlossen (Staatskanzlei Schleswig-Holstein, 6 October 2025)",
      "source_url": "https://www.schleswig-holstein.de/DE/landesregierung/ministerien-behoerden/I/_startseite/Artikel2025/IV/251006_ox-umstellung-abschluss.html",
      "source_type": "primary",
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      "published_at": "2025-10-06",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Ein sechsmonatiger Umstellungsprozess mit mehr als 40.000 Postfächern mit insgesamt deutlich mehr als 100 Millionen E-Mails und Kalendereinträgen",
      "locator": "First paragraph; raw copy raw/office-competitors/schleswig-holstein-2025-10-06-ox-umstellung-abschluss.txt",
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      "headline": false,
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      "notes": "Mailboxes, not people. The December 2025 release speaks of 'fast 44.000 E-Mail-Postfächern' (nearly 44,000). The Register (15 October 2025) reported 'more than 40,000 accounts'.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#schleswig-holstein-2025-10-06-over-40000-mailboxes-moved-off-microsoft-exchange",
      "citation_text": "More than 40,000 mailboxes of Schleswig-Holstein's state administration moved from Microsoft Exchange and Outlook to Open-Xchange and Thunderbird, a switch completed on 2 October 2025 (Schleswig-Holstein state government, 2025). Source: Land Schleswig-Holstein (Staatskanzlei), \"Umstellung auf Open-Xchange abgeschlossen (Staatskanzlei Schleswig-Holstein, 6 October 2025)\" (https://www.schleswig-holstein.de/DE/landesregierung/ministerien-behoerden/I/_startseite/Artikel2025/IV/251006_ox-umstellung-abschluss.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#schleswig-holstein-2025-10-06-over-40000-mailboxes-moved-off-microsoft-exchange."
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    {
      "id": "schleswig-holstein-2025-12-04-libreoffice-on-nearly-80pct-of-workplaces",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "Nearly 80% of workplaces in Schleswig-Holstein's state administration, outside the tax authority, were working with LibreOffice in December 2025, the German state's digital minister said (Schleswig-Holstein state government, 2025).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 80,
      "unit": "% of state administration workplaces (excluding tax administration) working with LibreOffice",
      "display_value": "nearly 80%",
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      "publisher_short": null,
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      "population": "Workplaces of the Schleswig-Holstein state administration outside the tax administration",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Land Schleswig-Holstein (Staatskanzlei)",
      "source_title": "Digitale Souveränität: LibreOffice ersetzt Microsoft (Staatskanzlei Schleswig-Holstein, 4 December 2025)",
      "source_url": "https://www.schleswig-holstein.de/DE/landesregierung/ministerien-behoerden/I/_startseite/Artikel2025/IV/251204_cds_digitale_souveraenitaet",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2025-12-04",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Auf nahezu 80 Prozent aller Arbeitsplätze, außerhalb der Steuerverwaltung, wird über sämtliche Ressorts hinweg mit der Open Source Büro-Software LibreOffice gearbeitet.",
      "locator": "First paragraph, minister Dirk Schrödter quoted; raw copy raw/office-competitors/schleswig-holstein-2025-12-04-digitale-souveraenitaet.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Same release: Microsoft Office and Outlook were uninstalled or being uninstalled on those workplaces; the new-licence rate outside the tax administration was 'deutlich weniger als 10 Prozent'; about 20% of workplaces still depended on Microsoft Office (Word, Excel) for specialist applications, with migration paths agreed. The tax administration stays on proprietary software for now (federal KONSENS interfaces).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#schleswig-holstein-2025-12-04-libreoffice-on-nearly-80pct-of-workplaces",
      "citation_text": "Nearly 80% of workplaces in Schleswig-Holstein's state administration, outside the tax authority, were working with LibreOffice in December 2025, the German state's digital minister said (Schleswig-Holstein state government, 2025). Source: Land Schleswig-Holstein (Staatskanzlei), \"Digitale Souveränität: LibreOffice ersetzt Microsoft (Staatskanzlei Schleswig-Holstein, 4 December 2025)\" (https://www.schleswig-holstein.de/DE/landesregierung/ministerien-behoerden/I/_startseite/Artikel2025/IV/251204_cds_digitale_souveraenitaet). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#schleswig-holstein-2025-12-04-libreoffice-on-nearly-80pct-of-workplaces."
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    {
      "id": "schleswig-holstein-2025-12-04-licence-savings-over-15-million-euros",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "More than 15 million euros in licence costs were already being saved by Schleswig-Holstein's switch from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice, the German state said in December 2025, against a one-off 9 million euros of migration spending in 2026 (Schleswig-Holstein state government, 2025).",
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      "value": 15000000,
      "unit": "euros of licence costs saved (the state's own figure)",
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      "geography": "Germany (Schleswig-Holstein)",
      "period": "2025-12",
      "population": "Schleswig-Holstein state administration licence spending",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Land Schleswig-Holstein (Staatskanzlei)",
      "source_title": "Digitale Souveränität: LibreOffice ersetzt Microsoft (Staatskanzlei Schleswig-Holstein, 4 December 2025)",
      "source_url": "https://www.schleswig-holstein.de/DE/landesregierung/ministerien-behoerden/I/_startseite/Artikel2025/IV/251204_cds_digitale_souveraenitaet",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2025-12-04",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Das Land spare dadurch schon jetzt mehr als 15 Millionen Euro an Lizenzkosten. Dem stünden im Jahr 2026 neun Millionen Euro an einmaligen Investitionen für die Migration und die Weiterentwicklung der Open-Source-Lösungen gegenüber.",
      "locator": "Section 'Schleswig-Holstein spart mehr als 15 Millionen Euro an Lizenzkosten'; raw copy raw/office-competitors/schleswig-holstein-2025-12-04-digitale-souveraenitaet.txt",
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      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "A government's own claim; the release does not say over what period the 15 million euros accrue, and press coverage (and social posts) restated it as 'per year'. No independent audit found.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#schleswig-holstein-2025-12-04-licence-savings-over-15-million-euros",
      "citation_text": "More than 15 million euros in licence costs were already being saved by Schleswig-Holstein's switch from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice, the German state said in December 2025, against a one-off 9 million euros of migration spending in 2026 (Schleswig-Holstein state government, 2025). Source: Land Schleswig-Holstein (Staatskanzlei), \"Digitale Souveränität: LibreOffice ersetzt Microsoft (Staatskanzlei Schleswig-Holstein, 4 December 2025)\" (https://www.schleswig-holstein.de/DE/landesregierung/ministerien-behoerden/I/_startseite/Artikel2025/IV/251204_cds_digitale_souveraenitaet). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#schleswig-holstein-2025-12-04-licence-savings-over-15-million-euros."
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    {
      "id": "heise-2025-06-danish-digital-ministry-half-of-staff-to-libreoffice-summer-2025",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "Half of the employees of Denmark's Ministry of Digital Affairs were to switch from Microsoft Office 365 to LibreOffice in summer 2025 and the whole ministry by autumn, minister Caroline Stage told Politiken (heise online, 2025).",
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      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 50,
      "unit": "% of ministry employees to be switched in the first phase",
      "display_value": "half",
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      "period": "2025-06",
      "population": "Employees of the Danish Ministry of Digital Affairs (Digitaliseringsministeriet)",
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      "publisher": "heise online",
      "source_title": "From Word and Excel to LibreOffice: Danish ministry says goodbye to Microsoft (heise online, 10 June 2025)",
      "source_url": "https://www.heise.de/en/news/From-Word-and-Excel-to-LibreOffice-Danish-ministry-says-goodbye-to-Microsoft-10438942.html",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2025-06-10",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "This summer, half of the ministry's employees will be equipped with Linux and LibreOffice. If everything goes as expected, the entire ministry will be free of Microsoft by the fall, Politiken summarizes.",
      "locator": "Second paragraph; raw copy raw/office-competitors/heise-2025-06-danish-ministry-libreoffice.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
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      "notes": "A plan, not a completed count; no staff number given. Politiken later withdrew the claim that Windows would be replaced with Linux (a 'misunderstanding' with the ministry), and The Document Foundation's 2025 annual report (7 July 2026) lists the Danish ministry as 'confirmed, phased, in progress' for the office-suite switch only. Copenhagen and Aarhus, Denmark's two largest municipalities, announced reviews of Microsoft use at the same time. No completion figure was found by October 2026.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#heise-2025-06-danish-digital-ministry-half-of-staff-to-libreoffice-summer-2025",
      "citation_text": "Half of the employees of Denmark's Ministry of Digital Affairs were to switch from Microsoft Office 365 to LibreOffice in summer 2025 and the whole ministry by autumn, minister Caroline Stage told Politiken (heise online, 2025). Source: heise online, \"From Word and Excel to LibreOffice: Danish ministry says goodbye to Microsoft (heise online, 10 June 2025)\" (https://www.heise.de/en/news/From-Word-and-Excel-to-LibreOffice-Danish-ministry-says-goodbye-to-Microsoft-10438942.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#heise-2025-06-danish-digital-ministry-half-of-staff-to-libreoffice-summer-2025."
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    {
      "id": "lyonmag-2022-07-07-lyon-target-80pct-open-source-office-software",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "80% open-source office software and 20% Microsoft by the end of the council's term was the City of Lyon's target when it voted in July 2022 to leave its all-Microsoft set-up, at about 3.5 million euros of investment (LyonMag, 2022).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 80,
      "unit": "% of the city's office software to be open source (target)",
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      "row_label": "Lyon: target for open-source office software, 2022",
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      "geography": "France (Lyon)",
      "period": "2022-07",
      "population": "Office software of the City of Lyon administration",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "LyonMag",
      "source_title": "Informatique : la Ville de Lyon veut troquer la suite Office de Microsoft pour des logiciels gratuits (LyonMag, 7 July 2022)",
      "source_url": "https://www.lyonmag.com/article/124375/informatique-la-ville-de-lyon-veut-troquer-la-suite-office-de-microsoft-pour-des-logiciels-gratuits",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2022-07-07",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "A la fin du mandat, Grégory Doucet et ses équipes seront passés à 80% de bureautique libre et 20% de bureautique Microsoft.",
      "locator": "Body, after the council-vote paragraph; raw copy raw/office-competitors/lyonmag-2022-07-07-lyon-office-80pct-libre.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
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      "notes": "A target, not an outcome. The same article says the city's staff were on Office 2013, whose extended support ended in April 2023 (for the install-base and end-of-support families), and puts the investment at 'près de 3,5 millions d'euros' over the term. The city announced the switch publicly on 23 June 2025 (OnlyOffice, Linux, PostgreSQL) without giving a target or progress figure (Le Monde Informatique, June 2025).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#lyonmag-2022-07-07-lyon-target-80pct-open-source-office-software",
      "citation_text": "80% open-source office software and 20% Microsoft by the end of the council's term was the City of Lyon's target when it voted in July 2022 to leave its all-Microsoft set-up, at about 3.5 million euros of investment (LyonMag, 2022). Source: LyonMag, \"Informatique : la Ville de Lyon veut troquer la suite Office de Microsoft pour des logiciels gratuits (LyonMag, 7 July 2022)\" (https://www.lyonmag.com/article/124375/informatique-la-ville-de-lyon-veut-troquer-la-suite-office-de-microsoft-pour-des-logiciels-gratuits). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#lyonmag-2022-07-07-lyon-target-80pct-open-source-office-software."
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    {
      "id": "lesnumeriques-2025-08-30-lyon-moving-300-to-350-pcs-a-month-to-onlyoffice",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "300 to 350 workstations a month were being moved from Microsoft Office to OnlyOffice by the City of Lyon from October 2024, aiming to finish in March 2026, the city's IT director said in August 2025 (Les Numériques, 2025).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": null,
      "unit": "workstations migrated per month",
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      "geography": "France (Lyon)",
      "period": "2024-10/2026-03",
      "population": "Workstations of the City of Lyon administration",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Les Numériques",
      "source_title": "“Notre solution coûte trois fois moins cher qu'Office 365” : comment Lyon a tourné le dos à Microsoft (Les Numériques, Antoine Roche, 30 August 2025)",
      "source_url": "https://www.lesnumeriques.com/societe-numerique/notre-solution-coute-trois-fois-moins-cher-qu-office-365-comment-lyon-a-tourne-le-dos-a-microsoft-a241415.html",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2025-08-30",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Nous sommes aujourd'hui en phase effective de migration, à raison de 300 à 350 postes par mois depuis octobre 2024.",
      "locator": "Interview with Jean-Marie Séguret, Lyon's director of information systems, section on replacing Microsoft Office; raw copy raw/office-competitors/lesnumeriques-lyon-dsi-interview.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "The city's own IT director, interviewed. Same interview: 'Nous sommes à mi-parcours et notre objectif est de terminer en mars 2026'; about 200 line-of-business applications depended on Office; Exchange and Outlook to be replaced by Zimbra after March 2026; Windows stays on the PCs. No completion figure found by October 2026.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#lesnumeriques-2025-08-30-lyon-moving-300-to-350-pcs-a-month-to-onlyoffice",
      "citation_text": "300 to 350 workstations a month were being moved from Microsoft Office to OnlyOffice by the City of Lyon from October 2024, aiming to finish in March 2026, the city's IT director said in August 2025 (Les Numériques, 2025). Source: Les Numériques, \"“Notre solution coûte trois fois moins cher qu'Office 365” : comment Lyon a tourné le dos à Microsoft (Les Numériques, Antoine Roche, 30 August 2025)\" (https://www.lesnumeriques.com/societe-numerique/notre-solution-coute-trois-fois-moins-cher-qu-office-365-comment-lyon-a-tourne-le-dos-a-microsoft-a241415.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#lesnumeriques-2025-08-30-lyon-moving-300-to-350-pcs-a-month-to-onlyoffice."
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    {
      "id": "lesnumeriques-2025-08-30-lyon-hosted-suite-three-times-cheaper-than-office-365",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "Three times cheaper than the same Office 365 subscription is how the City of Lyon's IT director described its hosted open-source suite in August 2025, putting Office 365 at about 300 to 350 euros a user a year (Les Numériques, 2025).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 3,
      "unit": "cost ratio, Office 365 subscription to the city's hosted open-source suite (the city's claim)",
      "display_value": "three times cheaper",
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      "geography": "France (Lyon)",
      "period": "2025-08",
      "population": "City of Lyon administration",
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      "publisher": "Les Numériques",
      "source_title": "“Notre solution coûte trois fois moins cher qu'Office 365” : comment Lyon a tourné le dos à Microsoft (Les Numériques, Antoine Roche, 30 August 2025)",
      "source_url": "https://www.lesnumeriques.com/societe-numerique/notre-solution-coute-trois-fois-moins-cher-qu-office-365-comment-lyon-a-tourne-le-dos-a-microsoft-a241415.html",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2025-08-30",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Aujourd'hui, notre dispositif hébergé coûte trois fois moins cher que le même abonnement Office 365.",
      "locator": "Interview with Jean-Marie Séguret, section on Windows; Office 365 price 'dans les 300/350 € par an d'abonnement' in the same section; raw copy raw/office-competitors/lesnumeriques-lyon-dsi-interview.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "A user's own cost claim, not audited. The suite (Territoire Numérique Ouvert, hosted by the SITIV syndicate) received 2 million euros of state (ANCT) funding at the start.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#lesnumeriques-2025-08-30-lyon-hosted-suite-three-times-cheaper-than-office-365",
      "citation_text": "Three times cheaper than the same Office 365 subscription is how the City of Lyon's IT director described its hosted open-source suite in August 2025, putting Office 365 at about 300 to 350 euros a user a year (Les Numériques, 2025). Source: Les Numériques, \"“Notre solution coûte trois fois moins cher qu'Office 365” : comment Lyon a tourné le dos à Microsoft (Les Numériques, Antoine Roche, 30 August 2025)\" (https://www.lesnumeriques.com/societe-numerique/notre-solution-coute-trois-fois-moins-cher-qu-office-365-comment-lyon-a-tourne-le-dos-a-microsoft-a241415.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#lesnumeriques-2025-08-30-lyon-hosted-suite-three-times-cheaper-than-office-365."
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      "id": "computerworld-2013-12-12-munich-limux-14800-workspaces-of-15500-desktops",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "Over 14,800 of Munich's roughly 15,500 city desktops ran the LiMux Linux client with an open-source office suite when the city declared its migration complete in December 2013 (Computerworld, 2013).",
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      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 14800,
      "unit": "LiMux workspaces (Linux desktops with OpenOffice/LibreOffice)",
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      "row_label": "Munich: workplaces on LiMux, 2013",
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      "population": "Desktops of the Munich city administration",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Computerworld (IDG News Service)",
      "source_title": "Switch to open source successfully completed, city of Munich says (Computerworld, 12 December 2013)",
      "source_url": "https://www.computerworld.com/article/1398642/switch-to-open-source-successfully-completed-city-of-munich-says.html",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2013-12-12",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "One of the goals was to migrate 12,000 desktops to LiMux, but in the end, the city managed to create over 14,800 LiMux workspaces for its approximately 15,500 desktops.",
      "locator": "Third paragraph, reporting the city council's statement; raw copy raw/office-competitors/computerworld-2013-12-munich-limux-completed.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "LiMux paired Linux with OpenOffice.org and later LibreOffice. The city council reversed course in 2017 (see the Register record of 24 November 2017).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#computerworld-2013-12-12-munich-limux-14800-workspaces-of-15500-desktops",
      "citation_text": "Over 14,800 of Munich's roughly 15,500 city desktops ran the LiMux Linux client with an open-source office suite when the city declared its migration complete in December 2013 (Computerworld, 2013). Source: Computerworld (IDG News Service), \"Switch to open source successfully completed, city of Munich says (Computerworld, 12 December 2013)\" (https://www.computerworld.com/article/1398642/switch-to-open-source-successfully-completed-city-of-munich-says.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#computerworld-2013-12-12-munich-limux-14800-workspaces-of-15500-desktops."
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    {
      "id": "computerworld-2013-12-12-munich-limux-savings-11-7-million-euros",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "More than 11.7 million euros was saved by Munich's switch to LiMux and open-source office software by November 2012, the city council said in December 2013 (Computerworld, 2013).",
      "short_statement": null,
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      "value": 11700000,
      "unit": "euros saved (the city's own calculation)",
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      "publisher_short": null,
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      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Computerworld (IDG News Service)",
      "source_title": "Switch to open source successfully completed, city of Munich says (Computerworld, 12 December 2013)",
      "source_url": "https://www.computerworld.com/article/1398642/switch-to-open-source-successfully-completed-city-of-munich-says.html",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2013-12-12",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "As of November last year, the city saved more than €11.7 million (US$16.1 million) because of the switch.",
      "locator": "Second paragraph; raw copy raw/office-competitors/computerworld-2013-12-munich-limux-completed.txt",
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      "history": [],
      "notes": "The city's own estimate (a November 2012 calculation answering a council question), compared with modernising to Windows 7 and Microsoft Office; contested by HP- and Microsoft-commissioned studies at the time.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#computerworld-2013-12-12-munich-limux-savings-11-7-million-euros",
      "citation_text": "More than 11.7 million euros was saved by Munich's switch to LiMux and open-source office software by November 2012, the city council said in December 2013 (Computerworld, 2013). Source: Computerworld (IDG News Service), \"Switch to open source successfully completed, city of Munich says (Computerworld, 12 December 2013)\" (https://www.computerworld.com/article/1398642/switch-to-open-source-successfully-completed-city-of-munich-says.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#computerworld-2013-12-12-munich-limux-savings-11-7-million-euros."
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    {
      "id": "theregister-2017-11-24-munich-49-3-million-euros-return-to-windows",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "49.3 million euros was budgeted by Munich's city council in November 2017 to move its remaining Linux desktops back to Windows 10 by 2020, after a 50 to 25 vote ending the LiMux project (The Register, 2017).",
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      "value": 49300000,
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      "row_label": "Munich: cost of returning to Windows and Office, 2017",
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Germany (Munich)",
      "period": "2017-11",
      "population": "Munich city administration",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "The Register",
      "source_title": "Munich council finds €49.3m for Windows 10 embrace (The Register, 24 November 2017)",
      "source_url": "https://www.theregister.com/2017/11/24/munich_will_spend_about_50_million_euros_on_windows_migration/",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2017-11-24",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "The city council voted 50 to 25 to migrate all of its remaining Linux computer systems to Windows 10 in 2020 as part of a €89m IT overhaul, Social Democrat councillor Anne Hübner told The Register.",
      "locator": "Second and third paragraphs; '€9m towards licensing over six years. The cost includes 6,000 Office licences' in the third; raw copy raw/office-competitors/theregister-2017-11-24-munich-49-3m-windows-10.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Same article: 10,700 of the city's 30,000 users were on Windows XP or Windows 7 at the time. Munich's reversal is the precedent The Document Foundation calls 'the cautionary precedent' (TDF annual report 2025).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#theregister-2017-11-24-munich-49-3-million-euros-return-to-windows",
      "citation_text": "49.3 million euros was budgeted by Munich's city council in November 2017 to move its remaining Linux desktops back to Windows 10 by 2020, after a 50 to 25 vote ending the LiMux project (The Register, 2017). Source: The Register, \"Munich council finds €49.3m for Windows 10 embrace (The Register, 24 November 2017)\" (https://www.theregister.com/2017/11/24/munich_will_spend_about_50_million_euros_on_windows_migration/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#theregister-2017-11-24-munich-49-3-million-euros-return-to-windows."
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    {
      "id": "zdnet-fr-2005-01-28-gendarmerie-openoffice-70000-pcs",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "70,000 PCs, almost all of France's gendarmerie fleet, were to run OpenOffice instead of Microsoft Office by the end of 2005, saving about 2 million euros a year, the gendarmerie said in January 2005 (ZDNet France, 2005).",
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      "value": 70000,
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      "period": "2005",
      "population": "PCs of the French Gendarmerie nationale",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "ZDNet France",
      "source_title": "La gendarmerie nationale passe à OpenOffice (ZDNet France, Christophe Guillemin, 28 January 2005)",
      "source_url": "https://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/la-gendarmerie-nationale-passe-a-openoffice-39203431.htm",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2005-01-28",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "D'ici donc la fin de l'année, 70.000 ordinateurs, soit la quasi-totalité du parc, seront dotés d'OpenOffice.",
      "locator": "Body, quoting a gendarmerie spokesperson; the 2 million euros a year saving is in the standfirst; raw copy raw/office-competitors/zdnet-fr-2005-01-28-gendarmerie-openoffice.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "20,000 PCs were already switched by the end of 2004. Wikipedia's GendBuntu article restates the scope as 'all 90,000 office suites', which the source does not say. The same article lists other French ministries then on OpenOffice: Equipment (55,000 workstations by 2006), Interior (about 50,000), Customs (16,000) and Finance (8,000). The gendarmerie later moved its PCs to Ubuntu (GendBuntu).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#zdnet-fr-2005-01-28-gendarmerie-openoffice-70000-pcs",
      "citation_text": "70,000 PCs, almost all of France's gendarmerie fleet, were to run OpenOffice instead of Microsoft Office by the end of 2005, saving about 2 million euros a year, the gendarmerie said in January 2005 (ZDNet France, 2005). Source: ZDNet France, \"La gendarmerie nationale passe à OpenOffice (ZDNet France, Christophe Guillemin, 28 January 2005)\" (https://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/la-gendarmerie-nationale-passe-a-openoffice-39203431.htm). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#zdnet-fr-2005-01-28-gendarmerie-openoffice-70000-pcs."
    },
    {
      "id": "tdf-2025-09-30-austrian-military-16000-pcs-microsoft-office-to-libreoffice",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "16,000 PCs of Austria's armed forces (the Bundesheer) were migrated from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice in 2025, The Document Foundation reported, the army citing digital sovereignty rather than cost (The Document Foundation, 2025).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 16000,
      "unit": "PCs migrated from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice",
      "display_value": "16,000",
      "display_label": "The Document Foundation, September 2025",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": "Austrian armed forces: PCs moved to LibreOffice, 2025",
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Austria",
      "period": "2025",
      "population": "PCs of the Austrian Armed Forces (Bundesheer)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "The Document Foundation",
      "source_title": "Austria's military switches from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice (TDF Community Blog, Mike Saunders, 30 September 2025)",
      "source_url": "https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/09/30/austrias-military-switches-from-microsoft-office-to-libreoffice/",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2025-09-30",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "the Austrian military (Bundesheer) has migrated 16,000 PCs from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice.",
      "locator": "First paragraph (citing heise online); raw copy raw/office-competitors/tdfblog-2025-09-30-austrias-military-switches-to-libreoffice.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "LibreOffice's own foundation reporting, from heise online (18 September 2025). Its interview with the army (TDF blog, 7 August 2026) says about half of the 16,000 users installed LibreOffice voluntarily before it became mandatory for internal work in December 2024. TDF's 2025 annual report adds that Microsoft Office 2016 was removed from all machines, with Office 2024 LTSC kept only under special permission.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#tdf-2025-09-30-austrian-military-16000-pcs-microsoft-office-to-libreoffice",
      "citation_text": "16,000 PCs of Austria's armed forces (the Bundesheer) were migrated from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice in 2025, The Document Foundation reported, the army citing digital sovereignty rather than cost (The Document Foundation, 2025). Source: The Document Foundation, \"Austria's military switches from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice (TDF Community Blog, Mike Saunders, 30 September 2025)\" (https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/09/30/austrias-military-switches-from-microsoft-office-to-libreoffice/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#tdf-2025-09-30-austrian-military-16000-pcs-microsoft-office-to-libreoffice."
    },
    {
      "id": "osor-2016-05-09-italian-defence-libreoffice-75000-users-by-2017-savings-26-29-million",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "75,000 LibreOffice users (70% of desktops) by 2017 and 25,000 more by 2020 was the Italian Ministry of Defence's plan in May 2016, expecting to save 26 to 29 million euros (European Commission OSOR, 2016).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 75000,
      "unit": "LibreOffice users planned by 2017",
      "display_value": "75,000 by 2017",
      "display_label": "EU Open Source Observatory, May 2016",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": "Italian defence ministry: LibreOffice users planned by 2017",
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Italy",
      "period": "2016-05",
      "population": "Desktops of the Italian Ministry of Defence (well over 100,000)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "European Commission, Open Source Observatory (OSOR)",
      "source_title": "Italian military to save 26-29 million Euro by migrating to LibreOffice (OSOR, Joinup, 9 May 2016)",
      "source_url": "https://interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observatory-osor/news/italian-military-save-26-2",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2016-05-09",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "we will have 75,000 (70%) LibreOffice users by 2017, and an additional 25,000 by 2020, says General Camillo Sileo",
      "locator": "First paragraph; savings 'estimated at 26-29 million Euro over the whole defense organisation' later in the article; raw copy raw/office-competitors/osor-2016-05-italian-military-libreoffice-savings.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "A plan: 5,000 workstations had been migrated at the time. The 2015 announcement (LibreItalia) had spoken of about 150,000 PCs. No later completion count found.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#osor-2016-05-09-italian-defence-libreoffice-75000-users-by-2017-savings-26-29-million",
      "citation_text": "75,000 LibreOffice users (70% of desktops) by 2017 and 25,000 more by 2020 was the Italian Ministry of Defence's plan in May 2016, expecting to save 26 to 29 million euros (European Commission OSOR, 2016). Source: European Commission, Open Source Observatory (OSOR), \"Italian military to save 26-29 million Euro by migrating to LibreOffice (OSOR, Joinup, 9 May 2016)\" (https://interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observatory-osor/news/italian-military-save-26-2). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#osor-2016-05-09-italian-defence-libreoffice-75000-users-by-2017-savings-26-29-million."
    },
    {
      "id": "bundestag-21-5413-2026-04-14-german-federal-workplaces-with-microsoft-licences-473249-derived",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "About 473,000 workplaces in Germany's federal ministries and their agencies had Microsoft licences at the end of 2025, a quarter of a million of them in the defence ministry, by the federal government's answer to parliament (German federal government, 2026).",
      "short_statement": "Germany's federal administration had about **473,000** workplaces with Microsoft licences at the end of 2025.",
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 473249,
      "unit": "federal workplaces with Microsoft licences (sum of ministries' reported counts)",
      "display_value": "about 473,000",
      "display_label": "German federal government answer to the Bundestag, April 2026",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": "German federal administration: workplaces with Microsoft licences, 2025",
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Germany (federal administration)",
      "period": "2025-12-31",
      "population": "Workplaces in the German federal government including subordinate agencies, as reported per ministry",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Bundesregierung (Deutscher Bundestag Drucksache 21/5413)",
      "source_title": "Antwort der Bundesregierung: Lizenzkosten der Bundesverwaltung für Produkte von Microsoft und anderen US-amerikanischen Techkonzernen (Drucksache 21/5413, 14 April 2026)",
      "source_url": "https://dserver.bundestag.de/btd/21/054/2105413.pdf",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-04-14",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "BMVg ca. 250.000 30 (Apple MacOS) 0",
      "locator": "Answer to question 6, table 'Anzahl der Arbeitsplätze mit Microsoft-Lizenzen (Stichtag 31.12.25)', pages 7 and 8; raw copy raw/office-competitors/bundestag-drucksache-21-5413.txt",
      "derived": true,
      "formula": "Sum of the 16 per-ministry counts in the table: BK-Amt (BISp) 5 + BKM 3,045 + BMI 74,349 + BMF 63,588 + AA 16,714 + BMWE 13,588 + BMJV 8,178 + BMAS 3,522 + BMVg ca. 250,000 + BMLEH 11,453 + BMBFSFJ 3,098 + BMG 2,950 + BMV 13,711 + BMUKN 6,488 + BMFTR 1,275 + BMZ 1,285 = 473,249",
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Workplaces with any Microsoft licence (Windows, Office or other), not Office users specifically; the defence figure is approximate ('ca.'), so the total is approximate. BMWSB is counted within BMF; BMDS gave no count (about 70 openDesk licences alongside its standard MS Office 2024 LTSC). The same answer gives the federal target of 240,000 workplaces on the standard 'Bundesclient' by 2032.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#bundestag-21-5413-2026-04-14-german-federal-workplaces-with-microsoft-licences-473249-derived",
      "citation_text": "About 473,000 workplaces in Germany's federal ministries and their agencies had Microsoft licences at the end of 2025, a quarter of a million of them in the defence ministry, by the federal government's answer to parliament (German federal government, 2026). Source: Bundesregierung (Deutscher Bundestag Drucksache 21/5413), \"Antwort der Bundesregierung: Lizenzkosten der Bundesverwaltung für Produkte von Microsoft und anderen US-amerikanischen Techkonzernen (Drucksache 21/5413, 14 April 2026)\" (https://dserver.bundestag.de/btd/21/054/2105413.pdf). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#bundestag-21-5413-2026-04-14-german-federal-workplaces-with-microsoft-licences-473249-derived."
    },
    {
      "id": "bundestag-21-5413-2026-04-14-german-foreign-office-12030-workplaces-only-libreoffice",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "12,030 workplaces of Germany's Federal Foreign Office ran only alternative software (LibreOffice and Debian-based Linux) at the end of 2025, the largest such count in any federal ministry, by the government's answer to parliament (German federal government, 2026).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 12030,
      "unit": "workplaces equipped exclusively with alternative office software",
      "display_value": "12,030",
      "display_label": "German federal government answer to the Bundestag, April 2026",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": "German Foreign Office: workplaces with only LibreOffice, 2026",
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Germany (federal administration)",
      "period": "2025-12-31",
      "population": "Workplaces of the Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt) and its agencies",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Bundesregierung (Deutscher Bundestag Drucksache 21/5413)",
      "source_title": "Antwort der Bundesregierung: Lizenzkosten der Bundesverwaltung für Produkte von Microsoft und anderen US-amerikanischen Techkonzernen (Drucksache 21/5413, 14 April 2026)",
      "source_url": "https://dserver.bundestag.de/btd/21/054/2105413.pdf",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-04-14",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "AA 16.714 16.714 (Libre Office) 12.030 (Libre Office, Debian Deriva- te)",
      "locator": "Answer to question 6, table, row AA, page 7; raw copy raw/office-competitors/bundestag-drucksache-21-5413.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "The same row reports 16,714 Foreign Office workplaces with Microsoft licences, all also with LibreOffice, so the table's columns overlap; recorded as printed. Across all ministries the 'exclusively alternative' column sums to 12,915 (AA 12,030, BMWE 320, BMV 310, BMAS 246, BMUKN 5, BMJV 4), and the 'additionally alternative' column to 34,263, against about 473,000 workplaces with Microsoft licences.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#bundestag-21-5413-2026-04-14-german-foreign-office-12030-workplaces-only-libreoffice",
      "citation_text": "12,030 workplaces of Germany's Federal Foreign Office ran only alternative software (LibreOffice and Debian-based Linux) at the end of 2025, the largest such count in any federal ministry, by the government's answer to parliament (German federal government, 2026). Source: Bundesregierung (Deutscher Bundestag Drucksache 21/5413), \"Antwort der Bundesregierung: Lizenzkosten der Bundesverwaltung für Produkte von Microsoft und anderen US-amerikanischen Techkonzernen (Drucksache 21/5413, 14 April 2026)\" (https://dserver.bundestag.de/btd/21/054/2105413.pdf). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#bundestag-21-5413-2026-04-14-german-foreign-office-12030-workplaces-only-libreoffice."
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    {
      "id": "heise-2025-02-24-german-federal-microsoft-licence-costs-2024-204-5-million-euros",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "204.5 million euros was spent by Germany's federal administration on Microsoft licences and services in 2024, up from 197.7 million in 2023 and 74 million in 2017, by an interior ministry overview given to heise (heise online, 2025).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 204500000,
      "unit": "euros spent on Microsoft licences and services by the federal administration (BMI overview)",
      "display_value": "204.5 million euros",
      "display_label": "heise online, February 2025",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": "German federal government: Microsoft licence costs, 2024",
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Germany (federal administration)",
      "period": "2024",
      "population": "German federal ministries' spending on Microsoft products and services",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "heise online",
      "source_title": "Digital sovereignty: Federal government spends more on Microsoft licenses again (heise online, 24 February 2025)",
      "source_url": "https://www.heise.de/en/news/Digital-sovereignty-Federal-government-spends-more-on-Microsoft-licenses-again-10294027.html",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2025-02-24",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "While the costs for this amounted to 197.7 million euros in 2023, it was 204.5 million euros in 2024. That is an increase of around 3.44 percent.",
      "locator": "Second paragraph; 2017 figure (74 million) and 2022 figure (about 209 million) in the same paragraph; raw copy raw/office-competitors/heise-2025-02-federal-government-microsoft-licences.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "german-federal-microsoft-spend-bmi-overview",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Figures from the Federal Ministry of the Interior given at the request of MP Victor Perli (Die Linke). Defence was the biggest spender (about 107 million euros in 2024). Perpetual licences fell to about 80 million (2023: 98.5 million) while subscriptions rose from 29 to over 40 million. A different government answer (to MP Rebecca Lenhard, wider scope) gives 274.1 million for 2023, 347.7 million for 2024 and 481.4 million for 2025: the two series are not comparable.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#heise-2025-02-24-german-federal-microsoft-licence-costs-2024-204-5-million-euros",
      "citation_text": "204.5 million euros was spent by Germany's federal administration on Microsoft licences and services in 2024, up from 197.7 million in 2023 and 74 million in 2017, by an interior ministry overview given to heise (heise online, 2025). Source: heise online, \"Digital sovereignty: Federal government spends more on Microsoft licenses again (heise online, 24 February 2025)\" (https://www.heise.de/en/news/Digital-sovereignty-Federal-government-spends-more-on-Microsoft-licenses-again-10294027.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#heise-2025-02-24-german-federal-microsoft-licence-costs-2024-204-5-million-euros."
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    {
      "id": "stuttgarter-zeitung-2026-02-09-german-federal-microsoft-licences-2025-481-4-million-euros",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "481.4 million euros was spent on Microsoft licences by Germany's federal administration in 2025, up from 347.7 million in 2024 and 274.1 million in 2023, by the government's answer to a Green MP reported by AFP (Stuttgarter Zeitung, 2026).",
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      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 481400000,
      "unit": "euros spent on Microsoft licences by the federal administration (answer to MP Lenhard)",
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      "display_label": "Stuttgarter Zeitung (AFP), February 2026",
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      "row_label": "German federal government: Microsoft licence spending, 2025",
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Germany (federal administration)",
      "period": "2025",
      "population": "German federal administration purchases of Microsoft licences, including entitled bodies beyond the ministries",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Stuttgarter Zeitung (AFP)",
      "source_title": "Geld spielt offenbar keine Rolle: Bund gibt 2025 über 481 Millionen Euro für Microsoft-Lizenzen aus (Stuttgarter Zeitung, Markus Brauer/AFP, 9 February 2026)",
      "source_url": "https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/wissen/geld-spielt-offenbar-keine-rolle-bund-gibt-2025-ueber-481-millionen-euro-fuer-microsoft-lizenzen-78971883.html",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-02-09",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Im Jahr 2025 wurden dafür 481,4 Millionen Euro ausgegeben, wie aus einer Antwort der Bundesregierung auf eine schriftliche Anfrage der Grünen-Bundestagsabgeordneten Rebecca Lenhard hervorgeht.",
      "locator": "Section '481,4 Millionen Euro für Lizenzen'; raw copy raw/office-competitors/stuttgarter-zeitung-2026-bund-481-millionen-microsoft.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Not comparable with the BMI-overview series (204.5 million in 2024): the Lenhard answer covers a wider circle of entitled buyers. The government's original written answer was not located; the Bundestag printed paper 21/5413 (April 2026) cites this 481.4 million figure in its preamble. States and municipalities are not included.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#stuttgarter-zeitung-2026-02-09-german-federal-microsoft-licences-2025-481-4-million-euros",
      "citation_text": "481.4 million euros was spent on Microsoft licences by Germany's federal administration in 2025, up from 347.7 million in 2024 and 274.1 million in 2023, by the government's answer to a Green MP reported by AFP (Stuttgarter Zeitung, 2026). Source: Stuttgarter Zeitung (AFP), \"Geld spielt offenbar keine Rolle: Bund gibt 2025 über 481 Millionen Euro für Microsoft-Lizenzen aus (Stuttgarter Zeitung, Markus Brauer/AFP, 9 February 2026)\" (https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/wissen/geld-spielt-offenbar-keine-rolle-bund-gibt-2025-ueber-481-millionen-euro-fuer-microsoft-lizenzen-78971883.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#stuttgarter-zeitung-2026-02-09-german-federal-microsoft-licences-2025-481-4-million-euros."
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    {
      "id": "drv-2026-07-21-opendesk-100000-public-administration-workplaces",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "100,000 public-administration workplaces in Germany were equipped with openDesk, the open-source office and collaboration suite of the federal agency ZenDiS, in July 2026, by the project partners' count (Deutsche Rentenversicherung, 2026).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 100000,
      "unit": "public-administration workplaces equipped with openDesk",
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      "display_label": "Deutsche Rentenversicherung press release, July 2026",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": "openDesk: public-administration workplaces, 2026",
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Germany",
      "period": "2026-07",
      "population": "Workplaces in German public administration (federal, state, municipal and social insurance) with openDesk",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund",
      "source_title": "openDesk als Notfallarbeitsplatz: Sozialversicherer ziehen positive Bilanz im Krisenfall-Verbundprojekt (Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund, press release, 21 July 2026)",
      "source_url": "https://www.deutsche-rentenversicherung.de/Bund/DE/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/pressemitteilungen_aktuell/2026/2026-07-21-ckki-zendis-opendesk",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-07-21",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Aktuell sind bereits 100.000 Verwaltungsarbeitsplätze mit openDesk ausgestattet.",
      "locator": "Boilerplate 'Über openDesk'; raw copy raw/office-competitors/drv-2026-07-21-opendesk-100000-arbeitsplaetze.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "The developer's own figure (ZenDiS boilerplate in a partner press release). 'Equipped with' is not daily use. Channelpartner reported over 80,000 workplaces in September 2025. openDesk launched in October 2024; its document editing is Collabora Online (LibreOffice-based).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#drv-2026-07-21-opendesk-100000-public-administration-workplaces",
      "citation_text": "100,000 public-administration workplaces in Germany were equipped with openDesk, the open-source office and collaboration suite of the federal agency ZenDiS, in July 2026, by the project partners' count (Deutsche Rentenversicherung, 2026). Source: Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund, \"openDesk als Notfallarbeitsplatz: Sozialversicherer ziehen positive Bilanz im Krisenfall-Verbundprojekt (Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund, press release, 21 July 2026)\" (https://www.deutsche-rentenversicherung.de/Bund/DE/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/pressemitteilungen_aktuell/2026/2026-07-21-ckki-zendis-opendesk). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#drv-2026-07-21-opendesk-100000-public-administration-workplaces."
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    {
      "id": "tnw-2026-10-07-dutch-tax-administration-drops-microsoft-365-cloud-5000-of-47500-staff",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "About 5,000 of some 47,500 staff of the Dutch tax administration had moved to Microsoft 365 by January 2026 when the government halted the cloud roll-out, choosing its own servers and European open-source tools for 2027 and 2028 (The Next Web, 2026).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 5000,
      "unit": "staff moved to Microsoft 365 before the roll-out was halted",
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      "display_label": "The Next Web, October 2026",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": "Dutch tax administration: staff leaving Microsoft 365's cloud, 2026",
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Netherlands",
      "period": "2026-01",
      "population": "Staff of the Belastingdienst, Dutch Customs and the Benefits Agency",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "The Next Web",
      "source_title": "Dutch tax office drops Microsoft 365 cloud for own servers and open source (The Next Web, 7 October 2026)",
      "source_url": "https://thenextweb.com/news/dutch-tax-office-microsoft-365-on-premises-open-source",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-10-07",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "By January 2026, about 5,000 of some 47,500 staff had moved to Microsoft 365, the board found.",
      "locator": "Fifth paragraph, citing the government ICT review board (Adviescollege ICT-toetsing); raw copy raw/office-competitors/tnw-dutch-tax-office-microsoft-365.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Based on State Secretary Eelco Eerenberg's letter to the Dutch parliament (week of 5 October 2026). Email and calendars move to the agency's own servers in 2027, open-source storage and collaboration later in 2027 and 2028. Cybernews gave 42,000 employees; TNW's 47,500 is used here. A cloud-versus-on-premises decision rather than a switch away from Office applications on day one.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#tnw-2026-10-07-dutch-tax-administration-drops-microsoft-365-cloud-5000-of-47500-staff",
      "citation_text": "About 5,000 of some 47,500 staff of the Dutch tax administration had moved to Microsoft 365 by January 2026 when the government halted the cloud roll-out, choosing its own servers and European open-source tools for 2027 and 2028 (The Next Web, 2026). Source: The Next Web, \"Dutch tax office drops Microsoft 365 cloud for own servers and open source (The Next Web, 7 October 2026)\" (https://thenextweb.com/news/dutch-tax-office-microsoft-365-on-premises-open-source). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#tnw-2026-10-07-dutch-tax-administration-drops-microsoft-365-cloud-5000-of-47500-staff."
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      "statement": "25 million LibreOffice users worldwide was The Document Foundation's estimate in September 2011, a year after the project began, 10 million from downloads and CDs and 15 million on Linux (The Document Foundation, 2011).",
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      "quote": "TDF calculates that there is a total of 25 million LibreOffice users worldwide, in line with the expectations and well on the way to the target of 200 million users worldwide before the end of the decade.",
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      "notes": "An estimate: 7.5 million downloads (6 million from TDF mirrors) plus CD installs, put at 10 million Windows and Mac users, plus 15 million Linux users derived from IDC's count of new or updated Linux desktops. The '200 million' later repeated as a user count started here as a target.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#tdf-2011-09-28-libreoffice-25-million-users-estimate",
      "citation_text": "25 million LibreOffice users worldwide was The Document Foundation's estimate in September 2011, a year after the project began, 10 million from downloads and CDs and 15 million on Linux (The Document Foundation, 2011). Source: The Document Foundation, \"The Document Foundation celebrates its first anniversary (TDF blog, 28 September 2011)\" (https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2011/09/28/the-document-foundation-celebrates-its-first-anniversary/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#tdf-2011-09-28-libreoffice-25-million-users-estimate."
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      "statement": "About 120 million LibreOffice users was The Document Foundation's estimate in August 2016, up from 100 million in February 2016, based on download numbers (PCWorld, 2016).",
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      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "While it cited an estimated number of 100 million users at the release of LibreOffice 5.1 back in February 2016, it now estimates about 120 million users.",
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      "notes": "An estimate based on downloads; PCWorld notes it leaves out Linux users who get LibreOffice preinstalled. TDF itself wrote on 1 January 2016 that downloads since September 2010 were 'close to 120 million', so the user and download totals were similar figures at the time.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#pcworld-2016-08-03-tdf-libreoffice-120-million-users-estimate",
      "citation_text": "About 120 million LibreOffice users was The Document Foundation's estimate in August 2016, up from 100 million in February 2016, based on download numbers (PCWorld, 2016). Source: PCWorld, \"LibreOffice 5.2 includes classified documents and a streamlined interface (PCWorld, 3 August 2016)\" (https://www.pcworld.com/article/3102849/software-productivity/libreoffice-52-includes-classified-documents-and-a-streamlined-interface.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#pcworld-2016-08-03-tdf-libreoffice-120-million-users-estimate."
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      "id": "tdf-2016-01-01-libreoffice-downloads-since-2010-close-to-120-million",
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      "statement": "Close to 120 million downloads of LibreOffice had been counted from September 2010 to the end of 2015, The Document Foundation said, with about 150 million unique addresses checking for updates since 2012 (The Document Foundation, 2016).",
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      "quote": "Downloads since September 2010 are close to 120 million, with a rather steady increase of weekly numbers.",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#tdf-2016-01-01-libreoffice-downloads-since-2010-close-to-120-million",
      "citation_text": "Close to 120 million downloads of LibreOffice had been counted from September 2010 to the end of 2015, The Document Foundation said, with about 150 million unique addresses checking for updates since 2012 (The Document Foundation, 2016). Source: The Document Foundation, \"LibreOffice: the numbers (TDF blog, 1 January 2016)\" (https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2016/01/01/libreoffice-the-numbers/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#tdf-2016-01-01-libreoffice-downloads-since-2010-close-to-120-million."
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      "id": "tdf-2012-12-26-libreoffice-15-million-unique-ip-downloads-2012",
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      "statement": "15 million unique IP addresses downloaded LibreOffice for Windows and macOS in 2012, rising from just over 200,000 a week in January to well over 600,000 in December, The Document Foundation said (The Document Foundation, 2012).",
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      "source_title": "TDF in 2012: a summary (TDF blog, 26 December 2012)",
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      "published_at": "2012-12-26",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "The number of unique IPs who have downloaded LibreOffice has grown from just over 200,000 per week in January to well over 600,000 in December, for a total of 15 million unique IPs in 2012.",
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      "notes": "Unique IPs, not people and not the same measure as TDF's later 'downloads from the download page' (44.8 million in 2025), so not chained into one series.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#tdf-2012-12-26-libreoffice-15-million-unique-ip-downloads-2012",
      "citation_text": "15 million unique IP addresses downloaded LibreOffice for Windows and macOS in 2012, rising from just over 200,000 a week in January to well over 600,000 in December, The Document Foundation said (The Document Foundation, 2012). Source: The Document Foundation, \"TDF in 2012: a summary (TDF blog, 26 December 2012)\" (https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2012/12/26/tdf-in-2012-a-summary/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#tdf-2012-12-26-libreoffice-15-million-unique-ip-downloads-2012."
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      "statement": "8.47 million paying individual subscribers to WPS over the twelve months to June 2019, Kingsoft Corporation reported, the earliest point in its series (Kingsoft, 2021).",
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      "source_url": "https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2021/0323/2021032300645.pdf",
      "source_type": "primary",
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      "published_at": "2021-03-23",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Accumulated paying subscribers** (Million) 19.62 16.81 12.02 8.47",
      "locator": "Operational Highlights, office software table, column 'As at 30 June 2019'; raw copy raw/office-competitors/www1_hkexnews_hk_listedco_listconews_sehk_2021_0323_2021032300645_pdf.txt",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kingsoft-2021-03-23-wps-accumulated-paying-subscribers-jun-2019-8-47-million",
      "citation_text": "8.47 million paying individual subscribers to WPS over the twelve months to June 2019, Kingsoft Corporation reported, the earliest point in its series (Kingsoft, 2021). Source: Kingsoft Corporation, \"Kingsoft Corporation Limited, Announcement of annual results for the year ended 31 December 2020 (HKEX, 23 March 2021)\" (https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2021/0323/2021032300645.pdf). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kingsoft-2021-03-23-wps-accumulated-paying-subscribers-jun-2019-8-47-million."
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kingsoft-2021-03-23-wps-accumulated-paying-subscribers-dec-2019-12-02-million",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kingsoft-2021-03-23-wps-accumulated-paying-subscribers-jun-2020-16-81-million",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kingsoft-2021-03-23-wps-accumulated-paying-subscribers-dec-2020-19-62-million",
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      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Accumulated paying subscribers** (Million) 29.97 25.37 18",
      "locator": "Operational Highlights, office software table; raw copy raw/office-competitors/www1_hkexnews_hk_listedco_listconews_sehk_2023_0321_2023032100698_pdf.txt",
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      "notes": "Paying people (subscribers), not devices; see the June 2019 record for the definition.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kingsoft-2023-03-21-wps-accumulated-paying-subscribers-dec-2022-29-97-million",
      "citation_text": "29.97 million paying individual subscribers to WPS over the twelve months to December 2022, up 18% in a year, Kingsoft Corporation reported (Kingsoft, 2023). Source: Kingsoft Corporation, \"Kingsoft Corporation Limited, Announcement of annual results for the year ended 31 December 2022 (HKEX, 21 March 2023)\" (https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2023/0321/2023032100698.pdf). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kingsoft-2023-03-21-wps-accumulated-paying-subscribers-dec-2022-29-97-million."
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      "statement": "35.49 million paying individual subscribers to WPS over the twelve months to December 2023, up 18% in a year, Kingsoft Corporation reported (Kingsoft, 2024).",
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      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Accumulated paying subscribers** (Million) 35.49 29.97 18",
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      "headline": false,
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      "notes": "Paying people (subscribers), not devices; see the June 2019 record for the definition.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kingsoft-2024-03-20-wps-accumulated-paying-subscribers-dec-2023-35-49-million",
      "citation_text": "35.49 million paying individual subscribers to WPS over the twelve months to December 2023, up 18% in a year, Kingsoft Corporation reported (Kingsoft, 2024). Source: Kingsoft Corporation, \"Kingsoft Corporation Limited, Announcement of annual results for the year ended 31 December 2023 (HKEX, 20 March 2024)\" (https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2024/0320/2024032000420.pdf). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kingsoft-2024-03-20-wps-accumulated-paying-subscribers-dec-2023-35-49-million."
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      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "41.70 million paying individual subscribers to WPS over the twelve months to December 2024, up 17% in a year, Kingsoft Corporation reported (Kingsoft, 2025).",
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      "unit": "accumulated annual paying individual subscribers (Kingsoft's count)",
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      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "China (mainland)",
      "period": "2024-12",
      "population": "Individuals who paid for a WPS subscription in the past twelve months (one-time purchases excluded)",
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      "publisher": "Kingsoft Corporation",
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      "source_url": "https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2025/0319/2025031900560.pdf",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2025-03-19",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Accumulated paying subscribers** (Million) 41.70 35.49 17",
      "locator": "Operational Highlights, office software table; raw copy raw/office-competitors/www1_hkexnews_hk_listedco_listconews_sehk_2025_0319_2025031900560_pdf.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "wps-accumulated-paying-individual-subscribers",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Paying people (subscribers), not devices. Kingsoft's March 2026 results restate this December 2024 figure as 'Domestic 41.70' and add 1.74 million overseas, so the series to 2024 is mainland China.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kingsoft-2025-03-19-wps-accumulated-paying-subscribers-dec-2024-41-70-million",
      "citation_text": "41.70 million paying individual subscribers to WPS over the twelve months to December 2024, up 17% in a year, Kingsoft Corporation reported (Kingsoft, 2025). Source: Kingsoft Corporation, \"Kingsoft Corporation Limited, Announcement of annual results for the year ended 31 December 2024 (HKEX, 19 March 2025)\" (https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2025/0319/2025031900560.pdf). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kingsoft-2025-03-19-wps-accumulated-paying-subscribers-dec-2024-41-70-million."
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    {
      "id": "kingsoft-2026-03-25-wps-accumulated-paying-subscribers-dec-2025-domestic-46-15-million",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "46.15 million paying individual subscribers to WPS in mainland China over the twelve months to December 2025, up 11% in a year, with 2.85 million more overseas, Kingsoft Corporation reported (Kingsoft, 2026).",
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      "display_label": "Kingsoft Corporation results, March 2026",
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      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "China (mainland)",
      "period": "2025-12",
      "population": "Individuals in mainland China who paid for a WPS subscription in the past twelve months (one-time purchases excluded)",
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      "publisher": "Kingsoft Corporation",
      "source_title": "Kingsoft Corporation Limited, Announcement of annual results for the year ended 31 December 2025 (HKEX, 25 March 2026)",
      "source_url": "https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2026/0325/2026032500615.pdf",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-03-25",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Accumulated paying subscribers** (Million) Domestic 46.15 41.70 11 Overseas 2.85 1.74 64",
      "locator": "Operational Highlights, office software table, page 19; raw copy raw/office-competitors/www1_hkexnews_hk_listedco_listconews_sehk_2026_0325_2026032500615_pdf.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "wps-accumulated-paying-individual-subscribers",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Paying people, not devices. Together with overseas the total is 49.0 million (derived: 46.15 + 2.85), against 678 million monthly active devices of WPS Office worldwide in December 2025.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kingsoft-2026-03-25-wps-accumulated-paying-subscribers-dec-2025-domestic-46-15-million",
      "citation_text": "46.15 million paying individual subscribers to WPS in mainland China over the twelve months to December 2025, up 11% in a year, with 2.85 million more overseas, Kingsoft Corporation reported (Kingsoft, 2026). Source: Kingsoft Corporation, \"Kingsoft Corporation Limited, Announcement of annual results for the year ended 31 December 2025 (HKEX, 25 March 2026)\" (https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2026/0325/2026032500615.pdf). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kingsoft-2026-03-25-wps-accumulated-paying-subscribers-dec-2025-domestic-46-15-million."
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    {
      "id": "kingsoft-2026-03-25-wps-overseas-paying-subscribers-dec-2025-2-85-million",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "WPS had **2.85 million** paying individual subscribers outside mainland China over the twelve months to December 2025, up 64% in a year, Kingsoft Corporation reported, its first overseas disclosure (Kingsoft, 2026).",
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      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Outside mainland China",
      "period": "2025-12",
      "population": "Individuals outside mainland China who paid for a WPS subscription in the past twelve months (one-time purchases excluded)",
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      "source_url": "https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2026/0325/2026032500615.pdf",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-03-25",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Accumulated paying subscribers** (Million) Domestic 46.15 41.70 11 Overseas 2.85 1.74 64",
      "locator": "Operational Highlights, office software table, page 19; raw copy raw/office-competitors/www1_hkexnews_hk_listedco_listconews_sehk_2026_0325_2026032500615_pdf.txt",
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      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "wps-overseas-accumulated-paying-individual-subscribers",
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      "notes": "December 2024 comparison: 1.74 million. Small against the domestic base: WPS's paying users are overwhelmingly in mainland China.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kingsoft-2026-03-25-wps-overseas-paying-subscribers-dec-2025-2-85-million",
      "citation_text": "WPS had **2.85 million** paying individual subscribers outside mainland China over the twelve months to December 2025, up 64% in a year, Kingsoft Corporation reported, its first overseas disclosure (Kingsoft, 2026). Source: Kingsoft Corporation, \"Kingsoft Corporation Limited, Announcement of annual results for the year ended 31 December 2025 (HKEX, 25 March 2026)\" (https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2026/0325/2026032500615.pdf). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kingsoft-2026-03-25-wps-overseas-paying-subscribers-dec-2025-2-85-million."
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    {
      "id": "kingsoft-2026-03-25-office-software-and-services-revenue-2025-rmb-5-93-billion",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "5.93 billion yuan of revenue came from Kingsoft's office software and services business (WPS) in 2025, up 16% in a year, Kingsoft Corporation reported (Kingsoft, 2026).",
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      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide (mostly mainland China)",
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      "source_url": "https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2026/0325/2026032500615.pdf",
      "source_type": "primary",
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      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
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      "locator": "Segment revenue table (RMB'000, year ended 31 December 2025 and 2024); growth of 16% in the annual review section; raw copy raw/office-competitors/www1_hkexnews_hk_listedco_listconews_sehk_2026_0325_2026032500615_pdf.txt",
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      "formula": null,
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      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "About US$0.8 billion at 2025 average rates (not converted in the record). Kingsoft says WPS software kept 'a leading share in both flow-layout and fixed-layout document software market' in government and enterprise bids in China, without a figure.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kingsoft-2026-03-25-office-software-and-services-revenue-2025-rmb-5-93-billion",
      "citation_text": "5.93 billion yuan of revenue came from Kingsoft's office software and services business (WPS) in 2025, up 16% in a year, Kingsoft Corporation reported (Kingsoft, 2026). Source: Kingsoft Corporation, \"Kingsoft Corporation Limited, Announcement of annual results for the year ended 31 December 2025 (HKEX, 25 March 2026)\" (https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2026/0325/2026032500615.pdf). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kingsoft-2026-03-25-office-software-and-services-revenue-2025-rmb-5-93-billion."
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    {
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      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "5 million ONLYOFFICE users was the count its developer Ascensio System gave in July 2018, adding it was not sure it had counted everyone (ONLYOFFICE, 2018).",
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      "value": 5000000,
      "unit": "users of ONLYOFFICE (developer's claim, no stated method)",
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      "period": "2018-07",
      "population": "Users of ONLYOFFICE apps and servers, worldwide",
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      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2018-07-01",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "The number of our users has grown significantly. They are 5 million now, and we are still not sure if we have been able to count everyone.",
      "locator": "First paragraph; raw copy raw/office-competitors/onlyoffice-blog-2018-07-five-million-users.txt",
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      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "onlyoffice-users-claim",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor claim without a method. published_at: the post is dated July 2018 (day taken as the 1st).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#onlyoffice-blog-2018-07-five-million-users",
      "citation_text": "5 million ONLYOFFICE users was the count its developer Ascensio System gave in July 2018, adding it was not sure it had counted everyone (ONLYOFFICE, 2018). Source: Ascensio System SIA (ONLYOFFICE), \"Five million ONLYOFFICE users. Who are they? Pt. 1 (ONLYOFFICE blog, July 2018)\" (https://www.onlyoffice.com/blog/2018/07/five-million-onlyoffice-users-who-are-they-pt-1). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#onlyoffice-blog-2018-07-five-million-users."
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    {
      "id": "mediaoutreach-2022-08-10-onlyoffice-over-10-million-users",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "Over 10 million users worldwide had chosen ONLYOFFICE by August 2022, its developer Ascensio System said when opening a Singapore office (Ascensio System, 2022).",
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      "publisher_short": null,
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      "source_url": "https://brandspurng.com/2022/08/10/ascensio-system-opens-a-branch-in-singapore-bringing-onlyoffice-to-apac/",
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      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
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      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor claim without a method; the same release was syndicated by several outlets. Series: 5 million (July 2018), over 10 million (August 2022), more than 21 million (home page, October 2026).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#mediaoutreach-2022-08-10-onlyoffice-over-10-million-users",
      "citation_text": "Over 10 million users worldwide had chosen ONLYOFFICE by August 2022, its developer Ascensio System said when opening a Singapore office (Ascensio System, 2022). Source: Ascensio System SIA (press release via Media OutReach), \"Ascensio System Opens a branch in Singapore, bringing ONLYOFFICE to APAC (press release, 10 August 2022, as published by BrandSpur)\" (https://brandspurng.com/2022/08/10/ascensio-system-opens-a-branch-in-singapore-bringing-onlyoffice-to-apac/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#mediaoutreach-2022-08-10-onlyoffice-over-10-million-users."
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    {
      "id": "helpnetsecurity-2022-02-04-zoho-workplace-16-million-users",
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      "statement": "More than 16 million users had Zoho Workplace, Zoho's mail and office suite, in February 2022, Zoho said, citing migrations after Google ended its free legacy Workspace edition (Help Net Security, 2022).",
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      "source_url": "https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/02/04/zoho-corporation-workplace/",
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      "published_at": "2022-02-04",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Zoho Corporation announced that its collaboration and communications platform, Workplace, now serves more than 16 million users globally.",
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      "formula": null,
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      "history": [],
      "notes": "Zoho's latest Workplace user count found; its product page now gives customers instead (over 450,000, October 2026). Users and customers are different measures. Zoho's March and April 2023 releases repeated 'more than 16 million users'.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#helpnetsecurity-2022-02-04-zoho-workplace-16-million-users",
      "citation_text": "More than 16 million users had Zoho Workplace, Zoho's mail and office suite, in February 2022, Zoho said, citing migrations after Google ended its free legacy Workspace edition (Help Net Security, 2022). Source: Help Net Security, \"Zoho Workplace achieves substantial growth amidst the ongoing migration from competitor suites (Help Net Security, 4 February 2022)\" (https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/02/04/zoho-corporation-workplace/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#helpnetsecurity-2022-02-04-zoho-workplace-16-million-users."
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      "statement": "No user or download count is published for SoftMaker Office or the free FreeOffice suite: SoftMaker's About page in October 2026 describes the German company's office software since 1987 without a figure (SoftMaker, 2026).",
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      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Since its foundation in 1987, SoftMaker has been developing office software: word processing (TextMaker), spreadsheet (PlanMaker), presentation graphics (SoftMaker Presentations) and database software (DataMaker).",
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      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
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      "notes": "A verified absence: no count on the company page; third-party reviews saying FreeOffice is 'used by millions' cite no source. published_at is the access date (undated page).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#softmaker-about-2026-no-user-count-published",
      "citation_text": "No user or download count is published for SoftMaker Office or the free FreeOffice suite: SoftMaker's About page in October 2026 describes the German company's office software since 1987 without a figure (SoftMaker, 2026). Source: SoftMaker Software GmbH, \"About SoftMaker (softmaker.com, accessed 15 October 2026)\" (https://www.softmaker.com/en/about-us). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#softmaker-about-2026-no-user-count-published."
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      "id": "wordperfect-home-2026-no-user-count-published",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "**No user count** is published for WordPerfect Office by its owner Alludo (formerly Corel): its home page in October 2026 calls it a 'trusted productivity suite' without a figure, so Corel's 20 million customers of 2005 remain the last number (Alludo, 2026).",
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      "publisher": "Alludo (WordPerfect)",
      "source_title": "WordPerfect Office home page (wordperfect.com, accessed 15 October 2026)",
      "source_url": "https://www.wordperfect.com/en/",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-10-15",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Trusted productivity suite designed to streamline every workflow",
      "locator": "Home page hero text; raw copy raw/office-competitors/wordperfect-home-2026-10-15.txt",
      "derived": false,
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      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "A verified absence; see computerworld-2005-03-07-corel-wordperfect-office-20-million-customers for the last figure. published_at is the access date (undated page).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#wordperfect-home-2026-no-user-count-published",
      "citation_text": "**No user count** is published for WordPerfect Office by its owner Alludo (formerly Corel): its home page in October 2026 calls it a 'trusted productivity suite' without a figure, so Corel's 20 million customers of 2005 remain the last number (Alludo, 2026). Source: Alludo (WordPerfect), \"WordPerfect Office home page (wordperfect.com, accessed 15 October 2026)\" (https://www.wordperfect.com/en/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#wordperfect-home-2026-no-user-count-published."
    },
    {
      "id": "betanews-2016-11-15-bitglass-office-365-34-8pct-g-suite-25pct-of-organizations",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "34.8% of organizations used Office 365 as their cloud productivity suite and 25% used G Suite in 2016, in Bitglass's scan of more than 120,000 companies (BetaNews, 2016).",
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      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 34.8,
      "unit": "% of organizations scanned using Office 365 (G Suite 25%)",
      "display_value": "34.8% against 25%",
      "display_label": "Bitglass via BetaNews, November 2016",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2016",
      "population": "More than 120,000 companies worldwide whose primary cloud productivity suite Bitglass identified",
      "sample_n": 120000,
      "publisher": "BetaNews",
      "source_title": "Office 365 and G Suite now in 59 percent of organizations worldwide (BetaNews, 15 November 2016)",
      "source_url": "https://betanews.com/2016/11/15/office-365-g-suite/",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2016-11-15",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Office 365 continues to edge ahead of G Suite and is deployed in more than a third (34.8 percent) of organizations while G Suite is used by 25 percent.",
      "locator": "Third paragraph; method ('scanned the cloud use of more than 120,000 companies to identify the primary cloud productivity suite') in the second; raw copy raw/office-competitors/betanews-2016-11-15-bitglass-office-365-g-suite.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "bitglass-office-365-share-of-organizations",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Bitglass, a cloud-security vendor, identified each organisation's primary cloud suite from public records; organisations, not seats or users, and on-premises Office is not counted. Public companies: Office 365 48%, G Suite 25%; private companies: 29% against 25%. Bitglass's 2015 figure: the two together in 48% of organisations. Bitglass's original report pages are offline (the company was bought by Forcepoint).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#betanews-2016-11-15-bitglass-office-365-34-8pct-g-suite-25pct-of-organizations",
      "citation_text": "34.8% of organizations used Office 365 as their cloud productivity suite and 25% used G Suite in 2016, in Bitglass's scan of more than 120,000 companies (BetaNews, 2016). Source: BetaNews, \"Office 365 and G Suite now in 59 percent of organizations worldwide (BetaNews, 15 November 2016)\" (https://betanews.com/2016/11/15/office-365-g-suite/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#betanews-2016-11-15-bitglass-office-365-34-8pct-g-suite-25pct-of-organizations."
    },
    {
      "id": "betanews-2018-05-30-bitglass-office-365-56-3pct-g-suite-25pct-of-organizations",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "56.3% of organizations used Office 365 in 2018, up from 34.3% a year earlier, while G Suite held at about 25%, in Bitglass's cloud adoption report (BetaNews, 2018).",
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      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 56.3,
      "unit": "% of organizations using Office 365 (G Suite about 25%)",
      "display_value": "56.3% against about 25%",
      "display_label": "Bitglass via BetaNews, May 2018",
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      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2018",
      "population": "Organizations worldwide in Bitglass's cloud adoption scan",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "BetaNews",
      "source_title": "Enterprise adoption of Office 365 surges as usage of G Suite levels out (BetaNews, 30 May 2018)",
      "source_url": "https://betanews.com/2018/05/30/office-365-adoption-surges/",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2018-05-30",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "While G Suite usage has remained steady at around 25 percent over the last year, Office 365 usage has grown from 34.3 percent to 56.3 percent.",
      "locator": "Second paragraph; raw copy raw/office-competitors/betanews-2018-05-30-bitglass-office-365-g-suite.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "bitglass-office-365-share-of-organizations",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Organisations, not seats or users; a cloud-security vendor's scan, method as in its 2016 report. The 34.3% for 2017 sits slightly below the 34.8% reported for 2016, a revision Bitglass did not explain.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#betanews-2018-05-30-bitglass-office-365-56-3pct-g-suite-25pct-of-organizations",
      "citation_text": "56.3% of organizations used Office 365 in 2018, up from 34.3% a year earlier, while G Suite held at about 25%, in Bitglass's cloud adoption report (BetaNews, 2018). Source: BetaNews, \"Enterprise adoption of Office 365 surges as usage of G Suite levels out (BetaNews, 30 May 2018)\" (https://betanews.com/2018/05/30/office-365-adoption-surges/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#betanews-2018-05-30-bitglass-office-365-56-3pct-g-suite-25pct-of-organizations."
    },
    {
      "id": "managedmethods-2021-11-18-edweek-us-districts-google-workspace-only-43pct",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "43% of US school-district technology decision-makers said their schools ran primarily on Google Workspace, 41% on Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, and 9% on Microsoft 365 alone, in a 2021 EdWeek Research Center survey sponsored by ManagedMethods (ManagedMethods, 2021).",
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      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 43,
      "unit": "% of respondents whose schools run primarily on Google Workspace only",
      "display_value": "43%",
      "display_label": "EdWeek Research Center survey, 2021",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "United States",
      "period": "2021",
      "population": "214 US district-level administrators with at least medium influence on technology decisions",
      "sample_n": 214,
      "publisher": "ManagedMethods (reporting The Journal)",
      "source_title": "The Journal: 3 in 10 Districts Lack Cloud Security Coverage (ManagedMethods blog, 18 November 2021)",
      "source_url": "https://managedmethods.com/blog/the-journal-3-in-10-districts-lack-cloud-security-coverage/",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2021-11-18",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Among the respondents, a comparable share said their schools were primarily running either Google Workspace (43%) or Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 (41%); fewer numbers said they had only Microsoft 365 (9%) or something else (1%).",
      "locator": "Article body, reproduced from The Journal; raw copy raw/office-competitors/managedmethods-edweek-k12-cloud-survey.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey (ManagedMethods sells cloud security for Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 in schools), run by the EdWeek Research Center online in summer 2021; small sample. Google is in 84% of these districts (43 + 41), Microsoft 365 in 50% (41 + 9), derived.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#managedmethods-2021-11-18-edweek-us-districts-google-workspace-only-43pct",
      "citation_text": "43% of US school-district technology decision-makers said their schools ran primarily on Google Workspace, 41% on Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, and 9% on Microsoft 365 alone, in a 2021 EdWeek Research Center survey sponsored by ManagedMethods (ManagedMethods, 2021). Source: ManagedMethods (reporting The Journal), \"The Journal: 3 in 10 Districts Lack Cloud Security Coverage (ManagedMethods blog, 18 November 2021)\" (https://managedmethods.com/blog/the-journal-3-in-10-districts-lack-cloud-security-coverage/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#managedmethods-2021-11-18-edweek-us-districts-google-workspace-only-43pct."
    },
    {
      "id": "thurrott-2017-05-09-restates-edweek-g-suite-68pct-of-us-districts-office-365-17pct",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "Almost 68% of US school districts used G Suite against 17% for Office 365 Education, Thurrott.com reported in May 2017 from an EdWeek Market Brief survey (Thurrott.com, 2017).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 68,
      "unit": "% of US school districts using G Suite (Office 365 Education 17%), as reported",
      "display_value": "almost 68% against 17%",
      "display_label": "Thurrott.com, May 2017",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "United States",
      "period": "2017-04",
      "population": "US school districts in an EdWeek Research Center survey of teachers and administrators (April 2017)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Thurrott.com",
      "source_title": "Study Suggests That the Battle for K-12 is Already Over (Thurrott.com, Paul Thurrott, 9 May 2017)",
      "source_url": "https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/115588/study-suggests-battle-k-12-already",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2017-05-09",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Almost 68 percent of school districts use this solution, compared to just 17 percent for Microsoft's Office 365 Education.",
      "locator": "Body, paragraph on G Suite pricing; raw copy raw/office-competitors/thurrott-2017-k12-g-suite-68pct.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Restatement of a gated EdWeek Market Brief report ('Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft: How 4 Tech Titans Are Reshaping the Ed-Tech Landscape', 8 May 2017, survey of a 'nationally representative sample of teachers and administrators' in April 2017); the open EdWeek article gives Chromebooks at 42% of most-used devices but not the 68% and 17%, which could not be checked against the report itself.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#thurrott-2017-05-09-restates-edweek-g-suite-68pct-of-us-districts-office-365-17pct",
      "citation_text": "Almost 68% of US school districts used G Suite against 17% for Office 365 Education, Thurrott.com reported in May 2017 from an EdWeek Market Brief survey (Thurrott.com, 2017). Source: Thurrott.com, \"Study Suggests That the Battle for K-12 is Already Over (Thurrott.com, Paul Thurrott, 9 May 2017)\" (https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/115588/study-suggests-battle-k-12-already). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#thurrott-2017-05-09-restates-edweek-g-suite-68pct-of-us-districts-office-365-17pct."
    },
    {
      "id": "makerstations-2026-09-10-restates-6sense-google-workspace-73-42pct-of-office-suites",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "Google Workspace holds 73.42% of 6sense's Office Suites category against 16.39% for Microsoft Office, a September 2026 roundup reported, a count of tracked customer domains rather than users or revenue (Makerstations, 2026).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 73.42,
      "unit": "% of customer domains tracked by 6sense in its Office Suites category (as restated)",
      "display_value": "73.42% against 16.39%",
      "display_label": "Makerstations roundup, September 2026",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2026-09",
      "population": "Company web domains detected by 6sense using any of 17 office-suite technologies",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Makerstations",
      "source_title": "Office Suite Market Share Microsoft 365 vs Google Workspace Statistics 2026 (Makerstations, Francesco Riganese, 10 September 2026)",
      "source_url": "https://makerstations.io/office-suite-market-share-microsoft-365-vs-google-workspace",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-09-10",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Google Workspace holds 73.42% of 6sense's Office Suites category; Microsoft Office holds 16.39%.",
      "locator": "Key statistics list, item 01; table 6sense row '16.39% (417,373)' and '73.42% (1,869,409)'; raw copy raw/office-competitors/makerstations-office-suite-market-share.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Restatement of technographics; 6sense's page refused automated access (HTTP 403). The same roundup sets Enlyft (Microsoft Office 365 on 7,745,516 companies, Google Apps 7,332,324) and Cledara card-spend data (Microsoft 365 first by adoption at 4.51%, Google Workspace first by spend at 7.53%) beside it, and says the three 'produced three different rankings'. A 6sense count of domains is not a market share of users, seats or money: on the 'will not publish' list as a market share.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#makerstations-2026-09-10-restates-6sense-google-workspace-73-42pct-of-office-suites",
      "citation_text": "Google Workspace holds 73.42% of 6sense's Office Suites category against 16.39% for Microsoft Office, a September 2026 roundup reported, a count of tracked customer domains rather than users or revenue (Makerstations, 2026). Source: Makerstations, \"Office Suite Market Share Microsoft 365 vs Google Workspace Statistics 2026 (Makerstations, Francesco Riganese, 10 September 2026)\" (https://makerstations.io/office-suite-market-share-microsoft-365-vs-google-workspace). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#makerstations-2026-09-10-restates-6sense-google-workspace-73-42pct-of-office-suites."
    },
    {
      "id": "sqmagazine-2026-07-29-restates-6sense-google-workspace-50-34pct-microsoft-365-45-46pct",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "Google Workspace holds 50.34% of the office productivity tools category against 45.46% for Microsoft 365, a July 2026 statistics roundup said, citing 6sense technographic data in a different category from 6sense's Office Suites (SQ Magazine, 2026).",
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      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 50.34,
      "unit": "% of 6sense's office productivity category (as restated)",
      "display_value": "50.34% against 45.46%",
      "display_label": "SQ Magazine roundup, July 2026",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2026-07",
      "population": "Company domains in a 6sense technographic category (not stated precisely)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "SQ Magazine",
      "source_title": "Google Sheets vs Excel Statistics 2026: Market Share and AI (SQ Magazine, 29 July 2026)",
      "source_url": "https://sqmagazine.co.uk/google-sheets-vs-excel-statistics/",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-07-29",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Google Workspace holds 50.34% of the office productivity tools category compared with Microsoft 365 at 45.46%, per 6sense technographic data.",
      "locator": "Introduction, second paragraph; raw copy raw/office-competitors/sqmagazine-google-sheets-vs-excel-statistics.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Restatement; the cited 6sense page could not be fetched (HTTP 403). Two roundups quoting 6sense two months apart give 50.34% and 73.42% for Google Workspace, because they quote different 6sense categories: a sign of why roundup 'market shares' of office suites are not published as findings.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#sqmagazine-2026-07-29-restates-6sense-google-workspace-50-34pct-microsoft-365-45-46pct",
      "citation_text": "Google Workspace holds 50.34% of the office productivity tools category against 45.46% for Microsoft 365, a July 2026 statistics roundup said, citing 6sense technographic data in a different category from 6sense's Office Suites (SQ Magazine, 2026). Source: SQ Magazine, \"Google Sheets vs Excel Statistics 2026: Market Share and AI (SQ Magazine, 29 July 2026)\" (https://sqmagazine.co.uk/google-sheets-vs-excel-statistics/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#sqmagazine-2026-07-29-restates-6sense-google-workspace-50-34pct-microsoft-365-45-46pct."
    },
    {
      "id": "enlyft-2026-10-15-restates-microsoft-office-365-8156511-companies-31-5pct",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "8,156,511 companies use Microsoft Office 365, about 31.5% of its office productivity category, by technographics vendor Enlyft's count in October 2026, against 8,007,989 (about 30.9%) for Google Apps (Enlyft, 2026).",
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      "value": 8156511,
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      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2026-10",
      "population": "Companies in Enlyft's database detected using the product, from public documents",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Enlyft",
      "source_title": "Companies using Microsoft Office 365 and its marketshare (Enlyft, accessed 15 October 2026)",
      "source_url": "https://enlyft.com/tech/products/microsoft-office-365",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-10-15",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "We have data on 8,156,511 companies that use Microsoft Office 365.",
      "locator": "'Companies using Microsoft Office 365' section; 'Microsoft Office 365 has a market share of about 31.5%' under 'Market Share and Competitors'; Google Apps page: 'We have data on 8,007,989 companies that use Google Apps' and 'about 30.9%'; raw copy raw/office-competitors/enlyft-microsoft-office-365.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Technographics, recorded only as a restatement: Enlyft infers use from public documents, and its 'market share' is a share of companies detected in a 153-product category, not of users or revenue. A month earlier a roundup quoted Enlyft at 7,745,516 and 7,332,324 companies. Google Apps page saved as raw/office-competitors/enlyft-google-apps.txt.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#enlyft-2026-10-15-restates-microsoft-office-365-8156511-companies-31-5pct",
      "citation_text": "8,156,511 companies use Microsoft Office 365, about 31.5% of its office productivity category, by technographics vendor Enlyft's count in October 2026, against 8,007,989 (about 30.9%) for Google Apps (Enlyft, 2026). Source: Enlyft, \"Companies using Microsoft Office 365 and its marketshare (Enlyft, accessed 15 October 2026)\" (https://enlyft.com/tech/products/microsoft-office-365). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#enlyft-2026-10-15-restates-microsoft-office-365-8156511-companies-31-5pct."
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    {
      "id": "bundestag-21-5502-2026-04-22-german-federal-opendesk-8475-licences-in-production",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "8,475 openDesk licences were in productive use in Germany's federal administration in April 2026, of 8,756 held, and none yet replaced Microsoft outright, by the federal government's answer to parliament (German federal government, 2026).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 8475,
      "unit": "openDesk licences in productive use in the federal administration",
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      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": "German federal administration: openDesk licences in use, 2026",
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Germany (federal administration)",
      "period": "2026-04",
      "population": "German federal administration, all ministries and subordinate agencies",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Bundesregierung (Deutscher Bundestag Drucksache 21/5502)",
      "source_title": "Antwort der Bundesregierung: Entwicklung und Finanzierung des Zentrums für Digitale Souveränität der Öffentlichen Verwaltung (Drucksache 21/5502, 22 April 2026)",
      "source_url": "https://dserver.bundestag.de/btd/21/055/2105502.pdf",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-04-22",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "7 696 der Lizenzen wurden zum 31. Dezember 2025 im Produktivbetrieb genutzt, aktuell sind es 8 475 Lizenzen",
      "locator": "Answer to question 2b, page 3; 'Es findet noch keine exklusive Nutzung von openDesk als Ersatz für proprietäre Lösungen statt' follows; question 2c: 'Die Bundesregierung kann hierzu keine belastbare Aussage treffen'; raw copy raw/office-competitors/bundestag-drucksache-21-5502.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Licences held: 7,916 at 31 December 2025 and 8,756 in April 2026; about 280 more for pilots. Set against about 473,000 federal workplaces with Microsoft licences (Drucksache 21/5413), openDesk is under 2% of the federal estate, and used alongside Microsoft, not instead. ZenDiS's own '100,000 workplaces' covers all levels of German public administration, not the federal government alone. Reported in the Bundestag's 'heute im bundestag' 350/2026 (27 April 2026).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#bundestag-21-5502-2026-04-22-german-federal-opendesk-8475-licences-in-production",
      "citation_text": "8,475 openDesk licences were in productive use in Germany's federal administration in April 2026, of 8,756 held, and none yet replaced Microsoft outright, by the federal government's answer to parliament (German federal government, 2026). Source: Bundesregierung (Deutscher Bundestag Drucksache 21/5502), \"Antwort der Bundesregierung: Entwicklung und Finanzierung des Zentrums für Digitale Souveränität der Öffentlichen Verwaltung (Drucksache 21/5502, 22 April 2026)\" (https://dserver.bundestag.de/btd/21/055/2105502.pdf). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#bundestag-21-5502-2026-04-22-german-federal-opendesk-8475-licences-in-production."
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    {
      "id": "borncity-2026-09-04-swiss-federal-opendesk-pilot-3000-of-54000-workplaces",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "3,000 workplaces, about 7% of the Swiss federal administration's 54,000 posts, are to move from Microsoft 365 to openDesk in a pilot to the end of 2027 costing 9 million francs, the administration announced in September 2026 (Born City, 2026).",
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      "row_label": "Swiss federal administration: openDesk pilot workplaces, 2026",
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      "geography": "Switzerland (federal administration)",
      "period": "2026-09",
      "population": "Workplaces of the Swiss federal administration",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Born City",
      "source_title": "Schweiz migriert 3.000 Arbeitsplätze: Abschied von Microsoft 365 (Born City, September 2026)",
      "source_url": "https://borncity.com/news/schweiz-migriert-3-000-arbeitsplaetze-abschied-von-microsoft-365/",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-09-04",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Das Pilotprojekt umfasst zunächst 3.000 Arbeitsplätze, was einem Anteil von etwa 7 Prozent der insgesamt 54.000 Stellen in der Bundesverwaltung entspricht.",
      "locator": "Second paragraph; announcement date 4 September 2026 and CHF 9 million in the first; raw copy raw/office-competitors/borncity-2026-09-schweiz-opendesk-3000.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
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      "notes": "A pilot, not a switch: the administration will decide on a full replacement after a further evaluation within two years. The Federal Chancellery's own release was not located; outlets give 2, 3 or 4 September 2026 as the date. A prior proof of concept involved 172 staff. published_at set to the announcement date reported in the article.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#borncity-2026-09-04-swiss-federal-opendesk-pilot-3000-of-54000-workplaces",
      "citation_text": "3,000 workplaces, about 7% of the Swiss federal administration's 54,000 posts, are to move from Microsoft 365 to openDesk in a pilot to the end of 2027 costing 9 million francs, the administration announced in September 2026 (Born City, 2026). Source: Born City, \"Schweiz migriert 3.000 Arbeitsplätze: Abschied von Microsoft 365 (Born City, September 2026)\" (https://borncity.com/news/schweiz-migriert-3-000-arbeitsplaetze-abschied-von-microsoft-365/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#borncity-2026-09-04-swiss-federal-opendesk-pilot-3000-of-54000-workplaces."
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    {
      "id": "explodingtopics-2025-06-05-restates-google-workspace-8-million-paying-customers",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "More than 8 million customers pay for Google Workspace, a June 2025 statistics roundup said, citing 'Google, Patronum', a figure Google never published: its own counts went from 6 million (2020) to over 9 million (2023) and 10 million (2025) (Exploding Topics, 2025).",
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      "value": 8000000,
      "unit": "paying customers of Google Workspace (as restated)",
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      "display_label": "Exploding Topics roundup, June 2025",
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      "period": "2025-06",
      "population": "Paying organisations using Google Workspace, worldwide",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Exploding Topics",
      "source_title": "Google Workspace User Stats (Exploding Topics, last updated 5 June 2025)",
      "source_url": "https://explodingtopics.com/blog/google-workspace-stats",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2025-06-05",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "In total, more than 8 million customers are paying for Google Workspace.",
      "locator": "Section 'How Many Users Does Google Workspace Have?'; raw copy raw/office-competitors/explodingtopics-google-workspace-stats.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Restatement. No Google source for 8 million was found. The same passage compares Google's 3 billion users (free accounts included) with 'Microsoft Office 365's 270 million active users', mixing measures. Thrive Agency's '120 Google Workspace stats' repeats the 8 million citing Exploding Topics, and attributes the '50.34% against 45.46%' shares to MarketSplash.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#explodingtopics-2025-06-05-restates-google-workspace-8-million-paying-customers",
      "citation_text": "More than 8 million customers pay for Google Workspace, a June 2025 statistics roundup said, citing 'Google, Patronum', a figure Google never published: its own counts went from 6 million (2020) to over 9 million (2023) and 10 million (2025) (Exploding Topics, 2025). Source: Exploding Topics, \"Google Workspace User Stats (Exploding Topics, last updated 5 June 2025)\" (https://explodingtopics.com/blog/google-workspace-stats). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#explodingtopics-2025-06-05-restates-google-workspace-8-million-paying-customers."
    },
    {
      "id": "deepnews-2025-10-14-restates-wps-covers-over-80pct-of-china-government-and-enterprise-market",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "WPS covers over 80% of China's government and enterprise market, a financial news report said in October 2025 without naming a source, after China's Ministry of Commerce published export-control attachments in WPS format for the first time (Deep News via Tiger Brokers, 2025).",
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      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 80,
      "unit": "% of China's government and enterprise office-software market (as restated, measure unstated)",
      "display_value": "over 80%",
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      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "China",
      "period": "2025-10",
      "population": "Government and enterprise office-software users in China (measure not stated)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Deep News (Tiger Brokers news feed)",
      "source_title": "Ministry of Commerce Announcement Boosts WPS, but AI May Be Key Factor in Global Competition (Deep News, 14 October 2025)",
      "source_url": "https://www.itiger.com/news/1149849601",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2025-10-14",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "With the wave of legitimate software and domestic substitution, WPS now covers over 80% of China's government and enterprise market, while also maintaining advantages in mobile applications.",
      "locator": "Seventh paragraph; raw copy raw/office-competitors/itiger-wps-ministry-of-commerce.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Restatement with no stated source or measure; not a finding. Kingsoft's own filings claim only 'a leading share' in government and enterprise document software. The same article says WPS Office PC daily active devices in China exceeded 100 million, and restates Microsoft's 400 million paid Office 365 commercial seats as 'paid users'.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#deepnews-2025-10-14-restates-wps-covers-over-80pct-of-china-government-and-enterprise-market",
      "citation_text": "WPS covers over 80% of China's government and enterprise market, a financial news report said in October 2025 without naming a source, after China's Ministry of Commerce published export-control attachments in WPS format for the first time (Deep News via Tiger Brokers, 2025). Source: Deep News (Tiger Brokers news feed), \"Ministry of Commerce Announcement Boosts WPS, but AI May Be Key Factor in Global Competition (Deep News, 14 October 2025)\" (https://www.itiger.com/news/1149849601). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#deepnews-2025-10-14-restates-wps-covers-over-80pct-of-china-government-and-enterprise-market."
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      "id": "spiceworks-2017-11-06-g-suite-used-by-17pct-of-organizations",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "17% of organizations used Google's G Suite and 16% Google's free productivity apps in 2017, against 82% using on-premises Microsoft Office and 53% Office 365, in Spiceworks' survey of 1,168 IT professionals in the US, Canada and the UK (Spiceworks, 2017).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 17,
      "unit": "% of organizations using G Suite (survey of IT professionals)",
      "display_value": "17%",
      "display_label": "Spiceworks survey, November 2017",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "United States, Canada and United Kingdom",
      "period": "2017-09",
      "population": "Organizations of 1,168 IT professionals who influence technology purchases, US, Canada and UK",
      "sample_n": 1168,
      "publisher": "Spiceworks",
      "source_title": "Spiceworks Study Examines the State of Productivity Suites in the Workplace (Spiceworks press release via GlobeNewswire, 6 November 2017; copy on firmenpresse.de)",
      "source_url": "https://www.firmenpresse.de/pressrelease566769/spiceworks-study-examines-the-state-of-productivity-suites-in-the-workplace.html",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2017-11-06",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Additionally, 17 percent of organizations are using G Suite by Google and 16 percent are using the free online version of Google's productivity tools, such as Gmail and Google Docs.",
      "locator": "Section 'Productivity suite adoption trends'; Microsoft figures (82% on-premises, 53% Office 365) in the preceding paragraphs; methodology at the end; raw copy raw/office-competitors/spiceworks-2017-11-productivity-suites-press-release.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
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      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Organisations using a suite at all, not their main suite and not seats; answers overlap. Education was the exception: 54% G Suite and 29% Google's free apps. Plans: a further 17% planned to adopt Office 365 within two years against 3% for G Suite. The Microsoft figures and the same release's Office version shares are recorded by the install-base family (spiceworks-2017-09-survey-82pct-of-organizations-use-on-premises-office-53pct-office-365 and the spiceworks-2017-11-06-deployment-data records). The GlobeNewswire original was not located; firmenpresse.de carries the full release.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#spiceworks-2017-11-06-g-suite-used-by-17pct-of-organizations",
      "citation_text": "17% of organizations used Google's G Suite and 16% Google's free productivity apps in 2017, against 82% using on-premises Microsoft Office and 53% Office 365, in Spiceworks' survey of 1,168 IT professionals in the US, Canada and the UK (Spiceworks, 2017). Source: Spiceworks, \"Spiceworks Study Examines the State of Productivity Suites in the Workplace (Spiceworks press release via GlobeNewswire, 6 November 2017; copy on firmenpresse.de)\" (https://www.firmenpresse.de/pressrelease566769/spiceworks-study-examines-the-state-of-productivity-suites-in-the-workplace.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#spiceworks-2017-11-06-g-suite-used-by-17pct-of-organizations."
    },
    {
      "id": "spiceworks-2017-11-06-open-source-suites-libreoffice-openoffice-16pct",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "16% of organizations used open-source office suites such as LibreOffice and OpenOffice and 3% Apple iWork for iCloud in 2017, in Spiceworks' survey of 1,168 IT professionals in the US, Canada and the UK (Spiceworks, 2017).",
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      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 16,
      "unit": "% of organizations using open-source productivity suites (survey of IT professionals)",
      "display_value": "16%",
      "display_label": "Spiceworks survey, November 2017",
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      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "United States, Canada and United Kingdom",
      "period": "2017-09",
      "population": "Organizations of 1,168 IT professionals who influence technology purchases, US, Canada and UK",
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      "publisher": "Spiceworks",
      "source_title": "Spiceworks Study Examines the State of Productivity Suites in the Workplace (Spiceworks press release via GlobeNewswire, 6 November 2017; copy on firmenpresse.de)",
      "source_url": "https://www.firmenpresse.de/pressrelease566769/spiceworks-study-examines-the-state-of-productivity-suites-in-the-workplace.html",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2017-11-06",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Sixteen percent of companies also reported using open-source productivity suites like LibreOffice and OpenOffice while 3 percent reported using Apple iWork for iCloud.",
      "locator": "Section 'Productivity suite adoption trends', second paragraph; raw copy raw/office-competitors/spiceworks-2017-11-productivity-suites-press-release.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Use anywhere in the organisation, alongside Microsoft Office in most cases; only 2% planned to adopt open-source suites within two years. The only independent business survey found that sizes Apple iWork at work.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#spiceworks-2017-11-06-open-source-suites-libreoffice-openoffice-16pct",
      "citation_text": "16% of organizations used open-source office suites such as LibreOffice and OpenOffice and 3% Apple iWork for iCloud in 2017, in Spiceworks' survey of 1,168 IT professionals in the US, Canada and the UK (Spiceworks, 2017). Source: Spiceworks, \"Spiceworks Study Examines the State of Productivity Suites in the Workplace (Spiceworks press release via GlobeNewswire, 6 November 2017; copy on firmenpresse.de)\" (https://www.firmenpresse.de/pressrelease566769/spiceworks-study-examines-the-state-of-productivity-suites-in-the-workplace.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#spiceworks-2017-11-06-open-source-suites-libreoffice-openoffice-16pct."
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    {
      "id": "osor-2014-07-23-toulouse-libreoffice-90pct-of-desktops-1-million-euros-saved",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "90% of the City of Toulouse's desktops ran LibreOffice by 2014 after an 18-month migration, saving 1 million euros in the first three years against Microsoft Office licences of 1.8 million euros every three years, the city's former IT policy lead said (European Commission OSOR, 2014).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 90,
      "unit": "% of city desktops running LibreOffice",
      "display_value": "90%",
      "display_label": "EU Open Source Observatory, July 2014",
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      "row_label": "Toulouse: desktops on LibreOffice, 2014",
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "France (Toulouse)",
      "period": "2014-07",
      "population": "Desktops of the City of Toulouse and Toulouse Métropole (about 10,000 staff)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "European Commission, Open Source Observatory (OSOR)",
      "source_title": "Moving to LibreOffice saves Toulouse 1 million (OSOR, Joinup, 23 July 2014)",
      "source_url": "https://interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/node/98295",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2014-07-23",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "The migration started in 2012, following the political decision in 2011. The switch took a year and a half, and 90 per cent of the desktops now run LibreOffice.",
      "locator": "Second paragraph; savings quote from Erwane Monthubert in the third: 'Software licenses for productivity suites cost Toulouse 1.8 million euro every three years. Migration cost us about 800,000 euro'; raw copy raw/office-competitors/osor-node-98295.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "The headline says 'all its desktops'; the body says 90%. Savings are the city's own: 1.8 million euros of licences every three years, about 800,000 euros of migration cost, 1 million euros saved over the first three years. 'Several thousand' of the 10,000 staff used LibreOffice daily. The full OSOR case study is at interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/node/135165.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#osor-2014-07-23-toulouse-libreoffice-90pct-of-desktops-1-million-euros-saved",
      "citation_text": "90% of the City of Toulouse's desktops ran LibreOffice by 2014 after an 18-month migration, saving 1 million euros in the first three years against Microsoft Office licences of 1.8 million euros every three years, the city's former IT policy lead said (European Commission OSOR, 2014). Source: European Commission, Open Source Observatory (OSOR), \"Moving to LibreOffice saves Toulouse 1 million (OSOR, Joinup, 23 July 2014)\" (https://interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/node/98295). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#osor-2014-07-23-toulouse-libreoffice-90pct-of-desktops-1-million-euros-saved."
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    {
      "id": "computerworld-2023-09-12-idc-collaboration-apps-2022-microsoft-29-7pct-google-13-5pct",
      "family": "office-competitors",
      "statement": "29.7% of worldwide spending on collaboration software went to Microsoft in 2022 and 13.5% to Google, ahead of Zoom (11.2%), Salesforce (7.6%) and Cisco (3.2%), by IDC's estimate reported by Computerworld (Computerworld, 2023).",
      "short_statement": "Microsoft took **29.7%** of worldwide spending on collaboration software in 2022 and Google 13.5% (IDC via Computerworld, 2023).",
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 29.7,
      "unit": "% of worldwide collaborative-applications revenue (IDC estimate; Google 13.5%)",
      "display_value": "29.7% against 13.5%",
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      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2022",
      "population": "Worldwide business spending on collaborative applications (videoconferencing, team chat, email and more), 33.9 billion US dollars in 2022",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Computerworld",
      "source_title": "IDC: Collaboration software spending growth slows; AI features to drive future increases (Computerworld, Matthew Finnegan, 12 September 2023)",
      "source_url": "https://www.computerworld.com/article/1635399/idc-collaboration-software-spending-growth-slows-ai-features-to-drive-future-increases.html",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2023-09-12",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Microsoft accounted for the largest portion of the collaboration applications market last year (29.7%), according to IDC, followed by Google (13.5%), Zoom (11.2%), Salesforce (7.6%), and Cisco (3.2%).",
      "locator": "Fourth paragraph; market size (33.9 billion US dollars, up 14.6%) in the first; raw copy raw/office-competitors/computerworld-idc-collaboration-software-2022-shares.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "An analyst revenue share as quoted by the press (IDC's report is paywalled). The market is collaboration software (Teams, Zoom, Slack, email and similar), not office suites, so it is not a Word-versus-Docs share; it is the closest independent revenue split between Microsoft and Google found. A market-report reseller listing gave IDC's 2023 split as Microsoft 30.1% and Google 14.7%, but the page was gone (HTTP 410) on 15 October 2026 and is not recorded.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#computerworld-2023-09-12-idc-collaboration-apps-2022-microsoft-29-7pct-google-13-5pct",
      "citation_text": "29.7% of worldwide spending on collaboration software went to Microsoft in 2022 and 13.5% to Google, ahead of Zoom (11.2%), Salesforce (7.6%) and Cisco (3.2%), by IDC's estimate reported by Computerworld (Computerworld, 2023). Source: Computerworld, \"IDC: Collaboration software spending growth slows; AI features to drive future increases (Computerworld, Matthew Finnegan, 12 September 2023)\" (https://www.computerworld.com/article/1635399/idc-collaboration-software-spending-growth-slows-ai-features-to-drive-future-increases.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#computerworld-2023-09-12-idc-collaboration-apps-2022-microsoft-29-7pct-google-13-5pct."
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    {
      "id": "cisa-kev-2026-10-14-office-application-entries-45-derived",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "**45** of the 1,745 actively exploited vulnerabilities in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue at 14 October 2026 are flaws in Microsoft Office applications such as Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, 11.5% of the catalogue's 390 Microsoft entries (CISA, counted 2026).",
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      "value": 45,
      "unit": "KEV catalogue entries whose product is a Microsoft Office application",
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      "period": "2026-10-14",
      "population": "Vulnerabilities CISA has evidence of active exploitation for (catalogue opened 3 November 2021)",
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      "publisher": "Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)",
      "source_title": "CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (JSON feed, catalogVersion 2026.10.14)",
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      "source_type": "primary",
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      "published_at": "2026-10-14",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "\"title\": \"CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities\", \"catalogVersion\": \"2026.10.14\", \"dateReleased\": \"2026-10-14T19:27:28.0105Z\", \"count\": 1745",
      "locator": "Header fields and vulnerabilities[] (product field); counts in raw/office-end-of-support-history/count_office_kev_output.txt",
      "derived": true,
      "formula": "KEV JSON feed downloaded 2026-10-15 (catalogVersion 2026.10.14, dateReleased 2026-10-14T19:27:28Z, count 1,745) to raw/office-end-of-support-history/kev/; script count_office_kev.py.txt, output count_office_kev_output.txt. Office-application entries = vendorProject 'Microsoft' and product field one of Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Office Outlook, Publisher, Project, 'Office and WordPad', 'Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)' or 'MSCOMCTL.OCX' (CVE-2012-0158, which Microsoft's MS12-027 fixed in Office). 42 of the 45 have product Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher or 'Office and WordPad'.",
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      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "A lower bound for Office exposure: Office-delivered flaws that CISA files under Windows components are not counted, e.g. CVE-2022-30190 (Follina, MSDT, 'called ... from a calling application such as Word'), CVE-2021-40444 (MSHTML) and CVE-2023-36884. The catalogue records exploitation evidence, not the number of attacks. Microsoft as a whole has 390 of 1,745 entries (22.4%); page 3 recorded 390 of 1,741 at version 2026.10.13.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#cisa-kev-2026-10-14-office-application-entries-45-derived",
      "citation_text": "**45** of the 1,745 actively exploited vulnerabilities in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue at 14 October 2026 are flaws in Microsoft Office applications such as Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, 11.5% of the catalogue's 390 Microsoft entries (CISA, counted 2026). Source: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), \"CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (JSON feed, catalogVersion 2026.10.14)\" (https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#cisa-kev-2026-10-14-office-application-entries-45-derived."
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      "id": "cisa-kev-2026-10-14-office-entries-with-cve-ids-from-2017-or-earlier-30-derived",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "30 of the 45 Microsoft Office flaws in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue at 14 October 2026 carry CVE ids from 2017 or earlier, and 7 date from 2006 to 2009, old bugs that still work against unpatched copies (CISA, counted 2026).",
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      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-10-14",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "\"cveID\": \"CVE-2006-2492\", \"vendorProject\": \"Microsoft\", \"product\": \"Word\", \"vulnerabilityName\": \"Microsoft Word Malformed Object Pointer Vulnerability\", \"dateAdded\": \"2022-06-08\"",
      "locator": "vulnerabilities[] entries for the 45 Office applications; distribution 'by CVE year' in count_office_kev_output.txt",
      "derived": true,
      "formula": "KEV JSON feed downloaded 2026-10-15 (catalogVersion 2026.10.14, dateReleased 2026-10-14T19:27:28Z, count 1,745) to raw/office-end-of-support-history/kev/; script count_office_kev.py.txt, output count_office_kev_output.txt. Office-application entries = vendorProject 'Microsoft' and product field one of Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Office Outlook, Publisher, Project, 'Office and WordPad', 'Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)' or 'MSCOMCTL.OCX' (CVE-2012-0158, which Microsoft's MS12-027 fixed in Office). CVE id year from the cveID field: 2006 1, 2007 1, 2009 5, 2010 2, 2012 4, 2013 1, 2014 1, 2015 5, 2016 3, 2017 7 (=30); 2018 2, 2019 1, 2021 3, 2023 4, 2024 3, 2026 2.",
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "The CVE year is when the identifier was reserved, close to the patch date for these Office flaws. CISA adds entries when it has exploitation evidence, which can come years after the patch: CVE-2009-0238 was added in April 2026.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#cisa-kev-2026-10-14-office-entries-with-cve-ids-from-2017-or-earlier-30-derived",
      "citation_text": "30 of the 45 Microsoft Office flaws in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue at 14 October 2026 carry CVE ids from 2017 or earlier, and 7 date from 2006 to 2009, old bugs that still work against unpatched copies (CISA, counted 2026). Source: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), \"CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (JSON feed, catalogVersion 2026.10.14)\" (https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#cisa-kev-2026-10-14-office-entries-with-cve-ids-from-2017-or-earlier-30-derived."
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      "id": "cisa-kev-2026-office-entries-added-5-three-from-2009-and-2012",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "5 Microsoft Office flaws were added to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue in 2026 up to 14 October, three of them from 2009 and 2012, including the Excel flaw CVE-2009-0238 added on 14 April 2026 (CISA, counted 2026).",
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      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 5,
      "unit": "Office entries added to the KEV catalogue in 2026 (to 14 October)",
      "display_value": "5",
      "display_label": "CISA KEV catalogue, January to October 2026",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide (catalogue maintained by the US CISA)",
      "period": "2026-01-01/2026-10-14",
      "population": "Office-application entries of the KEV catalogue by dateAdded",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)",
      "source_title": "CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (JSON feed, catalogVersion 2026.10.14)",
      "source_url": "https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-10-14",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "\"cveID\": \"CVE-2009-0238\", \"vendorProject\": \"Microsoft\", \"product\": \"Office\", \"vulnerabilityName\": \"Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution\", \"dateAdded\": \"2026-04-14\"",
      "locator": "vulnerabilities[] entries CVE-2009-0556 (added 2026-01-07), CVE-2026-21509 (2026-01-26), CVE-2026-21514 (2026-02-10), CVE-2012-1854 (VBA, 2026-04-13), CVE-2009-0238 (2026-04-14)",
      "derived": true,
      "formula": "KEV JSON feed downloaded 2026-10-15 (catalogVersion 2026.10.14, dateReleased 2026-10-14T19:27:28Z, count 1,745) to raw/office-end-of-support-history/kev/; script count_office_kev.py.txt, output count_office_kev_output.txt. Office-application entries = vendorProject 'Microsoft' and product field one of Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Office Outlook, Publisher, Project, 'Office and WordPad', 'Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)' or 'MSCOMCTL.OCX' (CVE-2012-0158, which Microsoft's MS12-027 fixed in Office). dateAdded year: 2021 10, 2022 22, 2023 4, 2024 2, 2025 2, 2026 5.",
      "headline": false,
      "series": "cisa-kev-office-entries-added-per-year",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Office entries added per year since the catalogue opened in November 2021 (most of the 2021-2022 additions were the backlog of known exploited flaws): 2021 10, 2022 22, 2023 4, 2024 2, 2025 2 (CVE-2024-21413 Outlook, CVE-2007-0671 Excel), 2026 5.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#cisa-kev-2026-office-entries-added-5-three-from-2009-and-2012",
      "citation_text": "5 Microsoft Office flaws were added to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue in 2026 up to 14 October, three of them from 2009 and 2012, including the Excel flaw CVE-2009-0238 added on 14 April 2026 (CISA, counted 2026). Source: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), \"CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (JSON feed, catalogVersion 2026.10.14)\" (https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#cisa-kev-2026-office-entries-added-5-three-from-2009-and-2012."
    },
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      "id": "cisa-kev-2026-10-14-office-entries-known-ransomware-use-5-derived",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "5 of the 45 Microsoft Office flaws in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue are marked as known to be used in ransomware campaigns at 14 October 2026: CVE-2012-0158, CVE-2017-0199, CVE-2017-11882, CVE-2018-0802 and CVE-2021-38646 (CISA, counted 2026).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 5,
      "unit": "Office entries in the KEV catalogue with knownRansomwareCampaignUse 'Known'",
      "display_value": "5",
      "display_label": "",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide (catalogue maintained by the US CISA)",
      "period": "2026-10-14",
      "population": "The 45 Office-application entries of the KEV catalogue",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)",
      "source_title": "CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (JSON feed, catalogVersion 2026.10.14)",
      "source_url": "https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-10-14",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "\"cveID\": \"CVE-2017-11882\", \"vendorProject\": \"Microsoft\", \"product\": \"Office\", \"vulnerabilityName\": \"Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability\", \"dateAdded\": \"2021-11-03\"",
      "locator": "vulnerabilities[] field knownRansomwareCampaignUse for the 45 Office entries; list in count_office_kev_output.txt",
      "derived": true,
      "formula": "KEV JSON feed downloaded 2026-10-15 (catalogVersion 2026.10.14, dateReleased 2026-10-14T19:27:28Z, count 1,745) to raw/office-end-of-support-history/kev/; script count_office_kev.py.txt, output count_office_kev_output.txt. Office-application entries = vendorProject 'Microsoft' and product field one of Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Office Outlook, Publisher, Project, 'Office and WordPad', 'Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)' or 'MSCOMCTL.OCX' (CVE-2012-0158, which Microsoft's MS12-027 fixed in Office). knownRansomwareCampaignUse == 'Known' (case-insensitive).",
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Four of the five are flaws from 2012 to 2018, patched for the Office versions then supported; the Equation Editor flaws CVE-2017-11882 and CVE-2018-0802 were closed by removing the component in January 2018.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#cisa-kev-2026-10-14-office-entries-known-ransomware-use-5-derived",
      "citation_text": "5 of the 45 Microsoft Office flaws in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue are marked as known to be used in ransomware campaigns at 14 October 2026: CVE-2012-0158, CVE-2017-0199, CVE-2017-11882, CVE-2018-0802 and CVE-2021-38646 (CISA, counted 2026). Source: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), \"CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (JSON feed, catalogVersion 2026.10.14)\" (https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#cisa-kev-2026-10-14-office-entries-known-ransomware-use-5-derived."
    },
    {
      "id": "cisa-kev-2026-01-26-cve-2026-21509-office-zero-day-added",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "CVE-2026-21509, an actively exploited Microsoft Office security-feature bypass, was added to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue on 26 January 2026 with a three-week deadline for US federal agencies to fix it (CISA, 2026).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": null,
      "unit": "date added to the KEV catalogue",
      "display_value": "26 January 2026",
      "display_label": "",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide (catalogue maintained by the US CISA)",
      "period": "2026-01-26",
      "population": "KEV catalogue entry CVE-2026-21509",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)",
      "source_title": "CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (JSON feed, catalogVersion 2026.10.14)",
      "source_url": "https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-10-14",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "\"cveID\": \"CVE-2026-21509\", \"vendorProject\": \"Microsoft\", \"product\": \"Office\", \"vulnerabilityName\": \"Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability\", \"dateAdded\": \"2026-01-26\"",
      "locator": "vulnerabilities[] entry CVE-2026-21509 (dueDate 2026-02-16)",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Microsoft published fixes the same day, including for Office 2016 and 2019 three months after their end of support (record msrc-cvrf-2026-01-26-cve-2026-21509-fixes-for-office-2016-and-2019-after-end-of-support).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#cisa-kev-2026-01-26-cve-2026-21509-office-zero-day-added",
      "citation_text": "CVE-2026-21509, an actively exploited Microsoft Office security-feature bypass, was added to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue on 26 January 2026 with a three-week deadline for US federal agencies to fix it (CISA, 2026). Source: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), \"CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (JSON feed, catalogVersion 2026.10.14)\" (https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#cisa-kev-2026-01-26-cve-2026-21509-office-zero-day-added."
    },
    {
      "id": "msrc-cvrf-2017-desktop-office-cves-89-derived",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "89 distinct security vulnerabilities (CVEs) affected Microsoft's desktop Office apps for Windows and Mac in its 2017 monthly security updates, the year Office 2007 support ended (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 89,
      "unit": "distinct CVEs listing a desktop Office product as affected",
      "display_value": "89",
      "display_label": "",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide (all customers of the product)",
      "period": "2017",
      "population": "CVE ids in Microsoft's monthly security update documents whose affected products include desktop Office (suites, Microsoft 365 Apps, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, Publisher, OneNote; Windows and Mac)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)",
      "source_title": "Microsoft Security Updates CVRF documents, January to December 2017 (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)",
      "source_url": "https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2017-Jan",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2017-12-12",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "\"DocumentTitle\":{\"Value\":\"January 2017 Security Updates\"} ... {\"ProductID\":\"10747\",\"Value\":\"Microsoft Word 2016 (64-bit edition)\"}",
      "locator": "ProductTree.FullProductName and Vulnerability[].ProductStatuses (Type 3) in each document January to December 2017; per-month counts in count_office_msrc_output.txt",
      "derived": true,
      "formula": "Distinct CVE ids across the MSRC CVRF v3.0 monthly documents (GET https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/<YYYY-Mon> with header Accept: application/json, all 193 documents downloaded 2026-10-15 to raw/office-end-of-support-history/msrc/) whose Vulnerability[].ProductStatuses entries of Type 3 (Known Affected) include a product id that ProductTree.FullProductName maps to a desktop Office name: regex /^(Microsoft (Office|Word|Excel|PowerPoint|Outlook|Access|Publisher|OneNote) |Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise|Office 365 ProPlus)/ minus names matching /Server|Online|Web App|Services|SharePoint|Android|iOS|Universal|Mobile|Viewer|Deployment Tool|Out-of-Box|Copilot|OfficePLUS|Outlook.com|Compatibility Pack/; a CVE counts once per year even if a later document re-lists it. Script count_office_msrc.py.txt, output count_office_msrc_output.txt. Highest severity per CVE (Threats Type 3): 11 rated Critical.",
      "headline": false,
      "series": "msrc-desktop-office-cves-per-year",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Derived from Microsoft's own machine-readable security update documents. Not comparable with Patch Tuesday totals from Tenable or ZDI, which count each release's new CVEs across all products. MSRC revises old documents (CurrentReleaseDate up to October 2026), so a re-run can differ slightly. Excludes server and web products (SharePoint, Office Online Server, Office Web Apps), mobile apps, viewers, Visio, Project and Skype/Lync. Monthly documents are complete from April 2016, so 2016 (73 CVEs, ten months) is left out of the series. NVD's CPE-based count for the same year is on the NVD records.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2017-desktop-office-cves-89-derived",
      "citation_text": "89 distinct security vulnerabilities (CVEs) affected Microsoft's desktop Office apps for Windows and Mac in its 2017 monthly security updates, the year Office 2007 support ended (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026). Source: Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), \"Microsoft Security Updates CVRF documents, January to December 2017 (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)\" (https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2017-Jan). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2017-desktop-office-cves-89-derived."
    },
    {
      "id": "msrc-cvrf-2018-desktop-office-cves-92-derived",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "92 distinct security vulnerabilities (CVEs) affected Microsoft's desktop Office apps for Windows and Mac in its 2018 monthly security updates (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026).",
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      "short_refs": null,
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      "unit": "distinct CVEs listing a desktop Office product as affected",
      "display_value": "92",
      "display_label": "",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
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      "period": "2018",
      "population": "CVE ids in Microsoft's monthly security update documents whose affected products include desktop Office (suites, Microsoft 365 Apps, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, Publisher, OneNote; Windows and Mac)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)",
      "source_title": "Microsoft Security Updates CVRF documents, January to December 2018 (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)",
      "source_url": "https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2018-Jan",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2018-12-11",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "\"DocumentTitle\":{\"Value\":\"January 2018 Security Updates\"} ... {\"ProductID\":\"10754\",\"Value\":\"Microsoft Office 2016 (64-bit edition)\"}",
      "locator": "ProductTree.FullProductName and Vulnerability[].ProductStatuses (Type 3) in each document January to December 2018; per-month counts in count_office_msrc_output.txt",
      "derived": true,
      "formula": "Distinct CVE ids across the MSRC CVRF v3.0 monthly documents (GET https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/<YYYY-Mon> with header Accept: application/json, all 193 documents downloaded 2026-10-15 to raw/office-end-of-support-history/msrc/) whose Vulnerability[].ProductStatuses entries of Type 3 (Known Affected) include a product id that ProductTree.FullProductName maps to a desktop Office name: regex /^(Microsoft (Office|Word|Excel|PowerPoint|Outlook|Access|Publisher|OneNote) |Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise|Office 365 ProPlus)/ minus names matching /Server|Online|Web App|Services|SharePoint|Android|iOS|Universal|Mobile|Viewer|Deployment Tool|Out-of-Box|Copilot|OfficePLUS|Outlook.com|Compatibility Pack/; a CVE counts once per year even if a later document re-lists it. Script count_office_msrc.py.txt, output count_office_msrc_output.txt. Highest severity per CVE (Threats Type 3): 3 rated Critical.",
      "headline": false,
      "series": "msrc-desktop-office-cves-per-year",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Derived from Microsoft's own machine-readable security update documents. Not comparable with Patch Tuesday totals from Tenable or ZDI, which count each release's new CVEs across all products. MSRC revises old documents (CurrentReleaseDate up to October 2026), so a re-run can differ slightly. Excludes server and web products (SharePoint, Office Online Server, Office Web Apps), mobile apps, viewers, Visio, Project and Skype/Lync. Monthly documents are complete from April 2016, so 2016 (73 CVEs, ten months) is left out of the series. NVD's CPE-based count for the same year is on the NVD records.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2018-desktop-office-cves-92-derived",
      "citation_text": "92 distinct security vulnerabilities (CVEs) affected Microsoft's desktop Office apps for Windows and Mac in its 2018 monthly security updates (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026). Source: Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), \"Microsoft Security Updates CVRF documents, January to December 2018 (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)\" (https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2018-Jan). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2018-desktop-office-cves-92-derived."
    },
    {
      "id": "msrc-cvrf-2019-desktop-office-cves-61-derived",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "61 distinct security vulnerabilities (CVEs) affected Microsoft's desktop Office apps for Windows and Mac in its 2019 monthly security updates (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
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      "unit": "distinct CVEs listing a desktop Office product as affected",
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      "period": "2019",
      "population": "CVE ids in Microsoft's monthly security update documents whose affected products include desktop Office (suites, Microsoft 365 Apps, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, Publisher, OneNote; Windows and Mac)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)",
      "source_title": "Microsoft Security Updates CVRF documents, January to December 2019 (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)",
      "source_url": "https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2019-Jan",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2019-12-10",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "\"DocumentTitle\":{\"Value\":\"January 2019 Security Updates\"} ... {\"ProductID\":\"10754\",\"Value\":\"Microsoft Office 2016 (64-bit edition)\"}",
      "locator": "ProductTree.FullProductName and Vulnerability[].ProductStatuses (Type 3) in each document January to December 2019; per-month counts in count_office_msrc_output.txt",
      "derived": true,
      "formula": "Distinct CVE ids across the MSRC CVRF v3.0 monthly documents (GET https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/<YYYY-Mon> with header Accept: application/json, all 193 documents downloaded 2026-10-15 to raw/office-end-of-support-history/msrc/) whose Vulnerability[].ProductStatuses entries of Type 3 (Known Affected) include a product id that ProductTree.FullProductName maps to a desktop Office name: regex /^(Microsoft (Office|Word|Excel|PowerPoint|Outlook|Access|Publisher|OneNote) |Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise|Office 365 ProPlus)/ minus names matching /Server|Online|Web App|Services|SharePoint|Android|iOS|Universal|Mobile|Viewer|Deployment Tool|Out-of-Box|Copilot|OfficePLUS|Outlook.com|Compatibility Pack/; a CVE counts once per year even if a later document re-lists it. Script count_office_msrc.py.txt, output count_office_msrc_output.txt. Highest severity per CVE (Threats Type 3): 7 rated Critical.",
      "headline": false,
      "series": "msrc-desktop-office-cves-per-year",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Derived from Microsoft's own machine-readable security update documents. Not comparable with Patch Tuesday totals from Tenable or ZDI, which count each release's new CVEs across all products. MSRC revises old documents (CurrentReleaseDate up to October 2026), so a re-run can differ slightly. Excludes server and web products (SharePoint, Office Online Server, Office Web Apps), mobile apps, viewers, Visio, Project and Skype/Lync. Monthly documents are complete from April 2016, so 2016 (73 CVEs, ten months) is left out of the series. NVD's CPE-based count for the same year is on the NVD records.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2019-desktop-office-cves-61-derived",
      "citation_text": "61 distinct security vulnerabilities (CVEs) affected Microsoft's desktop Office apps for Windows and Mac in its 2019 monthly security updates (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026). Source: Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), \"Microsoft Security Updates CVRF documents, January to December 2019 (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)\" (https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2019-Jan). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2019-desktop-office-cves-61-derived."
    },
    {
      "id": "msrc-cvrf-2020-desktop-office-cves-88-derived",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "88 distinct security vulnerabilities (CVEs) affected Microsoft's desktop Office apps for Windows and Mac in its 2020 monthly security updates, the year Office 2010 support ended (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 88,
      "unit": "distinct CVEs listing a desktop Office product as affected",
      "display_value": "88",
      "display_label": "",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide (all customers of the product)",
      "period": "2020",
      "population": "CVE ids in Microsoft's monthly security update documents whose affected products include desktop Office (suites, Microsoft 365 Apps, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, Publisher, OneNote; Windows and Mac)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)",
      "source_title": "Microsoft Security Updates CVRF documents, January to December 2020 (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)",
      "source_url": "https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2020-Jan",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2020-12-08",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "\"DocumentTitle\":{\"Value\":\"January 2020 Security Updates\"} ... {\"ProductID\":\"11578\",\"Value\":\"Office 365 ProPlus for 64-bit Systems\"}",
      "locator": "ProductTree.FullProductName and Vulnerability[].ProductStatuses (Type 3) in each document January to December 2020; per-month counts in count_office_msrc_output.txt",
      "derived": true,
      "formula": "Distinct CVE ids across the MSRC CVRF v3.0 monthly documents (GET https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/<YYYY-Mon> with header Accept: application/json, all 193 documents downloaded 2026-10-15 to raw/office-end-of-support-history/msrc/) whose Vulnerability[].ProductStatuses entries of Type 3 (Known Affected) include a product id that ProductTree.FullProductName maps to a desktop Office name: regex /^(Microsoft (Office|Word|Excel|PowerPoint|Outlook|Access|Publisher|OneNote) |Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise|Office 365 ProPlus)/ minus names matching /Server|Online|Web App|Services|SharePoint|Android|iOS|Universal|Mobile|Viewer|Deployment Tool|Out-of-Box|Copilot|OfficePLUS|Outlook.com|Compatibility Pack/; a CVE counts once per year even if a later document re-lists it. Script count_office_msrc.py.txt, output count_office_msrc_output.txt. Highest severity per CVE (Threats Type 3): 5 rated Critical.",
      "headline": false,
      "series": "msrc-desktop-office-cves-per-year",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Derived from Microsoft's own machine-readable security update documents. Not comparable with Patch Tuesday totals from Tenable or ZDI, which count each release's new CVEs across all products. MSRC revises old documents (CurrentReleaseDate up to October 2026), so a re-run can differ slightly. Excludes server and web products (SharePoint, Office Online Server, Office Web Apps), mobile apps, viewers, Visio, Project and Skype/Lync. Monthly documents are complete from April 2016, so 2016 (73 CVEs, ten months) is left out of the series. NVD's CPE-based count for the same year is on the NVD records.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2020-desktop-office-cves-88-derived",
      "citation_text": "88 distinct security vulnerabilities (CVEs) affected Microsoft's desktop Office apps for Windows and Mac in its 2020 monthly security updates, the year Office 2010 support ended (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026). Source: Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), \"Microsoft Security Updates CVRF documents, January to December 2020 (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)\" (https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2020-Jan). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2020-desktop-office-cves-88-derived."
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      "id": "msrc-cvrf-2021-desktop-office-cves-70-derived",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "70 distinct security vulnerabilities (CVEs) affected Microsoft's desktop Office apps for Windows and Mac in its 2021 monthly security updates (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026).",
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      "period": "2021",
      "population": "CVE ids in Microsoft's monthly security update documents whose affected products include desktop Office (suites, Microsoft 365 Apps, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, Publisher, OneNote; Windows and Mac)",
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      "source_title": "Microsoft Security Updates CVRF documents, January to December 2021 (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)",
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      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2021-12-14",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "\"DocumentTitle\":{\"Value\":\"January 2021 Security Updates\"} ... {\"ProductID\":\"10754\",\"Value\":\"Microsoft Office 2016 (64-bit edition)\"}",
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      "headline": false,
      "series": "msrc-desktop-office-cves-per-year",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Derived from Microsoft's own machine-readable security update documents. Not comparable with Patch Tuesday totals from Tenable or ZDI, which count each release's new CVEs across all products. MSRC revises old documents (CurrentReleaseDate up to October 2026), so a re-run can differ slightly. Excludes server and web products (SharePoint, Office Online Server, Office Web Apps), mobile apps, viewers, Visio, Project and Skype/Lync. Monthly documents are complete from April 2016, so 2016 (73 CVEs, ten months) is left out of the series. NVD's CPE-based count for the same year is on the NVD records.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2021-desktop-office-cves-70-derived",
      "citation_text": "70 distinct security vulnerabilities (CVEs) affected Microsoft's desktop Office apps for Windows and Mac in its 2021 monthly security updates (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026). Source: Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), \"Microsoft Security Updates CVRF documents, January to December 2021 (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)\" (https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2021-Jan). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2021-desktop-office-cves-70-derived."
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      "id": "msrc-cvrf-2022-desktop-office-cves-55-derived",
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      "statement": "55 distinct security vulnerabilities (CVEs) affected Microsoft's desktop Office apps for Windows and Mac in its 2022 monthly security updates (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026).",
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      "short_refs": null,
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      "unit": "distinct CVEs listing a desktop Office product as affected",
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      "publisher": "Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)",
      "source_title": "Microsoft Security Updates CVRF documents, January to December 2022 (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)",
      "source_url": "https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2022-Jan",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2022-12-13",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "\"DocumentTitle\":{\"Value\":\"January 2022 Security Updates\"} ... {\"ProductID\":\"10754\",\"Value\":\"Microsoft Office 2016 (64-bit edition)\"}",
      "locator": "ProductTree.FullProductName and Vulnerability[].ProductStatuses (Type 3) in each document January to December 2022; per-month counts in count_office_msrc_output.txt",
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      "formula": "Distinct CVE ids across the MSRC CVRF v3.0 monthly documents (GET https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/<YYYY-Mon> with header Accept: application/json, all 193 documents downloaded 2026-10-15 to raw/office-end-of-support-history/msrc/) whose Vulnerability[].ProductStatuses entries of Type 3 (Known Affected) include a product id that ProductTree.FullProductName maps to a desktop Office name: regex /^(Microsoft (Office|Word|Excel|PowerPoint|Outlook|Access|Publisher|OneNote) |Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise|Office 365 ProPlus)/ minus names matching /Server|Online|Web App|Services|SharePoint|Android|iOS|Universal|Mobile|Viewer|Deployment Tool|Out-of-Box|Copilot|OfficePLUS|Outlook.com|Compatibility Pack/; a CVE counts once per year even if a later document re-lists it. Script count_office_msrc.py.txt, output count_office_msrc_output.txt. Highest severity per CVE (Threats Type 3): 2 rated Critical.",
      "headline": false,
      "series": "msrc-desktop-office-cves-per-year",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Derived from Microsoft's own machine-readable security update documents. Not comparable with Patch Tuesday totals from Tenable or ZDI, which count each release's new CVEs across all products. MSRC revises old documents (CurrentReleaseDate up to October 2026), so a re-run can differ slightly. Excludes server and web products (SharePoint, Office Online Server, Office Web Apps), mobile apps, viewers, Visio, Project and Skype/Lync. Monthly documents are complete from April 2016, so 2016 (73 CVEs, ten months) is left out of the series. NVD's CPE-based count for the same year is on the NVD records.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2022-desktop-office-cves-55-derived",
      "citation_text": "55 distinct security vulnerabilities (CVEs) affected Microsoft's desktop Office apps for Windows and Mac in its 2022 monthly security updates (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026). Source: Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), \"Microsoft Security Updates CVRF documents, January to December 2022 (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)\" (https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2022-Jan). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2022-desktop-office-cves-55-derived."
    },
    {
      "id": "msrc-cvrf-2023-desktop-office-cves-66-derived",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "66 distinct security vulnerabilities (CVEs) affected Microsoft's desktop Office apps for Windows and Mac in its 2023 monthly security updates, the year Office 2013 support ended (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
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      "unit": "distinct CVEs listing a desktop Office product as affected",
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      "publisher_short": null,
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      "period": "2023",
      "population": "CVE ids in Microsoft's monthly security update documents whose affected products include desktop Office (suites, Microsoft 365 Apps, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, Publisher, OneNote; Windows and Mac)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)",
      "source_title": "Microsoft Security Updates CVRF documents, January to December 2023 (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)",
      "source_url": "https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2023-Jan",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2023-12-12",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "\"DocumentTitle\":{\"Value\":\"January 2023 Security Updates\"} ... {\"ProductID\":\"11763\",\"Value\":\"Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise for 64-bit Systems\"}",
      "locator": "ProductTree.FullProductName and Vulnerability[].ProductStatuses (Type 3) in each document January to December 2023; per-month counts in count_office_msrc_output.txt",
      "derived": true,
      "formula": "Distinct CVE ids across the MSRC CVRF v3.0 monthly documents (GET https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/<YYYY-Mon> with header Accept: application/json, all 193 documents downloaded 2026-10-15 to raw/office-end-of-support-history/msrc/) whose Vulnerability[].ProductStatuses entries of Type 3 (Known Affected) include a product id that ProductTree.FullProductName maps to a desktop Office name: regex /^(Microsoft (Office|Word|Excel|PowerPoint|Outlook|Access|Publisher|OneNote) |Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise|Office 365 ProPlus)/ minus names matching /Server|Online|Web App|Services|SharePoint|Android|iOS|Universal|Mobile|Viewer|Deployment Tool|Out-of-Box|Copilot|OfficePLUS|Outlook.com|Compatibility Pack/; a CVE counts once per year even if a later document re-lists it. Script count_office_msrc.py.txt, output count_office_msrc_output.txt. Highest severity per CVE (Threats Type 3): 3 rated Critical.",
      "headline": false,
      "series": "msrc-desktop-office-cves-per-year",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Derived from Microsoft's own machine-readable security update documents. Not comparable with Patch Tuesday totals from Tenable or ZDI, which count each release's new CVEs across all products. MSRC revises old documents (CurrentReleaseDate up to October 2026), so a re-run can differ slightly. Excludes server and web products (SharePoint, Office Online Server, Office Web Apps), mobile apps, viewers, Visio, Project and Skype/Lync. Monthly documents are complete from April 2016, so 2016 (73 CVEs, ten months) is left out of the series. NVD's CPE-based count for the same year is on the NVD records.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2023-desktop-office-cves-66-derived",
      "citation_text": "66 distinct security vulnerabilities (CVEs) affected Microsoft's desktop Office apps for Windows and Mac in its 2023 monthly security updates, the year Office 2013 support ended (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026). Source: Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), \"Microsoft Security Updates CVRF documents, January to December 2023 (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)\" (https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2023-Jan). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2023-desktop-office-cves-66-derived."
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      "id": "msrc-cvrf-2024-desktop-office-cves-46-derived",
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      "statement": "46 distinct security vulnerabilities (CVEs) affected Microsoft's desktop Office apps for Windows and Mac in its 2024 monthly security updates (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026).",
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      "short_refs": null,
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      "unit": "distinct CVEs listing a desktop Office product as affected",
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      "publisher_short": null,
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      "period": "2024",
      "population": "CVE ids in Microsoft's monthly security update documents whose affected products include desktop Office (suites, Microsoft 365 Apps, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, Publisher, OneNote; Windows and Mac)",
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      "publisher": "Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)",
      "source_title": "Microsoft Security Updates CVRF documents, January to December 2024 (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)",
      "source_url": "https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2024-Jan",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2024-12-10",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "\"DocumentTitle\":{\"Value\":\"January 2024 Security Updates\"} ... {\"ProductID\":\"11763\",\"Value\":\"Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise for 64-bit Systems\"}",
      "locator": "ProductTree.FullProductName and Vulnerability[].ProductStatuses (Type 3) in each document January to December 2024; per-month counts in count_office_msrc_output.txt",
      "derived": true,
      "formula": "Distinct CVE ids across the MSRC CVRF v3.0 monthly documents (GET https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/<YYYY-Mon> with header Accept: application/json, all 193 documents downloaded 2026-10-15 to raw/office-end-of-support-history/msrc/) whose Vulnerability[].ProductStatuses entries of Type 3 (Known Affected) include a product id that ProductTree.FullProductName maps to a desktop Office name: regex /^(Microsoft (Office|Word|Excel|PowerPoint|Outlook|Access|Publisher|OneNote) |Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise|Office 365 ProPlus)/ minus names matching /Server|Online|Web App|Services|SharePoint|Android|iOS|Universal|Mobile|Viewer|Deployment Tool|Out-of-Box|Copilot|OfficePLUS|Outlook.com|Compatibility Pack/; a CVE counts once per year even if a later document re-lists it. Script count_office_msrc.py.txt, output count_office_msrc_output.txt. Highest severity per CVE (Threats Type 3): 1 rated Critical.",
      "headline": false,
      "series": "msrc-desktop-office-cves-per-year",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Derived from Microsoft's own machine-readable security update documents. Not comparable with Patch Tuesday totals from Tenable or ZDI, which count each release's new CVEs across all products. MSRC revises old documents (CurrentReleaseDate up to October 2026), so a re-run can differ slightly. Excludes server and web products (SharePoint, Office Online Server, Office Web Apps), mobile apps, viewers, Visio, Project and Skype/Lync. Monthly documents are complete from April 2016, so 2016 (73 CVEs, ten months) is left out of the series. NVD's CPE-based count for the same year is on the NVD records.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2024-desktop-office-cves-46-derived",
      "citation_text": "46 distinct security vulnerabilities (CVEs) affected Microsoft's desktop Office apps for Windows and Mac in its 2024 monthly security updates (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026). Source: Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), \"Microsoft Security Updates CVRF documents, January to December 2024 (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)\" (https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2024-Jan). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2024-desktop-office-cves-46-derived."
    },
    {
      "id": "msrc-cvrf-2025-desktop-office-cves-160-derived",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "160 distinct security vulnerabilities (CVEs) affected Microsoft's desktop Office apps for Windows and Mac in its 2025 monthly security updates, the year Office 2016 and 2019 support ended, more than three times the 2024 count (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026).",
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      "short_refs": null,
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      "unit": "distinct CVEs listing a desktop Office product as affected",
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      "geography": "Worldwide (all customers of the product)",
      "period": "2025",
      "population": "CVE ids in Microsoft's monthly security update documents whose affected products include desktop Office (suites, Microsoft 365 Apps, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, Publisher, OneNote; Windows and Mac)",
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      "source_title": "Microsoft Security Updates CVRF documents, January to December 2025 (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)",
      "source_url": "https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2025-Jan",
      "source_type": "primary",
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      "published_at": "2025-12-09",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "\"DocumentTitle\":{\"Value\":\"January 2025 Security Updates\"} ... {\"ProductID\":\"11763\",\"Value\":\"Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise for 64-bit Systems\"}",
      "locator": "ProductTree.FullProductName and Vulnerability[].ProductStatuses (Type 3) in each document January to December 2025; per-month counts in count_office_msrc_output.txt",
      "derived": true,
      "formula": "Distinct CVE ids across the MSRC CVRF v3.0 monthly documents (GET https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/<YYYY-Mon> with header Accept: application/json, all 193 documents downloaded 2026-10-15 to raw/office-end-of-support-history/msrc/) whose Vulnerability[].ProductStatuses entries of Type 3 (Known Affected) include a product id that ProductTree.FullProductName maps to a desktop Office name: regex /^(Microsoft (Office|Word|Excel|PowerPoint|Outlook|Access|Publisher|OneNote) |Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise|Office 365 ProPlus)/ minus names matching /Server|Online|Web App|Services|SharePoint|Android|iOS|Universal|Mobile|Viewer|Deployment Tool|Out-of-Box|Copilot|OfficePLUS|Outlook.com|Compatibility Pack/; a CVE counts once per year even if a later document re-lists it. Script count_office_msrc.py.txt, output count_office_msrc_output.txt. Highest severity per CVE (Threats Type 3): 33 rated Critical.",
      "headline": false,
      "series": "msrc-desktop-office-cves-per-year",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Derived from Microsoft's own machine-readable security update documents. Not comparable with Patch Tuesday totals from Tenable or ZDI, which count each release's new CVEs across all products. MSRC revises old documents (CurrentReleaseDate up to October 2026), so a re-run can differ slightly. Excludes server and web products (SharePoint, Office Online Server, Office Web Apps), mobile apps, viewers, Visio, Project and Skype/Lync. Monthly documents are complete from April 2016, so 2016 (73 CVEs, ten months) is left out of the series. NVD's CPE-based count for the same year is on the NVD records.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2025-desktop-office-cves-160-derived",
      "citation_text": "160 distinct security vulnerabilities (CVEs) affected Microsoft's desktop Office apps for Windows and Mac in its 2025 monthly security updates, the year Office 2016 and 2019 support ended, more than three times the 2024 count (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026). Source: Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), \"Microsoft Security Updates CVRF documents, January to December 2025 (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)\" (https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2025-Jan). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2025-desktop-office-cves-160-derived."
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      "id": "msrc-cvrf-2026-jan-oct-desktop-office-cves-497-derived",
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      "statement": "497 distinct security vulnerabilities (CVEs) affected Microsoft's desktop Office apps in its January to October 2026 monthly security updates, three times the 160 of the whole of 2025, as Microsoft's overall CVE count soared (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026).",
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      "unit": "distinct CVEs listing a desktop Office product as affected, January to 13 October 2026",
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      "geography": "Worldwide (all customers of the product)",
      "period": "2026-01/2026-10",
      "population": "CVE ids in Microsoft's monthly security update documents whose affected products include desktop Office",
      "sample_n": null,
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      "source_title": "Microsoft Security Updates CVRF documents, January to October 2026 (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)",
      "source_url": "https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2026-Oct",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-10-13",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "\"DocumentTitle\":{\"Value\":\"October 2026 Security Updates\"} ... {\"ProductID\":\"11952\",\"Value\":\"Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for 64-bit editions\"}",
      "locator": "Ten documents 2026-Jan to 2026-Oct; per month 12, 6, 7, 12, 18, 28, 80, 90, 108, 136 (count_office_msrc_output.txt)",
      "derived": true,
      "formula": "Distinct CVE ids across the MSRC CVRF v3.0 monthly documents (GET https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/<YYYY-Mon> with header Accept: application/json, all 193 documents downloaded 2026-10-15 to raw/office-end-of-support-history/msrc/) whose Vulnerability[].ProductStatuses entries of Type 3 (Known Affected) include a product id that ProductTree.FullProductName maps to a desktop Office name: regex /^(Microsoft (Office|Word|Excel|PowerPoint|Outlook|Access|Publisher|OneNote) |Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise|Office 365 ProPlus)/ minus names matching /Server|Online|Web App|Services|SharePoint|Android|iOS|Universal|Mobile|Viewer|Deployment Tool|Out-of-Box|Copilot|OfficePLUS|Outlook.com|Compatibility Pack/; a CVE counts once per year even if a later document re-lists it. Script count_office_msrc.py.txt, output count_office_msrc_output.txt. 107 of the 497 rated Critical. All products: 12,277 distinct CVEs in the ten 2026 documents against 4,064 in 2025.",
      "headline": false,
      "series": "msrc-desktop-office-cves-per-year",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Derived from Microsoft's own machine-readable security update documents. Not comparable with Patch Tuesday totals from Tenable or ZDI, which count each release's new CVEs across all products. MSRC revises old documents (CurrentReleaseDate up to October 2026), so a re-run can differ slightly. The jump from mid-2026 (80 or more a month from July) matches the rise in Microsoft's total (2,005 CVEs in the July document, 2,776 in September); the documents do not say why. Page 3 counted 12,276 all-product CVEs for 2026 to date on 14 October.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2026-jan-oct-desktop-office-cves-497-derived",
      "citation_text": "497 distinct security vulnerabilities (CVEs) affected Microsoft's desktop Office apps in its January to October 2026 monthly security updates, three times the 160 of the whole of 2025, as Microsoft's overall CVE count soared (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026). Source: Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), \"Microsoft Security Updates CVRF documents, January to October 2026 (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)\" (https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2026-Oct). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2026-jan-oct-desktop-office-cves-497-derived."
    },
    {
      "id": "msrc-cvrf-2025-11-to-2026-09-office-2016-cves-fixed-after-end-of-support-314-derived",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "314 security vulnerabilities in Office 2016 for Windows got Microsoft fixes in the eleven monthly updates after its 14 October 2025 end of support, from November 2025 to September 2026 (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026).",
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      "short_refs": null,
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      "display_value": "314",
      "display_label": "Microsoft security updates, Nov 2025 to Sep 2026 (MSRC CVRF, counted 15 Oct 2026)",
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      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide (all customers of the product)",
      "period": "2025-11/2026-09",
      "population": "CVE ids in Microsoft's monthly security update documents whose affected products include Office 2016 or its apps for Windows (MSI or Click-to-Run)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)",
      "source_title": "Microsoft Security Updates CVRF documents, November 2025 to October 2026 (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)",
      "source_url": "https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2025-Nov",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-09-08",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "\"DocumentTitle\":{\"Value\":\"November 2025 Security Updates\"} ... {\"ProductID\":\"10754\",\"Value\":\"Microsoft Office 2016 (64-bit edition)\"}",
      "locator": "Per month Nov 2025 8, Dec 13, Jan 2026 8, Feb 5, Mar 6, Apr 7, May 12, Jun 20, Jul 74, Aug 65, Sep 96, Oct 0 (count_office_msrc_output.txt; vendor fixes in remediation_check_output.txt)",
      "derived": true,
      "formula": "Distinct CVE ids across the MSRC CVRF v3.0 monthly documents (downloaded 2026-10-15 to raw/office-end-of-support-history/msrc/) whose Known Affected products (ProductStatuses Type 3) include a product name matching the version's regex in count_office_msrc.py.txt (/^Microsoft (Office|Word|Excel|PowerPoint|Outlook|Access|Publisher|OneNote|Visio|Project) +2016 (\\(|Click)/); output count_office_msrc_output.txt. Every listing in these post-end-of-support months carries a Remediations entry of Type 2 (Vendor Fix) for that product (remediation_check.py.txt, output remediation_check_output.txt), i.e. Microsoft shipped a security update for it. Window 2025-11 to 2026-10; the October 2026 document lists no Office 2016 product.",
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Derived from Microsoft's own machine-readable security update documents. Not comparable with Patch Tuesday totals from Tenable or ZDI, which count each release's new CVEs across all products. MSRC revises old documents (CurrentReleaseDate up to October 2026), so a re-run can differ slightly. The fixes were MSI-edition updates (KB numbers such as KB5002713, KB5002916, KB5002923), which Microsoft's MSI update page says it issues 'at Microsoft's sole discretion' after end of support (page-4 record microsoft-learn-2026-10-13-office-2016-msi-updates-continued-after-eos-sole-discretion); Office Watch counted 36 distinct patches to July 2026 (officewatch-2026-08-04-36-office-2016-msi-patches-after-end-of-support). Microsoft's end-of-support page says only that it 'may no longer provide' security fixes.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2025-11-to-2026-09-office-2016-cves-fixed-after-end-of-support-314-derived",
      "citation_text": "314 security vulnerabilities in Office 2016 for Windows got Microsoft fixes in the eleven monthly updates after its 14 October 2025 end of support, from November 2025 to September 2026 (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026). Source: Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), \"Microsoft Security Updates CVRF documents, November 2025 to October 2026 (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)\" (https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2025-Nov). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2025-11-to-2026-09-office-2016-cves-fixed-after-end-of-support-314-derived."
    },
    {
      "id": "msrc-cvrf-2025-11-to-2026-09-office-2019-cves-fixed-after-end-of-support-353-derived",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "353 security vulnerabilities in Office 2019 for Windows got Microsoft fixes through Click-to-Run updates in the eleven months after its 14 October 2025 end of support, November 2025 to September 2026 (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026).",
      "short_statement": "**353** security flaws in Office 2019 were fixed in the eleven months after its October 2025 end of support.",
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 353,
      "unit": "distinct CVEs listing Office 2019 for Windows as affected, with a vendor fix, November 2025 to September 2026",
      "display_value": "353",
      "display_label": "",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide (all customers of the product)",
      "period": "2025-11/2026-09",
      "population": "CVE ids in Microsoft's monthly security update documents whose affected products include Office 2019 for 32-bit or 64-bit editions",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)",
      "source_title": "Microsoft Security Updates CVRF documents, November 2025 to October 2026 (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)",
      "source_url": "https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2026-Sep",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-09-08",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "\"DocumentTitle\":{\"Value\":\"September 2026 Security Updates\"} ... {\"ProductID\":\"11574\",\"Value\":\"Microsoft Office 2019 for 64-bit editions\"}",
      "locator": "Per month Nov 2025 7, Dec 13, Jan 2026 8, Feb 5, Mar 6, Apr 7, May 16, Jun 22, Jul 76, Aug 88, Sep 105, Oct 0 (count_office_msrc_output.txt); remediation 'Click to Run' (remediation_check_output.txt)",
      "derived": true,
      "formula": "Distinct CVE ids across the MSRC CVRF v3.0 monthly documents (downloaded 2026-10-15 to raw/office-end-of-support-history/msrc/) whose Known Affected products (ProductStatuses Type 3) include a product name matching the version's regex in count_office_msrc.py.txt (/^Microsoft Office 2019 for (32|64)-bit/); output count_office_msrc_output.txt. Every listing in these post-end-of-support months carries a Remediations entry of Type 2 (Vendor Fix) for that product (remediation_check.py.txt, output remediation_check_output.txt), i.e. Microsoft shipped a security update for it.",
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Derived from Microsoft's own machine-readable security update documents. Not comparable with Patch Tuesday totals from Tenable or ZDI, which count each release's new CVEs across all products. MSRC revises old documents (CurrentReleaseDate up to October 2026), so a re-run can differ slightly. Office 2019 is installed by Click-to-Run, so the fixes arrive as builds rather than KB packages. No Office 2019 product appears in the October 2026 document.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2025-11-to-2026-09-office-2019-cves-fixed-after-end-of-support-353-derived",
      "citation_text": "353 security vulnerabilities in Office 2019 for Windows got Microsoft fixes through Click-to-Run updates in the eleven months after its 14 October 2025 end of support, November 2025 to September 2026 (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026). Source: Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), \"Microsoft Security Updates CVRF documents, November 2025 to October 2026 (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)\" (https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2026-Sep). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2025-11-to-2026-09-office-2019-cves-fixed-after-end-of-support-353-derived."
    },
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      "id": "msrc-cvrf-2026-10-13-first-security-release-without-office-2016-or-2019",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "October 2026's security release, on 13 October 2026, was the first since Office 2016 and Office 2019 support ended to list neither version, after eleven straight months of fixes for both (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 0,
      "unit": "CVEs listing Office 2016 or Office 2019 for Windows in the October 2026 document",
      "display_value": "0 (13 October 2026)",
      "display_label": "Microsoft security update documents (MSRC CVRF, counted 15 Oct 2026)",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide (all customers of the product)",
      "period": "2026-10-13",
      "population": "Microsoft's October 2026 security update document",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)",
      "source_title": "October 2026 Security Updates (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)",
      "source_url": "https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2026-Oct",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-10-13",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "\"DocumentTitle\":{\"Value\":\"October 2026 Security Updates\"} ... \"InitialReleaseDate\":\"2026-10-13T07:00:00\"",
      "locator": "ProductTree.FullProductName of the 2026-Oct document (no Office 2016 or 2019 product id; CurrentReleaseDate 2026-10-14); counts in count_office_msrc_output.txt",
      "derived": true,
      "formula": "Distinct CVE ids across the MSRC CVRF v3.0 monthly documents (downloaded 2026-10-15 to raw/office-end-of-support-history/msrc/) whose Known Affected products (ProductStatuses Type 3) include a product name matching the version's regex in count_office_msrc.py.txt (/^Microsoft (Office|Word|Excel|PowerPoint|Outlook|Access|Publisher|OneNote|Visio|Project) +2016 (\\(|Click)/ and /^Microsoft Office 2019 for (32|64)-bit/); output count_office_msrc_output.txt. The 2026-Oct document's product tree contains no Office 2016 or Office 2019 name at all.",
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Derived from Microsoft's own machine-readable security update documents. Not comparable with Patch Tuesday totals from Tenable or ZDI, which count each release's new CVEs across all products. MSRC revises old documents (CurrentReleaseDate up to October 2026), so a re-run can differ slightly. It is the same release that ended Office 2021 and LTSC 2021 support. Whether Microsoft will publish further 2016 or 2019 updates is not stated; its MSI page keeps the 'sole discretion' wording. Help Net Security's October 2026 forecast argued it was time for 'an Office cleanup' (page-4 record helpnetsecurity-2026-10-microsoft-kept-near-monthly-updates-for-office-2016-2019-after-eos).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2026-10-13-first-security-release-without-office-2016-or-2019",
      "citation_text": "October 2026's security release, on 13 October 2026, was the first since Office 2016 and Office 2019 support ended to list neither version, after eleven straight months of fixes for both (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026). Source: Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), \"October 2026 Security Updates (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)\" (https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2026-Oct). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2026-10-13-first-security-release-without-office-2016-or-2019."
    },
    {
      "id": "msrc-cvrf-2026-10-13-office-ltsc-2021-final-patch-tuesday-cves-125-derived",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "125 security vulnerabilities in Office LTSC 2021 were fixed in Microsoft's 13 October 2026 security release, the last update before its end of support that day (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 125,
      "unit": "distinct CVEs listing Office LTSC 2021 for Windows as affected in the October 2026 document",
      "display_value": "125",
      "display_label": "Microsoft October 2026 security updates (MSRC CVRF, counted 15 Oct 2026)",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide (all customers of the product)",
      "period": "2026-10-13",
      "population": "CVE ids in Microsoft's October 2026 security update document whose affected products include Office LTSC 2021 for 32-bit or 64-bit editions",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)",
      "source_title": "October 2026 Security Updates (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)",
      "source_url": "https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2026-Oct",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-10-13",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "\"DocumentTitle\":{\"Value\":\"October 2026 Security Updates\"} ... {\"ProductID\":\"11952\",\"Value\":\"Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for 64-bit editions\"}",
      "locator": "Vulnerability[].ProductStatuses Type 3 in the 2026-Oct document; row 2026-Oct in count_office_msrc_output.txt",
      "derived": true,
      "formula": "Distinct CVE ids across the MSRC CVRF v3.0 monthly documents (downloaded 2026-10-15 to raw/office-end-of-support-history/msrc/) whose Known Affected products (ProductStatuses Type 3) include a product name matching the version's regex in count_office_msrc.py.txt (/^Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for/); output count_office_msrc_output.txt.",
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Derived from Microsoft's own machine-readable security update documents. Not comparable with Patch Tuesday totals from Tenable or ZDI, which count each release's new CVEs across all products. MSRC revises old documents (CurrentReleaseDate up to October 2026), so a re-run can differ slightly. The MSRC product tree names the volume-licensed Office LTSC 2021; the retail Office 2021 shares its code and lifecycle date. In the same document 131 CVEs listed Office LTSC 2024 and 135 Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2026-10-13-office-ltsc-2021-final-patch-tuesday-cves-125-derived",
      "citation_text": "125 security vulnerabilities in Office LTSC 2021 were fixed in Microsoft's 13 October 2026 security release, the last update before its end of support that day (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026). Source: Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), \"October 2026 Security Updates (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)\" (https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2026-Oct). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2026-10-13-office-ltsc-2021-final-patch-tuesday-cves-125-derived."
    },
    {
      "id": "msrc-cvrf-2026-jan-oct-office-ltsc-2021-cves-470-derived",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "470 security vulnerabilities affected Office LTSC 2021 in Microsoft's January to October 2026 security updates, its last ten months of support, against 141 in the whole of 2025 (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 470,
      "unit": "distinct CVEs listing Office LTSC 2021 for Windows as affected, January to October 2026",
      "display_value": "470",
      "display_label": "",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide (all customers of the product)",
      "period": "2026-01/2026-10",
      "population": "CVE ids in Microsoft's monthly security update documents whose affected products include Office LTSC 2021 for Windows",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)",
      "source_title": "Microsoft Security Updates CVRF documents, January to October 2026 (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)",
      "source_url": "https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2026-Jan",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-10-13",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "\"DocumentTitle\":{\"Value\":\"January 2026 Security Updates\"} ... {\"ProductID\":\"11952\",\"Value\":\"Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for 64-bit editions\"}",
      "locator": "Rows 2026-Jan to 2026-Oct, column ltsc2021win, in count_office_msrc_output.txt",
      "derived": true,
      "formula": "Distinct CVE ids across the MSRC CVRF v3.0 monthly documents (downloaded 2026-10-15 to raw/office-end-of-support-history/msrc/) whose Known Affected products (ProductStatuses Type 3) include a product name matching the version's regex in count_office_msrc.py.txt (/^Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for/); output count_office_msrc_output.txt. Per year: 2021 18 (from its September 2021 release), 2022 39, 2023 53, 2024 37, 2025 141, 2026 to October 470.",
      "headline": false,
      "series": "msrc-office-ltsc-2021-cves-per-year",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Derived from Microsoft's own machine-readable security update documents. Not comparable with Patch Tuesday totals from Tenable or ZDI, which count each release's new CVEs across all products. MSRC revises old documents (CurrentReleaseDate up to October 2026), so a re-run can differ slightly. Office LTSC for Mac 2021: 391 CVEs in the same ten months.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2026-jan-oct-office-ltsc-2021-cves-470-derived",
      "citation_text": "470 security vulnerabilities affected Office LTSC 2021 in Microsoft's January to October 2026 security updates, its last ten months of support, against 141 in the whole of 2025 (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026). Source: Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), \"Microsoft Security Updates CVRF documents, January to October 2026 (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)\" (https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2026-Jan). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2026-jan-oct-office-ltsc-2021-cves-470-derived."
    },
    {
      "id": "msrc-cvrf-2025-jan-oct-office-2016-cves-before-end-of-support-103-derived",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "103 security vulnerabilities affected Office 2016 for Windows in Microsoft's monthly updates from January to its 14 October 2025 end of support, the last ten months it was supported (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 103,
      "unit": "distinct CVEs listing Office 2016 for Windows as affected, January to October 2025",
      "display_value": "103",
      "display_label": "",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide (all customers of the product)",
      "period": "2025-01/2025-10",
      "population": "CVE ids in Microsoft's monthly security update documents whose affected products include Office 2016 or its apps for Windows",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)",
      "source_title": "Microsoft Security Updates CVRF documents, January to October 2025 (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)",
      "source_url": "https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2025-Oct",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2025-10-14",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "\"DocumentTitle\":{\"Value\":\"October 2025 Security Updates\"} ... {\"ProductID\":\"10740\",\"Value\":\"Microsoft Excel 2016 (64-bit edition)\"}",
      "locator": "Rows 2025-Jan to 2025-Oct, column o2016win, in count_office_msrc_output.txt",
      "derived": true,
      "formula": "Distinct CVE ids across the MSRC CVRF v3.0 monthly documents (downloaded 2026-10-15 to raw/office-end-of-support-history/msrc/) whose Known Affected products (ProductStatuses Type 3) include a product name matching the version's regex in count_office_msrc.py.txt (/^Microsoft (Office|Word|Excel|PowerPoint|Outlook|Access|Publisher|OneNote|Visio|Project) +2016 (\\(|Click)/); output count_office_msrc_output.txt. Office 2019 for Windows in the same months: 110. Per year for Office 2016: 2017 51, 2018 75, 2019 44, 2020 62, 2021 56, 2022 26, 2023 41, 2024 34, 2025 124.",
      "headline": false,
      "series": "msrc-office-2016-cves-per-year",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Derived from Microsoft's own machine-readable security update documents. Not comparable with Patch Tuesday totals from Tenable or ZDI, which count each release's new CVEs across all products. MSRC revises old documents (CurrentReleaseDate up to October 2026), so a re-run can differ slightly.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2025-jan-oct-office-2016-cves-before-end-of-support-103-derived",
      "citation_text": "103 security vulnerabilities affected Office 2016 for Windows in Microsoft's monthly updates from January to its 14 October 2025 end of support, the last ten months it was supported (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026). Source: Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), \"Microsoft Security Updates CVRF documents, January to October 2025 (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)\" (https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2025-Oct). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2025-jan-oct-office-2016-cves-before-end-of-support-103-derived."
    },
    {
      "id": "msrc-cvrf-2023-05-to-2023-09-office-2013-cves-fixed-after-end-of-support-23-derived",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "23 security vulnerabilities in Office 2013 got Microsoft fixes in the five monthly updates after its 11 April 2023 end of support, the last in September 2023 (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 23,
      "unit": "distinct CVEs listing Office 2013 or its apps as affected, with a vendor fix, May to September 2023",
      "display_value": "23",
      "display_label": "",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide (all customers of the product)",
      "period": "2023-05/2023-09",
      "population": "CVE ids in Microsoft's monthly security update documents whose affected products include Office 2013 or its apps (including Office 2013 RT)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)",
      "source_title": "Microsoft Security Updates CVRF documents, May 2023 to October 2026 (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)",
      "source_url": "https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2023-May",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2023-09-12",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "\"DocumentTitle\":{\"Value\":\"May 2023 Security Updates\"} ... {\"ProductID\":\"10605\",\"Value\":\"Microsoft Word 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)\"}",
      "locator": "Per month May 2023 2, Jun 4, Jul 8, Aug 5, Sep 4, none from October 2023 (count_office_msrc_output.txt; vendor fixes in remediation_check_output.txt)",
      "derived": true,
      "formula": "Distinct CVE ids across the MSRC CVRF v3.0 monthly documents (downloaded 2026-10-15 to raw/office-end-of-support-history/msrc/) whose Known Affected products (ProductStatuses Type 3) include a product name matching the version's regex in count_office_msrc.py.txt (/^Microsoft (Office|Word|Excel|PowerPoint|Outlook|Access|Publisher|OneNote|Visio|Project) 2013(?!.*Web App)/); output count_office_msrc_output.txt. Every listing in these post-end-of-support months carries a Remediations entry of Type 2 (Vendor Fix) for that product (remediation_check.py.txt, output remediation_check_output.txt), i.e. Microsoft shipped a security update for it.",
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Derived from Microsoft's own machine-readable security update documents. Not comparable with Patch Tuesday totals from Tenable or ZDI, which count each release's new CVEs across all products. MSRC revises old documents (CurrentReleaseDate up to October 2026), so a re-run can differ slightly. Microsoft had said there would be no option to extend Office 2013 support (page-4 record microsoft-lifecycle-2021-office-2013-no-option-to-extend-support-beyond-april-2023). In its final four supported months, January to April 2023, 9 CVEs listed Office 2013.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2023-05-to-2023-09-office-2013-cves-fixed-after-end-of-support-23-derived",
      "citation_text": "23 security vulnerabilities in Office 2013 got Microsoft fixes in the five monthly updates after its 11 April 2023 end of support, the last in September 2023 (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026). Source: Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), \"Microsoft Security Updates CVRF documents, May 2023 to October 2026 (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)\" (https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2023-May). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2023-05-to-2023-09-office-2013-cves-fixed-after-end-of-support-23-derived."
    },
    {
      "id": "msrc-cvrf-2020-11-to-2021-04-office-2010-cves-fixed-after-end-of-support-37-derived",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "37 security vulnerabilities in Office 2010 got Microsoft fixes in the six monthly updates after its 13 October 2020 end of support, the last in April 2021 (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 37,
      "unit": "distinct CVEs listing Office 2010 or its apps as affected, with a vendor fix, November 2020 to April 2021",
      "display_value": "37",
      "display_label": "",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide (all customers of the product)",
      "period": "2020-11/2021-04",
      "population": "CVE ids in Microsoft's monthly security update documents whose affected products include Office 2010 or its apps",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)",
      "source_title": "Microsoft Security Updates CVRF documents, November 2020 to October 2026 (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)",
      "source_url": "https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2020-Nov",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2021-04-13",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "\"DocumentTitle\":{\"Value\":\"November 2020 Security Updates\"} ... {\"ProductID\":\"10514\",\"Value\":\"Microsoft Word 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)\"}",
      "locator": "Per month Nov 2020 7, Dec 9, Jan 2021 5, Feb 4, Mar 7, Apr 5, none from May 2021 (count_office_msrc_output.txt; vendor fixes in remediation_check_output.txt)",
      "derived": true,
      "formula": "Distinct CVE ids across the MSRC CVRF v3.0 monthly documents (downloaded 2026-10-15 to raw/office-end-of-support-history/msrc/) whose Known Affected products (ProductStatuses Type 3) include a product name matching the version's regex in count_office_msrc.py.txt (/^Microsoft (Office|Word|Excel|PowerPoint|Outlook|Access|Publisher|OneNote|Visio|Project) 2010(?!.*Web App)/); output count_office_msrc_output.txt. Every listing in these post-end-of-support months carries a Remediations entry of Type 2 (Vendor Fix) for that product (remediation_check.py.txt, output remediation_check_output.txt), i.e. Microsoft shipped a security update for it.",
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Derived from Microsoft's own machine-readable security update documents. Not comparable with Patch Tuesday totals from Tenable or ZDI, which count each release's new CVEs across all products. MSRC revises old documents (CurrentReleaseDate up to October 2026), so a re-run can differ slightly. In its last supported months, January to October 2020, 46 CVEs listed Office 2010.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2020-11-to-2021-04-office-2010-cves-fixed-after-end-of-support-37-derived",
      "citation_text": "37 security vulnerabilities in Office 2010 got Microsoft fixes in the six monthly updates after its 13 October 2020 end of support, the last in April 2021 (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026). Source: Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), \"Microsoft Security Updates CVRF documents, November 2020 to October 2026 (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)\" (https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2020-Nov). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2020-11-to-2021-04-office-2010-cves-fixed-after-end-of-support-37-derived."
    },
    {
      "id": "msrc-cvrf-2017-11-to-2018-04-office-2007-cves-fixed-after-end-of-support-32-derived",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "32 security vulnerabilities in Office 2007 got Microsoft fixes in the six monthly updates after its 10 October 2017 end of support, 18 of them in January 2018, the last in April 2018 (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 32,
      "unit": "distinct CVEs listing Office 2007 or its apps as affected, with a vendor fix, November 2017 to April 2018",
      "display_value": "32",
      "display_label": "",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide (all customers of the product)",
      "period": "2017-11/2018-04",
      "population": "CVE ids in Microsoft's monthly security update documents whose affected products include Office 2007 or its apps",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)",
      "source_title": "Microsoft Security Updates CVRF documents, November 2017 to October 2026 (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)",
      "source_url": "https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2017-Nov",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2018-04-10",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "\"DocumentTitle\":{\"Value\":\"November 2017 Security Updates\"} ... {\"ProductID\":\"10150\",\"Value\":\"Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3\"}",
      "locator": "Per month Nov 2017 5, Dec 1, Jan 2018 18, Feb 3, Mar 2, Apr 3, none from May 2018 (count_office_msrc_output.txt; vendor fixes in remediation_check_output.txt)",
      "derived": true,
      "formula": "Distinct CVE ids across the MSRC CVRF v3.0 monthly documents (downloaded 2026-10-15 to raw/office-end-of-support-history/msrc/) whose Known Affected products (ProductStatuses Type 3) include a product name matching the version's regex in count_office_msrc.py.txt (/^Microsoft (Office|Word|Excel|PowerPoint|Outlook|Access|Publisher|OneNote|Visio|Project) 2007/); output count_office_msrc_output.txt. Every listing in these post-end-of-support months carries a Remediations entry of Type 2 (Vendor Fix) for that product (remediation_check.py.txt, output remediation_check_output.txt), i.e. Microsoft shipped a security update for it.",
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Derived from Microsoft's own machine-readable security update documents. Not comparable with Patch Tuesday totals from Tenable or ZDI, which count each release's new CVEs across all products. MSRC revises old documents (CurrentReleaseDate up to October 2026), so a re-run can differ slightly. January 2018 included CVE-2018-0802, the second Equation Editor flaw, exploited and later marked by CISA as used in ransomware. In its last supported months, January to October 2017, 53 CVEs listed Office 2007. The pattern repeats at every deadline: about six months of fixes after Office 2007, 2010 and 2013 ended (five for 2013), eleven after Office 2016 and 2019.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2017-11-to-2018-04-office-2007-cves-fixed-after-end-of-support-32-derived",
      "citation_text": "32 security vulnerabilities in Office 2007 got Microsoft fixes in the six monthly updates after its 10 October 2017 end of support, 18 of them in January 2018, the last in April 2018 (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026). Source: Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), \"Microsoft Security Updates CVRF documents, November 2017 to October 2026 (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)\" (https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2017-Nov). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2017-11-to-2018-04-office-2007-cves-fixed-after-end-of-support-32-derived."
    },
    {
      "id": "msrc-cvrf-2026-01-26-cve-2026-21509-fixes-for-office-2016-and-2019-after-end-of-support",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "Microsoft shipped security updates for Office 2016 and Office 2019 on 26 January 2026, three months after their end of support, to fix CVE-2026-21509, an Office flaw it marked as already exploited (Microsoft MSRC, 2026).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": null,
      "unit": "date of out-of-band fix for unsupported Office versions",
      "display_value": "26 January 2026",
      "display_label": "Microsoft advisory for CVE-2026-21509, January 2026",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide (all customers of the product)",
      "period": "2026-01-26",
      "population": "Microsoft advisory CVE-2026-21509 (Office security feature bypass)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)",
      "source_title": "January 2026 Security Updates: CVE-2026-21509 Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)",
      "source_url": "https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2026-Jan",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-01-26",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Microsoft is announcing the availability of the security updates for Microsoft Office 2016 and 2019. Customers running these versions of Office should install the update for their product to be protected from this vulnerability.",
      "locator": "Vulnerability CVE-2026-21509, RevisionHistory entry dated 2026-01-26; Threats Type 1 'Exploited:Yes'; Remediations KB5002713 (Office 2016) and Click to Run (Office 2019)",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Same advisory: 'Publicly Disclosed:No;Exploited:Yes'. CISA added the flaw to its KEV catalogue the same day (cisa-kev-2026-01-26-cve-2026-21509-office-zero-day-added). The update guide page for the CVE is msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21509 (JavaScript; the CVRF document carries the same text).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2026-01-26-cve-2026-21509-fixes-for-office-2016-and-2019-after-end-of-support",
      "citation_text": "Microsoft shipped security updates for Office 2016 and Office 2019 on 26 January 2026, three months after their end of support, to fix CVE-2026-21509, an Office flaw it marked as already exploited (Microsoft MSRC, 2026). Source: Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), \"January 2026 Security Updates: CVE-2026-21509 Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)\" (https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2026-Jan). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2026-01-26-cve-2026-21509-fixes-for-office-2016-and-2019-after-end-of-support."
    },
    {
      "id": "msrc-cvrf-2016-2026-office-cves-microsoft-marked-exploited-15-derived",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "15 desktop Office vulnerabilities were already being exploited when Microsoft released their fixes between 2016 and February 2026, by Microsoft's own 'Exploited:Yes' flag, at most 4 in any year (2023) (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 15,
      "unit": "distinct desktop Office CVEs flagged 'Exploited:Yes' in Microsoft's advisories, 2016 to October 2026",
      "display_value": "15",
      "display_label": "",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide (all customers of the product)",
      "period": "2016-04/2026-10",
      "population": "CVE ids (advisories with ADV ids excluded) in Microsoft's monthly security update documents that list desktop Office as affected",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)",
      "source_title": "Microsoft Security Updates CVRF documents, April 2016 to October 2026 (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)",
      "source_url": "https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2023-Mar",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-10-13",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "\"DocumentTitle\":{\"Value\":\"March 2023 Security Updates\"} ... Publicly Disclosed:No;Exploited:Yes",
      "locator": "Threats entries of Type 1 per vulnerability; list in count_office_exploited_output.txt",
      "derived": true,
      "formula": "Distinct CVE ids across the MSRC CVRF v3.0 monthly documents (GET https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/<YYYY-Mon> with header Accept: application/json, all 193 documents downloaded 2026-10-15 to raw/office-end-of-support-history/msrc/) whose Vulnerability[].ProductStatuses entries of Type 3 (Known Affected) include a product id that ProductTree.FullProductName maps to a desktop Office name: regex /^(Microsoft (Office|Word|Excel|PowerPoint|Outlook|Access|Publisher|OneNote) |Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise|Office 365 ProPlus)/ minus names matching /Server|Online|Web App|Services|SharePoint|Android|iOS|Universal|Mobile|Viewer|Deployment Tool|Out-of-Box|Copilot|OfficePLUS|Outlook.com|Compatibility Pack/; a CVE counts once per year even if a later document re-lists it. Script count_office_exploited.py.txt, output count_office_exploited_output.txt. A CVE counts if any Threats entry of Type 1 contains 'Exploited:Yes'. Per year: 2016 1, 2017 3, 2018 1, 2019 0, 2020 0, 2021 2, 2022 0, 2023 4, 2024 2, 2025 0, 2026 2 (ADV170005, ADV170015 and ADV230003 excluded).",
      "headline": false,
      "series": "msrc-office-cves-marked-exploited-per-year",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Derived from Microsoft's own machine-readable security update documents. Not comparable with Patch Tuesday totals from Tenable or ZDI, which count each release's new CVEs across all products. MSRC revises old documents (CurrentReleaseDate up to October 2026), so a re-run can differ slightly. Microsoft's flag records exploitation known at release; flaws exploited later (CVE-2017-11882, the most cited Office exploit, was not flagged) are not counted, which is why CISA's catalogue holds 45 Office entries. The 2023 four: CVE-2023-21715 (Publisher), CVE-2023-23397 (Outlook), CVE-2023-35311 (Outlook), CVE-2023-36761 (Word).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2016-2026-office-cves-microsoft-marked-exploited-15-derived",
      "citation_text": "15 desktop Office vulnerabilities were already being exploited when Microsoft released their fixes between 2016 and February 2026, by Microsoft's own 'Exploited:Yes' flag, at most 4 in any year (2023) (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026). Source: Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), \"Microsoft Security Updates CVRF documents, April 2016 to October 2026 (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)\" (https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2023-Mar). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2016-2026-office-cves-microsoft-marked-exploited-15-derived."
    },
    {
      "id": "cisa-kev-msrc-2026-10-14-exploited-flaws-affecting-office-2016-24-derived",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "24 actively exploited vulnerabilities in CISA's catalogue affect Office 2016 according to Microsoft's advisories, as of 14 October 2026, a year after its support ended, including CVE-2026-21509 from January 2026 (CISA and Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 24,
      "unit": "KEV entries whose MSRC advisory (April 2016 onward) lists Office 2016 for Windows as affected",
      "display_value": "24",
      "display_label": "",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide (catalogue maintained by the US CISA)",
      "period": "2026-10-14",
      "population": "KEV catalogue entries with vendor Microsoft joined to MSRC CVRF documents from April 2016",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA); Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)",
      "source_title": "CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (catalogVersion 2026.10.14) joined to MSRC CVRF documents 2016-2026",
      "source_url": "https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-10-14",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "\"cveID\": \"CVE-2026-21509\", \"vendorProject\": \"Microsoft\", \"product\": \"Office\", \"vulnerabilityName\": \"Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability\", \"dateAdded\": \"2026-01-26\"",
      "locator": "'KEV cross' section of count_office_msrc_output.txt (key o2016win)",
      "derived": true,
      "formula": "KEV Microsoft entries (vendorProject 'Microsoft', feed of 2026-10-14) whose cveID appears in an MSRC CVRF document (2016-Apr to 2026-Oct) with a Known Affected product matching /^Microsoft (Office|Word|Excel|PowerPoint|Outlook|Access|Publisher|OneNote|Visio|Project) +2016 (\\(|Click)/; script count_office_msrc.py.txt. Same join: Office 2013 20, Office 2010 15, Office 2019 11, Office LTSC 2021 9, Microsoft 365 Apps 12.",
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "A lower bound: older flaws (CVE-2012-0158, CVE-2015-1641) predate the CVRF documents and Office 2016. Includes CVE-2019-0541 (MSHTML, filed by CISA under MSHTML) and Project and Publisher flaws, which ship with Office 2016 suites. Office LTSC 2021, which reached end of support on 13 October 2026, is listed for 9 KEV entries.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#cisa-kev-msrc-2026-10-14-exploited-flaws-affecting-office-2016-24-derived",
      "citation_text": "24 actively exploited vulnerabilities in CISA's catalogue affect Office 2016 according to Microsoft's advisories, as of 14 October 2026, a year after its support ended, including CVE-2026-21509 from January 2026 (CISA and Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026). Source: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA); Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), \"CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (catalogVersion 2026.10.14) joined to MSRC CVRF documents 2016-2026\" (https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#cisa-kev-msrc-2026-10-14-exploited-flaws-affecting-office-2016-24-derived."
    },
    {
      "id": "nvd-2026-10-14-office-cves-1997-to-2026-1815-derived",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "1,815 security vulnerabilities (CVEs) in Microsoft Office and its apps were recorded in the US National Vulnerability Database from 1997 to 14 October 2026, by NIST's product tags (NIST NVD, counted 2026).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 1815,
      "unit": "distinct CVEs tagged with an Office product CPE in NVD, published 1997 to 14 October 2026",
      "display_value": "1,815",
      "display_label": "",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "1997/2026-10-14",
      "population": "CVE records in NVD whose configurations match the CPE products office, word, excel, powerpoint, outlook, access, publisher, onenote, 365_apps or office_long_term_servicing_channel",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), National Vulnerability Database",
      "source_title": "NVD CVE API 2.0, virtualMatchString queries for Microsoft Office products (10 queries, 14 October 2026)",
      "source_url": "https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?virtualMatchString=cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-10-14",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3, Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2, Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1, and Microsoft Office 2016 allow an attacker to run arbitrary code",
      "locator": "totalResults of each of the ten queries (files nvd/<product>_p0.json; the office query returned totalResults 1033, timestamp 2026-10-14T23:38:14); quote is the NVD description of CVE-2017-11882; yearly counts in count_office_nvd_output.txt",
      "derived": true,
      "formula": "Union of the CVEs returned by the NVD API 2.0 for virtualMatchString=cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:<product> with product = office (1,033), word (320), excel (502), powerpoint (86), outlook (126), access (38), publisher (45), onenote (16), 365_apps (860) and office_long_term_servicing_channel (366), queried 2026-10-14 23:38-23:40 UTC (saved to raw/office-end-of-support-history/nvd/); 1,815 distinct CVE ids, bucketed by the year of the NVD 'published' date. Script count_office_nvd.py.txt, output count_office_nvd_output.txt.",
      "headline": false,
      "series": "nvd-office-cves-per-year",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "NVD counts depend on the CPE configurations NVD analysts attach, which lag new CVEs and cover Mac and some server editions; MSRC's own documents give the primary count from 2017 (records msrc-cvrf-<year>-desktop-office-cves-*). The two agree within about 10% where they overlap (2017: NVD 79, MSRC 89; 2025: NVD 165, MSRC 160). Yearly counts by NVD published date: 2006 57, 2007 43, 2008 60, 2009 38, 2010 86, 2011 40, 2012 26, 2013 50, 2014 23, 2015 60, 2016 80, 2017 79, 2018 87, 2019 62, 2020 85, 2021 70, 2022 54, 2023 65, 2024 55, 2025 165, 2026 to 14 October 450.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#nvd-2026-10-14-office-cves-1997-to-2026-1815-derived",
      "citation_text": "1,815 security vulnerabilities (CVEs) in Microsoft Office and its apps were recorded in the US National Vulnerability Database from 1997 to 14 October 2026, by NIST's product tags (NIST NVD, counted 2026). Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), National Vulnerability Database, \"NVD CVE API 2.0, virtualMatchString queries for Microsoft Office products (10 queries, 14 October 2026)\" (https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?virtualMatchString=cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#nvd-2026-10-14-office-cves-1997-to-2026-1815-derived."
    },
    {
      "id": "nvd-2014-office-cves-23-derived",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "23 Office vulnerabilities were published in the US National Vulnerability Database in 2014, the year Office 2003 support ended, the lowest yearly count since 2005 (NIST NVD, counted 2026).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 23,
      "unit": "distinct CVEs tagged with an Office product CPE in NVD, published in 2014",
      "display_value": "23",
      "display_label": "",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2014",
      "population": "CVE records in NVD tagged with an Office product CPE",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), National Vulnerability Database",
      "source_title": "NVD CVE API 2.0, virtualMatchString queries for Microsoft Office products (10 queries, 14 October 2026)",
      "source_url": "https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?virtualMatchString=cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-10-14",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Microsoft Word 2003 SP3, 2007 SP3, 2010 SP1 and SP2, 2013, and 2013 RT; Word Viewer; Office Compatibility Pack SP3; Office for Mac 2011",
      "locator": "'by NVD published year' table in count_office_nvd_output.txt (row 2014); quote is the NVD description of CVE-2014-1761 (published 2014-03-25), one of the 23",
      "derived": true,
      "formula": "Union of the CVEs returned by the NVD API 2.0 for virtualMatchString=cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:<product> with product = office (1,033), word (320), excel (502), powerpoint (86), outlook (126), access (38), publisher (45), onenote (16), 365_apps (860) and office_long_term_servicing_channel (366), queried 2026-10-14 23:38-23:40 UTC (saved to raw/office-end-of-support-history/nvd/); 1,815 distinct CVE ids, bucketed by the year of the NVD 'published' date. Script count_office_nvd.py.txt, output count_office_nvd_output.txt.",
      "headline": false,
      "series": "nvd-office-cves-per-year",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "NVD counts depend on the CPE configurations NVD analysts attach, which lag new CVEs and cover Mac and some server editions; MSRC's own documents give the primary count from 2017 (records msrc-cvrf-<year>-desktop-office-cves-*). The two agree within about 10% where they overlap (2017: NVD 79, MSRC 89; 2025: NVD 165, MSRC 160). Fewer published flaws did not mean safer old copies: Office 2003 got no fixes after 8 April 2014 except under paid custom support.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#nvd-2014-office-cves-23-derived",
      "citation_text": "23 Office vulnerabilities were published in the US National Vulnerability Database in 2014, the year Office 2003 support ended, the lowest yearly count since 2005 (NIST NVD, counted 2026). Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), National Vulnerability Database, \"NVD CVE API 2.0, virtualMatchString queries for Microsoft Office products (10 queries, 14 October 2026)\" (https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?virtualMatchString=cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#nvd-2014-office-cves-23-derived."
    },
    {
      "id": "nvd-2026-jan-to-oct-office-cves-450-derived",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "450 Office vulnerabilities were published in the US National Vulnerability Database from January to 14 October 2026, nearly three times the 165 of 2025 and more than in any earlier full year (NIST NVD, counted 2026).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 450,
      "unit": "distinct CVEs tagged with an Office product CPE in NVD, published 1 January to 14 October 2026",
      "display_value": "450",
      "display_label": "",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2026-01-01/2026-10-14",
      "population": "CVE records in NVD tagged with an Office product CPE",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), National Vulnerability Database",
      "source_title": "NVD CVE API 2.0, virtualMatchString queries for Microsoft Office products (10 queries, 14 October 2026)",
      "source_url": "https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?virtualMatchString=cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-10-14",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Reliance on untrusted inputs in a security decision in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.",
      "locator": "'by NVD published year' table in count_office_nvd_output.txt (rows 2025 and 2026); quote is the NVD description of CVE-2026-21509 (published 2026-01-26) in query file nvd/365_apps_p0.json",
      "derived": true,
      "formula": "Union of the CVEs returned by the NVD API 2.0 for virtualMatchString=cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:<product> with product = office (1,033), word (320), excel (502), powerpoint (86), outlook (126), access (38), publisher (45), onenote (16), 365_apps (860) and office_long_term_servicing_channel (366), queried 2026-10-14 23:38-23:40 UTC (saved to raw/office-end-of-support-history/nvd/); 1,815 distinct CVE ids, bucketed by the year of the NVD 'published' date. Script count_office_nvd.py.txt, output count_office_nvd_output.txt.",
      "headline": false,
      "series": "nvd-office-cves-per-year",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "NVD counts depend on the CPE configurations NVD analysts attach, which lag new CVEs and cover Mac and some server editions; MSRC's own documents give the primary count from 2017 (records msrc-cvrf-<year>-desktop-office-cves-*). The two agree within about 10% where they overlap (2017: NVD 79, MSRC 89; 2025: NVD 165, MSRC 160). 425 of the 450 were in status Analyzed. MSRC's own count for the same months is 497.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#nvd-2026-jan-to-oct-office-cves-450-derived",
      "citation_text": "450 Office vulnerabilities were published in the US National Vulnerability Database from January to 14 October 2026, nearly three times the 165 of 2025 and more than in any earlier full year (NIST NVD, counted 2026). Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), National Vulnerability Database, \"NVD CVE API 2.0, virtualMatchString queries for Microsoft Office products (10 queries, 14 October 2026)\" (https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?virtualMatchString=cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#nvd-2026-jan-to-oct-office-cves-450-derived."
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      "notes": "The alert lists the vulnerable products as Office 2007 SP3, 2010 SP2, 2013 SP1 and 2016 (CVE-2017-11882), Office 2003 SP3 to 2010 SP1 (CVE-2012-0158) and Word 2007 to 2013 (CVE-2015-1641). A fifth entry, CVE-2017-8759 (.NET Framework), was also delivered through Office documents but is not counted. 'Last Revised May 12, 2020'.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#cisa-fbi-aa20-133a-2020-05-12-four-office-flaws-in-top-10-exploited-2016-2019",
      "citation_text": "**4** of the 10 vulnerabilities most exploited by state, non-state and unattributed cyber actors from 2016 to 2019 were Microsoft Office flaws (CVE-2017-11882, CVE-2017-0199, CVE-2012-0158 and CVE-2015-1641), the US CISA and FBI said in May 2020 (CISA and FBI, 2020). Source: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), \"Top 10 Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities (Alert AA20-133A)\" (https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa20-133a). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#cisa-fbi-aa20-133a-2020-05-12-four-office-flaws-in-top-10-exploited-2016-2019."
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      "statement": "The three vulnerabilities used most by state-sponsored hackers from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia from 2016 to 2019 were all in Microsoft Office's OLE technology (CVE-2017-11882, CVE-2017-0199 and CVE-2012-0158), the US CISA and FBI said in May 2020 (CISA and FBI, 2020).",
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      "notes": "Same alert: 'malicious cyber actors most often exploited vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) technology'.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#cisa-fbi-aa20-133a-2020-05-12-three-most-used-by-state-actors-all-office-ole",
      "citation_text": "The three vulnerabilities used most by state-sponsored hackers from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia from 2016 to 2019 were all in Microsoft Office's OLE technology (CVE-2017-11882, CVE-2017-0199 and CVE-2012-0158), the US CISA and FBI said in May 2020 (CISA and FBI, 2020). Source: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), \"Top 10 Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities (Alert AA20-133A)\" (https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa20-133a). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#cisa-fbi-aa20-133a-2020-05-12-three-most-used-by-state-actors-all-office-ole."
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    {
      "id": "cisa-fbi-aa20-133a-2020-05-12-cve-2012-0158-still-exploited-december-2019",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "CVE-2012-0158, an Office flaw patched in April 2012, was still frequently exploited by Chinese state hackers in December 2019, the US CISA and FBI said, a sign that many organisations had not applied the patch (CISA and FBI, 2020).",
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      "published_at": "2020-05-12",
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      "quote": "As of December 2019, Chinese state cyber actors were frequently exploiting the same vulnerability",
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      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
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      "notes": "The alert adds that the US Government had assessed in 2015 that CVE-2012-0158 was the most used in Chinese cyber operations, and that the trend 'suggests that organizations have not yet widely implemented patches for this vulnerability'. Vulnerable products include Office 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2 and SP3 and 2010; CISA's KEV catalogue marks it as used in ransomware.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#cisa-fbi-aa20-133a-2020-05-12-cve-2012-0158-still-exploited-december-2019",
      "citation_text": "CVE-2012-0158, an Office flaw patched in April 2012, was still frequently exploited by Chinese state hackers in December 2019, the US CISA and FBI said, a sign that many organisations had not applied the patch (CISA and FBI, 2020). Source: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), \"Top 10 Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities (Alert AA20-133A)\" (https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa20-133a). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#cisa-fbi-aa20-133a-2020-05-12-cve-2012-0158-still-exploited-december-2019."
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    {
      "id": "uk-dh-ccs-2014-04-08-custom-support-office-2003-for-nhs-until-14-april-2015",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "14 April 2015 was the end of the Microsoft Custom Support for Office 2003, Windows XP and Exchange 2003 that the UK Department of Health and Crown Commercial Service bought for the NHS, a year past Office 2003's 8 April 2014 end of support (Department of Health, 2014).",
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      "unit": "date (end of centrally funded custom support)",
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      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "United Kingdom (NHS organisations)",
      "period": "2015-04-14",
      "population": "NHS organisations still running Windows XP, Office 2003 or Exchange 2003",
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      "publisher": "Department of Health and Crown Commercial Service (UK)",
      "source_title": "Urgent action required for those NHS organisations that have not migrated away from Microsoft XP (Department of Health and Cabinet Office letter, 8 April 2014)",
      "source_url": "https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/314721/DHandCabinetOfficeMicrosoftXPupdate8April14.pdf",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2014-04-08",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "This makes Custom Support for Windows XP SP3, Office 2003 SP3 and Exchange 2003 SP2 available to any NHS Organisation that require it until 14 April 2015",
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      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
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      "notes": "The letter says DH 'will centrally fund the provision of Custom Support for 12 months' and that 'there are no plans to negotiate a further national extension'. NHS bodies with fewer than 250 devices got it 'at nil additional cost'; others needed a Premier Services Agreement, with a new 'Crown Base' PSA at £12,500 a year. Microsoft never sold Extended Security Updates for any Office version; for Office 2003 it offered only negotiated Custom Support to large customers.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#uk-dh-ccs-2014-04-08-custom-support-office-2003-for-nhs-until-14-april-2015",
      "citation_text": "14 April 2015 was the end of the Microsoft Custom Support for Office 2003, Windows XP and Exchange 2003 that the UK Department of Health and Crown Commercial Service bought for the NHS, a year past Office 2003's 8 April 2014 end of support (Department of Health, 2014). Source: Department of Health and Crown Commercial Service (UK), \"Urgent action required for those NHS organisations that have not migrated away from Microsoft XP (Department of Health and Cabinet Office letter, 8 April 2014)\" (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/314721/DHandCabinetOfficeMicrosoftXPupdate8April14.pdf). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#uk-dh-ccs-2014-04-08-custom-support-office-2003-for-nhs-until-14-april-2015."
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    {
      "id": "register-2014-04-03-uk-government-xp-office-2003-custom-support-deal-5-584-million-gbp",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "5.584 million pounds was the price of the UK government's one-year Microsoft deal to keep security patches flowing for Office 2003, Windows XP and Exchange 2003 across the public sector after April 2014, The Register reported (The Register, 2014).",
      "short_statement": "The UK government paid **£5.584 million** for a year of security patches for Office 2003 and Windows XP after April 2014.",
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      "value": 5584000,
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      "display_value": "£5.584 million",
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      "source_title": "Microsoft in 1-year Windows XP survival deal with UK govt (The Register)",
      "source_url": "https://www.theregister.com/2014/04/03/whitehall_microsoft_winxp_security_lifeline/",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2014-04-03",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Final price of the deal has settled at £5.584m and will lead to “projected savings in excess” of £20m against “standard” pricing El Reg was told.",
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      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
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      "notes": "The Register says it revealed the deal first and that 'Security fixes will also be provided for Office 2003 and Exchange 2003'. Other outlets print £5.548 million (record governmentbusiness-2014-04-09-restates-uk-xp-office-2003-deal-as-5-548-million-gbp); no government document with the price was found. Microsoft's 'list price for one year's custom Windows XP support is $200 per desktop', the article adds.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#register-2014-04-03-uk-government-xp-office-2003-custom-support-deal-5-584-million-gbp",
      "citation_text": "5.584 million pounds was the price of the UK government's one-year Microsoft deal to keep security patches flowing for Office 2003, Windows XP and Exchange 2003 across the public sector after April 2014, The Register reported (The Register, 2014). Source: The Register, \"Microsoft in 1-year Windows XP survival deal with UK govt (The Register)\" (https://www.theregister.com/2014/04/03/whitehall_microsoft_winxp_security_lifeline/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#register-2014-04-03-uk-government-xp-office-2003-custom-support-deal-5-584-million-gbp."
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    {
      "id": "governmentbusiness-2014-04-09-restates-uk-xp-office-2003-deal-as-5-548-million-gbp",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "5.548 million pounds is the price Government Business gave for the UK's one-year Microsoft deal covering Office 2003, Windows XP and Exchange 2003, against the £5.584 million The Register reported a week earlier (Government Business, 2014).",
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      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "The £5.548 million deal will have Microsoft maintain critical and important security updates for Windows XP, Office 2003 and Exchange 2003 until 8 April 2015",
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      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Contradiction with The Register's £5.584m (transposed digits in one of them); several outlets (The Telegraph, as cited in search snippets, and Government Business) print 5.548, The Register 5.584. Neither CCS nor Microsoft published the price. Also differs on the end date: 8 April 2015 here and in Microsoft's statement quoted by the article, 14 April 2015 in the DH letter to the NHS.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#governmentbusiness-2014-04-09-restates-uk-xp-office-2003-deal-as-5-548-million-gbp",
      "citation_text": "5.548 million pounds is the price Government Business gave for the UK's one-year Microsoft deal covering Office 2003, Windows XP and Exchange 2003, against the £5.584 million The Register reported a week earlier (Government Business, 2014). Source: Government Business, \"Government signs £5.5m deal with Microsoft for extended Windows XP support (Government Business)\" (https://governmentbusiness.co.uk/node/28591). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#governmentbusiness-2014-04-09-restates-uk-xp-office-2003-deal-as-5-548-million-gbp."
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    {
      "id": "defenseone-2015-06-24-us-navy-9-1-million-custom-support-xp-office-2003-100000-workstations",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "9.1 million dollars was the US Navy's contract for Microsoft custom support to July 2016 for 100,000 workstations still running Windows XP, Office 2003, Exchange 2003 and Server 2003, Defense One reported in June 2015, more than a year after Office 2003 support ended (Defense One, 2015).",
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      "source_type": "secondary",
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      "published_at": "2015-06-24",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command recently awarded Microsoft a $9.1 million contract to continue the company’s Premier and Custom support services for 100,000 workstations still running XP, Office 2003, Exchange 2003 and Server 2003.",
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      "formula": null,
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      "history": [],
      "notes": "Defense One: options 'would continue support until June 2017 and bring the total tab to $30.8 million'; '$9.1 million for 100,000 computers works out to $91 per machine'. The contract covers four products; no split by product is given.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#defenseone-2015-06-24-us-navy-9-1-million-custom-support-xp-office-2003-100000-workstations",
      "citation_text": "9.1 million dollars was the US Navy's contract for Microsoft custom support to July 2016 for 100,000 workstations still running Windows XP, Office 2003, Exchange 2003 and Server 2003, Defense One reported in June 2015, more than a year after Office 2003 support ended (Defense One, 2015). Source: Defense One, \"Navy forks over $9.1 million for XP support (Defense One)\" (https://www.defenseone.com/defense-systems/2015/06/navy-forks-over-91-million-for-xp-support/191197/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#defenseone-2015-06-24-us-navy-9-1-million-custom-support-xp-office-2003-100000-workstations."
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    {
      "id": "washingtontechnology-2015-06-10-us-navy-microsoft-custom-support-contract-30-8-million-to-2017",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "30.8 million dollars was the value the US Navy's Microsoft support contract for Windows XP, Office 2003, Exchange 2003 and Server 2003 could reach if all options ran to June 2017, Washington Technology reported (Washington Technology, 2015).",
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      "source_type": "secondary",
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      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "The expansion brings the value of the Navy contract to $30.8 million. The contract runs though June 8, 2017, if all options are exercised.",
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      "headline": false,
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      "notes": "Same article: 'The contract is for Microsoft Premier Support and Microsoft Custom Support for Windows XP, Office 2003, Exchange 2003, and Server 2003.' The quote keeps the source's typo 'though'.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#washingtontechnology-2015-06-10-us-navy-microsoft-custom-support-contract-30-8-million-to-2017",
      "citation_text": "30.8 million dollars was the value the US Navy's Microsoft support contract for Windows XP, Office 2003, Exchange 2003 and Server 2003 could reach if all options ran to June 2017, Washington Technology reported (Washington Technology, 2015). Source: Washington Technology, \"Microsoft wins expansion of Navy support work (Washington Technology)\" (https://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2015/06/10/microsoft-navy-work.aspx). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#washingtontechnology-2015-06-10-us-navy-microsoft-custom-support-contract-30-8-million-to-2017."
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    {
      "id": "microsoft-support-2026-office-2021-no-extension-no-extended-security-updates",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "No extension and no extended security updates are offered for Office 2021, Microsoft's end-of-support page says now that support ended on 13 October 2026, unlike the paid Extended Security Updates it sold for Windows 10 (Microsoft Support, 2026).",
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      "quote": "Support for Office 2021 ended on October 13, 2026 and there will be no extension and no extended security updates. All of your Office 2021 apps may continue to function.",
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      "notes": "Published 9 October 2026 (article:published_time). Microsoft's own MSI update page confirms monthly Office 2016 MSI updates through September 2026; Office Watch says the Click-to-Run (retail) edition gets none. Reused from page 4 (most-used-software-statistics, id kept); source re-fetched and quote re-checked 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#helpnetsecurity-2026-10-microsoft-kept-near-monthly-updates-for-office-2016-2019-after-eos",
      "citation_text": "Microsoft kept releasing security updates almost monthly for Office 2016 and Office 2019 in the year after their October 2025 end of support, Help Net Security's October 2026 Patch Tuesday forecast noted, arguing it was time to truly end them (Help Net Security, 2026). Source: Help Net Security, \"October 2026 Patch Tuesday forecast: Time for an Office cleanup (Help Net Security)\" (https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/09/october-2026-patch-tuesday-forecast/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#helpnetsecurity-2026-10-microsoft-kept-near-monthly-updates-for-office-2016-2019-after-eos."
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      "notes": "Office Watch: 'Microsoft's published update history for retail Office 2016 Click-to-Run ends on: 14 October 2025, Version 2508, Build 19127.20302.' Patch count is Office Watch's tally, not a Microsoft figure. Reused from page 4 (most-used-software-statistics, id kept); source re-fetched and quote re-checked 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#officewatch-2026-08-04-36-office-2016-msi-patches-after-end-of-support",
      "citation_text": "36 distinct security patches were released for MSI installations of Office 2016 between its end of support and July 2026, while the Click-to-Run edition most homes and small businesses have got none, Office Watch counted (Office Watch, 2026). Source: Office Watch, \"Office 2016 Still Gets Security Updates: Check If Yours Qualifies (Office Watch)\" (https://office-watch.com/2026/office-2016-security-updates-after-end-of-support/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#officewatch-2026-08-04-36-office-2016-msi-patches-after-end-of-support."
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    {
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      "statement": "September 2026 brought the latest of the monthly updates Microsoft has kept shipping for the MSI edition of Office 2016 since its 14 October 2025 end of support, under a clause reserving updates 'at Microsoft's sole discretion' (Microsoft, 2026).",
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      "quote": "Support for Office 2016 ended on October 14, 2025. However, at Microsoft’s sole discretion, we may choose to issue one or more updates to Office 2016 after October 14, 2025.",
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      "notes": "ms.date 2026-10-13. The page lists monthly 'Security and Non-Security Updates' collections from November 2025 (KB5071102) to September 2026 (KB5127194). The January 2026 out-of-band fix for the actively exploited Office flaw CVE-2026-21509 also covered Office 2016 (KB5002713), according to press reports. Office 2013's last public update listed is November 2023. Reused from page 4 (most-used-software-statistics, id kept); source re-fetched and quote re-checked 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-learn-2026-10-13-office-2016-msi-updates-continued-after-eos-sole-discretion",
      "citation_text": "September 2026 brought the latest of the monthly updates Microsoft has kept shipping for the MSI edition of Office 2016 since its 14 October 2025 end of support, under a clause reserving updates 'at Microsoft's sole discretion' (Microsoft, 2026). Source: Microsoft, \"Latest updates for versions of Office that use Windows Installer (MSI) - Office updates (Microsoft Learn)\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/office-updates-msi). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-learn-2026-10-13-office-2016-msi-updates-continued-after-eos-sole-discretion."
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    {
      "id": "microsoft-support-2026-07-13-office-2019-for-mac-reduced-functionality-mode",
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      "statement": "13 July 2026 was the day Office 2019 for Mac began opening documents read-only, unable to edit or save, after a licensing certificate expired; Microsoft says updating or reinstalling cannot fix it, while up-to-date Office 2021 for Mac kept working (Microsoft Support, 2026).",
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      "quote": "Because Office 2019 cannot be updated to the required version, this issue cannot be resolved by updating or reinstalling Office 2019 for Mac.",
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      "notes": "The page: 'Starting July 13, 2026, some users may notice that Office apps ... can open and print files, but cannot edit, save, or create new files - called \"reduced functionality mode\"' and it 'affects ... non-subscription software, including Office 2021 or Office 2019 on macOS'. Minimum version 16.83. heise (3 June 2026) and Windows Central reported critics calling it planned obsolescence for one-time-purchase software. Reused from page 4 (most-used-software-statistics, id kept); source re-fetched and quote re-checked 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-support-2026-07-13-office-2019-for-mac-reduced-functionality-mode",
      "citation_text": "13 July 2026 was the day Office 2019 for Mac began opening documents read-only, unable to edit or save, after a licensing certificate expired; Microsoft says updating or reinstalling cannot fix it, while up-to-date Office 2021 for Mac kept working (Microsoft Support, 2026). Source: Microsoft, \"Update Microsoft 365 or Office on your macOS or iOS device (Microsoft Support)\" (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/update-microsoft-365-or-office-on-your-macos-or-ios-device-f418ae5d-bb5f-4078-b3d9-9340f5dd084e). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-support-2026-07-13-office-2019-for-mac-reduced-functionality-mode."
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    {
      "id": "microsoft-lifecycle-2014-04-08-office-2003-no-security-updates-no-paid-support-options",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "No new security updates and no free or paid assisted support options remained for Office 2003 after 8 April 2014, when it went out of support on the same day as Windows XP and Exchange 2003, Microsoft's lifecycle notice says (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2014).",
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      "source_title": "Support for Windows XP, Office 2003 and Exchange 2003 ended - Microsoft Lifecycle",
      "source_url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/windows-xp-office-exchange-2003-end-of-support",
      "source_type": "primary",
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      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Windows XP, Office 2003 and Exchange Server 2003 went out of support on April 8, 2014. As a result, there is no new security updates, non-security hotfixes, free or paid assisted support options, or online technical content updates.",
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      "notes": "'No paid assisted support options' did not stop Microsoft from selling negotiated Custom Support for Office 2003 to large customers: the UK public sector (to April 2015) and the US Navy (to 2016-2017) bought it (records uk-dh-ccs-2014-04-08-custom-support-office-2003-for-nhs-until-14-april-2015, defenseone-2015-06-24-us-navy-9-1-million-custom-support-xp-office-2003-100000-workstations). The page carries no date of its own; the date is the event's. Microsoft's consumer page today says 'All of your Office 2003 apps will continue to function'.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2014-04-08-office-2003-no-security-updates-no-paid-support-options",
      "citation_text": "No new security updates and no free or paid assisted support options remained for Office 2003 after 8 April 2014, when it went out of support on the same day as Windows XP and Exchange 2003, Microsoft's lifecycle notice says (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2014). Source: Microsoft, \"Support for Windows XP, Office 2003 and Exchange 2003 ended - Microsoft Lifecycle\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/windows-xp-office-exchange-2003-end-of-support). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2014-04-08-office-2003-no-security-updates-no-paid-support-options."
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    {
      "id": "computerworld-2013-04-08-microsoft-15pct-discount-windows-8-office-2013-for-xp-and-office-2003-smbs",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "15% off Windows 8 Pro and Office 2013 Standard, or 84 dollars per PC, was Microsoft's offer to small and medium businesses still on Windows XP and Office 2003, a year before both lost support in April 2014, Computerworld reported (Computerworld, 2013).",
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      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "can purchase licenses to Windows 8 Pro and Office 2013 Standard at a 15% discount, Microsoft said on a promotional website",
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      "history": [],
      "notes": "Computerworld: Microsoft quoted $188 per Windows 8 Pro licence and $373 per Office 2013 Standard licence ($561), and the discount lowered the pair 'by $84 to $477'; capped at 100 licences, 'good through June 30'. Microsoft's promotional page was not retrieved.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#computerworld-2013-04-08-microsoft-15pct-discount-windows-8-office-2013-for-xp-and-office-2003-smbs",
      "citation_text": "15% off Windows 8 Pro and Office 2013 Standard, or 84 dollars per PC, was Microsoft's offer to small and medium businesses still on Windows XP and Office 2003, a year before both lost support in April 2014, Computerworld reported (Computerworld, 2013). Source: Computerworld, \"Microsoft tempts XP laggards with $84 upgrade discount (Computerworld)\" (https://www.computerworld.com/article/1401333/microsoft-tempts-xp-laggards-with-84-upgrade-discount.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#computerworld-2013-04-08-microsoft-15pct-discount-windows-8-office-2013-for-xp-and-office-2003-smbs."
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    {
      "id": "microsoft-lifecycle-2020-07-15-office-2007-no-free-or-paid-support-options",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "No security updates and no free or paid assisted support options are available for Office 2007 after its 10 October 2017 end of support, Microsoft's lifecycle notice says, pointing customers to Office 365 or the latest Office (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2020).",
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      "published_at": "2020-07-15",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Office 2007 has reached the end of its support lifecycle, meaning there are no new security updates, non-security updates, free or paid assisted support options, or online technical content updates.",
      "locator": "Announcement body, first paragraph (ms.date 2020-07-15)",
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      "notes": "Microsoft's own update documents nevertheless list Office 2007 security fixes for six more months, to April 2018 (record msrc-cvrf-2017-11-to-2018-04-office-2007-cves-fixed-after-end-of-support-32-derived).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2020-07-15-office-2007-no-free-or-paid-support-options",
      "citation_text": "No security updates and no free or paid assisted support options are available for Office 2007 after its 10 October 2017 end of support, Microsoft's lifecycle notice says, pointing customers to Office 365 or the latest Office (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2020). Source: Microsoft, \"Office 2007 end of support - Microsoft Lifecycle\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/office-2007-end-of-support). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2020-07-15-office-2007-no-free-or-paid-support-options."
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    {
      "id": "microsoft-learn-2017-10-31-outlook-2007-loses-supported-exchange-online-access",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "31 October 2017, three weeks after Office 2007's end of support, was the day RPC over HTTP stopped being supported for Exchange Online, leaving Outlook 2007, which cannot use its successor MAPI over HTTP, in an unsupported state with Microsoft 365 mail (Microsoft, 2024).",
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      "source_title": "RPC over HTTP reaches end of support in Microsoft 365 on October 31, 2017 - Exchange (Microsoft Learn)",
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      "quote": "Outlook 2007 won't work with MAPI over HTTP. To avoid being in an unsupported state, Outlook 2007 customers have to update to a newer version of Outlook or use Outlook on the web.",
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      "notes": "A service block rather than a security cut-off: the same page says 'Starting on October 31, 2017, RPC over HTTP is no longer a supported protocol for accessing mail data from Exchange Online.' The later equivalent for Office 2016 and 2019 (connections unsupported from 10 October 2023) is a lifecycle-dates record (microsoft-learn-2026-office-2016-and-2019-connections-to-microsoft-365-unsupported-since-10-october-2023).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-learn-2017-10-31-outlook-2007-loses-supported-exchange-online-access",
      "citation_text": "31 October 2017, three weeks after Office 2007's end of support, was the day RPC over HTTP stopped being supported for Exchange Online, leaving Outlook 2007, which cannot use its successor MAPI over HTTP, in an unsupported state with Microsoft 365 mail (Microsoft, 2024). Source: Microsoft, \"RPC over HTTP reaches end of support in Microsoft 365 on October 31, 2017 - Exchange (Microsoft Learn)\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/troubleshoot/administration/rpc-over-http-end-of-support). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-learn-2017-10-31-outlook-2007-loses-supported-exchange-online-access."
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      "id": "microsoft-support-2026-office-2010-no-extension-no-extended-security-updates-no-download",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "No extension and no extended security updates were offered for Office 2010 when its support ended on 13 October 2020, and Microsoft also stopped letting customers download it, its end-of-support page says (Microsoft Support, 2026).",
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      "source_title": "End of support for Office 2010 (Microsoft Support)",
      "source_url": "https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/end-of-support-for-office-2010-3a3e45de-51ac-4944-b2ba-c2e415432789",
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      "quote": "Support for Office 2010 ended on October 13, 2020 and there will be no extension and no extended security updates.",
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      "notes": "Same page: 'You'll no longer be able to download Office 2010 from the Microsoft web site.' Microsoft's Office 2013 page uses the same formula ('Support for Office 2013 ended on April 11, 2023 and there will be no extension and no extended security updates. All of your Office 2013 apps will continue to function'), as do the 2016/2019 and 2021 pages. The update documents still list Office 2010 fixes to April 2021 (msrc-cvrf-2020-11-to-2021-04-office-2010-cves-fixed-after-end-of-support-37-derived).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-support-2026-office-2010-no-extension-no-extended-security-updates-no-download",
      "citation_text": "No extension and no extended security updates were offered for Office 2010 when its support ended on 13 October 2020, and Microsoft also stopped letting customers download it, its end-of-support page says (Microsoft Support, 2026). Source: Microsoft, \"End of support for Office 2010 (Microsoft Support)\" (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/end-of-support-for-office-2010-3a3e45de-51ac-4944-b2ba-c2e415432789). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-support-2026-office-2010-no-extension-no-extended-security-updates-no-download."
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      "id": "microsoft-security-blog-2016-03-22-98pct-of-office-targeted-threats-use-macros",
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      "statement": "98% of Office-targeted threats used macros, Microsoft said in March 2016 citing its Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection data, as it added a policy to Office 2016 that blocks macros in files from the internet (Microsoft, 2016).",
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      "source_title": "New feature in Office 2016 can block macros and help prevent infection (Microsoft Security Blog)",
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      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2016-03-22",
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      "notes": "A share of detected threats, not of infections or attacks. The 2016 feature was opt-in (a Group Policy setting); blocking internet macros by default came only in 2022.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-security-blog-2016-03-22-98pct-of-office-targeted-threats-use-macros",
      "citation_text": "98% of Office-targeted threats used macros, Microsoft said in March 2016 citing its Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection data, as it added a policy to Office 2016 that blocks macros in files from the internet (Microsoft, 2016). Source: Microsoft, \"New feature in Office 2016 can block macros and help prevent infection (Microsoft Security Blog)\" (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2016/03/22/new-feature-in-office-2016-can-block-macros-and-help-prevent-infection/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-security-blog-2016-03-22-98pct-of-office-targeted-threats-use-macros."
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    {
      "id": "microsoft-techcommunity-2022-02-07-office-to-block-internet-macros-by-default",
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      "statement": "7 February 2022 was when Microsoft announced that Office would block VBA macros in files from the internet by default, after decades of letting users enable them with one click; the rollout paused in July 2022 and then resumed (Microsoft, 2022).",
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      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide (Office on Windows)",
      "period": "2022-02-07",
      "population": "Office apps on Windows (Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Word)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Microsoft",
      "source_title": "Helping users stay safe: Blocking internet macros by default in Office (Microsoft 365 Blog, Microsoft Tech Community)",
      "source_url": "https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365blog/helping-users-stay-safe-blocking-internet-macros-by-default-in-office/3071805",
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      "published_at": "2022-02-07",
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      "quote": "For the protection of our customers, we need to make it more difficult to enable macros in files obtained from the internet.",
      "locator": "Post body (datePublished 2/7/2022); update notes at the top about the rollback and resumption",
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      "headline": false,
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      "notes": "The post's later updates: 'Following user feedback, we have rolled back this change temporarily' and then 'We're resuming the rollout of this change in Current Channel.' Microsoft Learn dates the Current Channel rollout (Version 2206) from 27 July 2022 and Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel from 10 January 2023 (record microsoft-learn-2026-internet-macros-blocked-current-channel-from-27-july-2022). The post also says: 'At a future date to be determined, we also plan to make this change to Office LTSC, Office 2021, Office 2019, Office 2016, and Office 2013.'",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-techcommunity-2022-02-07-office-to-block-internet-macros-by-default",
      "citation_text": "7 February 2022 was when Microsoft announced that Office would block VBA macros in files from the internet by default, after decades of letting users enable them with one click; the rollout paused in July 2022 and then resumed (Microsoft, 2022). Source: Microsoft, \"Helping users stay safe: Blocking internet macros by default in Office (Microsoft 365 Blog, Microsoft Tech Community)\" (https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365blog/helping-users-stay-safe-blocking-internet-macros-by-default-in-office/3071805). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-techcommunity-2022-02-07-office-to-block-internet-macros-by-default."
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      "id": "microsoft-learn-2026-internet-macros-blocked-current-channel-from-27-july-2022",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "27 July 2022 was when Microsoft began blocking macros in internet files by default in Office's Current Channel (Version 2206), reaching the Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel on 10 January 2023, on Windows only (Microsoft Learn, 2026).",
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      "unit": "date (default change rollout)",
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      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide (Office on Windows)",
      "period": "2022-07-27",
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      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Microsoft",
      "source_title": "Macros from the internet are blocked by default in Office (Microsoft Learn)",
      "source_url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-apps/security/internet-macros-blocked",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-07-17",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "VBA macros are a common way for malicious actors to gain access to deploy malware and ransomware. Therefore, to help improve security in Office, we’re changing the default behavior of Office applications to block macros in files from the internet.",
      "locator": "Introduction; table 'Versions of Office affected by this change': Current Channel Version 2206 'Started rolling out on July 27, 2022'; Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel Version 2208 January 10, 2023 (ms.date 2026-07-17)",
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      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
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      "notes": "The page: 'The change doesn't affect Office on a Mac, Office on Android or iOS devices, or Office on the web.' Its version tables list only Microsoft 365 Apps update channels. Microsoft's February 2022 post planned the change for 'Office LTSC, Office 2021, Office 2019, Office 2016, and Office 2013' at 'a future date to be determined'; no date for those versions was found, so unsupported perpetual copies cannot be assumed to block internet macros by default.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-learn-2026-internet-macros-blocked-current-channel-from-27-july-2022",
      "citation_text": "27 July 2022 was when Microsoft began blocking macros in internet files by default in Office's Current Channel (Version 2206), reaching the Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel on 10 January 2023, on Windows only (Microsoft Learn, 2026). Source: Microsoft, \"Macros from the internet are blocked by default in Office (Microsoft Learn)\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-apps/security/internet-macros-blocked). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-learn-2026-internet-macros-blocked-current-channel-from-27-july-2022."
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    {
      "id": "proofpoint-2022-07-26-macro-enabled-attachments-down-66pct-after-microsoft-block",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "Threat actors' use of macro-enabled attachments fell by about **66%** between October 2021 and June 2022, after Microsoft said it would block macros by default, while container files such as ISO and RAR and Windows shortcut (LNK) files rose, Proofpoint found (Proofpoint, 2022).",
      "short_statement": "Attackers' use of macro-enabled attachments fell about **66%** after Microsoft said it would block internet macros by default.",
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      "value": -66,
      "unit": "% change in use of VBA and XL4 macro-enabled attachments in Proofpoint campaign data, October 2021 to June 2022",
      "display_value": "about 66% fewer",
      "display_label": "Proofpoint campaign data, Oct 2021 to Jun 2022",
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      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide (Proofpoint customers' email)",
      "period": "2021-10/2022-06",
      "population": "Email threat campaigns analysed by Proofpoint researchers",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Proofpoint",
      "source_title": "How Threat Actors Are Adapting to a Post-Macro World (Proofpoint Threat Insight)",
      "source_url": "https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/threat-insight/how-threat-actors-are-adapting-post-macro-world",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2022-07-26",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "the use of macro-enabled attachments by threat actors decreased approximately 66% between October 2021 and June 2022.",
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      "derived": false,
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      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor telemetry (campaigns, not messages or victims). Proofpoint's key finding: 'Proofpoint has observed the use of VBA and XL4 Macros decrease approximately 66% from October 2021 through June 2022, based on campaigned data.' The October 2021 start reflects Microsoft's earlier XL4 macro change.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#proofpoint-2022-07-26-macro-enabled-attachments-down-66pct-after-microsoft-block",
      "citation_text": "Threat actors' use of macro-enabled attachments fell by about **66%** between October 2021 and June 2022, after Microsoft said it would block macros by default, while container files such as ISO and RAR and Windows shortcut (LNK) files rose, Proofpoint found (Proofpoint, 2022). Source: Proofpoint, \"How Threat Actors Are Adapting to a Post-Macro World (Proofpoint Threat Insight)\" (https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/threat-insight/how-threat-actors-are-adapting-post-macro-world). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#proofpoint-2022-07-26-macro-enabled-attachments-down-66pct-after-microsoft-block."
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    {
      "id": "cisa-aa21-209a-2021-07-28-cve-2017-11882-among-topmost-exploited-of-2020",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "CVE-2017-11882, the Office Equation Editor flaw patched in 2017, was **the only Office vulnerability** among the 14 topmost exploited of 2020 named by the US, UK and Australian cyber agencies in July 2021, which said attackers would keep using it while systems stay unpatched (CISA, 2021).",
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      "unit": "statement (ranked list membership)",
      "display_value": "still in the top list in 2020",
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      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "United States, United Kingdom and Australia (joint advisory)",
      "period": "2020",
      "population": "Vulnerabilities most exploited by malicious cyber actors in 2020",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "CISA, Australian Cyber Security Centre, UK National Cyber Security Centre and FBI",
      "source_title": "Top Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities (Joint Cybersecurity Advisory AA21-209A)",
      "source_url": "https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa21-209a",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2021-07-28",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Malicious cyber actors will most likely continue to use older known vulnerabilities, such as CVE-2017-11882 affecting Microsoft Office, as long as they remain effective and systems remain unpatched.",
      "locator": "Summary; list of 'topmost exploited vulnerabilities by malicious cyber actors from 2020'; Table 9 (CVE 2017-11882 details); 'Initial Version: July 28, 2021'",
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      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
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      "notes": "The advisory adds that Equation Editor 'was compiled on November 9, 2000' and, 'Without any further recompilation, it was used in all currently supported versions of Microsoft Office'; vulnerable: Office 2007 SP3, 2010 SP2, 2013 SP1 and 2016. Microsoft removed the component in January 2018.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#cisa-aa21-209a-2021-07-28-cve-2017-11882-among-topmost-exploited-of-2020",
      "citation_text": "CVE-2017-11882, the Office Equation Editor flaw patched in 2017, was **the only Office vulnerability** among the 14 topmost exploited of 2020 named by the US, UK and Australian cyber agencies in July 2021, which said attackers would keep using it while systems stay unpatched (CISA, 2021). Source: CISA, Australian Cyber Security Centre, UK National Cyber Security Centre and FBI, \"Top Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities (Joint Cybersecurity Advisory AA21-209A)\" (https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa21-209a). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#cisa-aa21-209a-2021-07-28-cve-2017-11882-among-topmost-exploited-of-2020."
    },
    {
      "id": "computerworld-2010-04-27-microsoft-sir-56pct-of-office-attacks-hit-copies-last-updated-in-2003",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "56% of the successful attacks on Office that Microsoft sampled in the second half of 2009 hit copies last updated in 2003, mostly Office 2003 installations never patched since release, Computerworld reported from Microsoft's Security Intelligence Report (Computerworld, 2010).",
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      "value": 56,
      "unit": "% of sampled successful Office attacks, July to December 2009, on copies last updated in 2003",
      "display_value": "56%",
      "display_label": "",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide (Microsoft telemetry sample)",
      "period": "2009-H2",
      "population": "A sample of successful Office attacks observed by Microsoft, second half of 2009",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Computerworld (reporting Microsoft's Security Intelligence Report, volume 8)",
      "source_title": "Microsoft Update keeps Office secure, says researcher (Computerworld)",
      "source_url": "https://www.computerworld.com/article/1550216/microsoft-update-keeps-office-secure-says-researcher.html",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2010-04-27",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "56% of all attacks in a sample of successful Office hacks during the second half of 2009 affected copies that had last been updated in 2003.",
      "locator": "Article body, paragraph beginning 'Microsoft's own data supported Lai's contention'",
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      "formula": null,
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      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Same article: 'just 2.3% of the attacks in the sample set involved copies of Office that had been updated at some point in the last four years.' Microsoft's report volume 8 (download centre id 11722) was not retrieved: the download page serves the PDF only through a script. Five years before Office 2003's end of support, unpatched copies were already the main target. Computerworld's earlier article on volume 7 (first half of 2009) gave 55.5% for installations last updated between July 2003 and June 2004.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#computerworld-2010-04-27-microsoft-sir-56pct-of-office-attacks-hit-copies-last-updated-in-2003",
      "citation_text": "56% of the successful attacks on Office that Microsoft sampled in the second half of 2009 hit copies last updated in 2003, mostly Office 2003 installations never patched since release, Computerworld reported from Microsoft's Security Intelligence Report (Computerworld, 2010). Source: Computerworld (reporting Microsoft's Security Intelligence Report, volume 8), \"Microsoft Update keeps Office secure, says researcher (Computerworld)\" (https://www.computerworld.com/article/1550216/microsoft-update-keeps-office-secure-says-researcher.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#computerworld-2010-04-27-microsoft-sir-56pct-of-office-attacks-hit-copies-last-updated-in-2003."
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    {
      "id": "kaspersky-2017-q3-office-share-of-exploits-detected-27-8pct",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "27.8% of the exploits Kaspersky detected on users' computers in Q3 2017 targeted Microsoft Office vulnerabilities, behind browser exploits at 35.0%, before Office took the lead in 2018 (Kaspersky, 2017).",
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      "unit": "% of exploits (exploitation attempts) detected by Kaspersky that target Microsoft Office",
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      "geography": "Worldwide (Kaspersky users)",
      "period": "2017-Q3",
      "population": "Exploits detected by Kaspersky products on users' computers (non-mobile), by type of application attacked",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Kaspersky",
      "source_title": "IT threat evolution Q3 2017. Statistics (Securelist, Kaspersky)",
      "source_url": "https://securelist.com/it-threat-evolution-q3-2017-statistics/83131/",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2017-11-10",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "The overall share of exploits for Microsoft Office was 27.8%",
      "locator": "Section 'Vulnerable applications used by criminals in cyberattacks' (or 'Exploitation of vulnerabilities'), paragraph on the distribution of exploits by application type",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "kaspersky-office-share-of-detected-exploits",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor telemetry from Kaspersky users who consented to share data; a share of detections, not of attacks or victims. Kaspersky names the old Equation Editor flaws CVE-2017-11882 and CVE-2018-0802 and CVE-2017-0199 or CVE-2017-8570 as the most common. Quarters fetched: Q2 and Q3 2019, Q2 2020, Q2 and Q3 2021, Q1 and Q3 2022, Q1 to Q3 2023; other quarters exist on Securelist but were not collected. From 2024 Kaspersky's quarterly malware statistics no longer mention Office (Q1 2024 checked) and its separate vulnerability reports list the most detected flaws without a share (kaspersky-2026-q1-veteran-office-equation-editor-flaws-still-largest-share-of-detections).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kaspersky-2017-q3-office-share-of-exploits-detected-27-8pct",
      "citation_text": "27.8% of the exploits Kaspersky detected on users' computers in Q3 2017 targeted Microsoft Office vulnerabilities, behind browser exploits at 35.0%, before Office took the lead in 2018 (Kaspersky, 2017). Source: Kaspersky, \"IT threat evolution Q3 2017. Statistics (Securelist, Kaspersky)\" (https://securelist.com/it-threat-evolution-q3-2017-statistics/83131/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kaspersky-2017-q3-office-share-of-exploits-detected-27-8pct."
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    {
      "id": "kaspersky-2018-q1-office-share-of-exploits-detected-47-2pct",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "47.2% of the exploits Kaspersky detected on users' computers in Q1 2018 targeted Microsoft Office vulnerabilities, more than any other kind of software, more than double the 2017 average and twice the share of browser exploits (Kaspersky, 2018).",
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      "value": 47.2,
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      "period": "2018-Q1",
      "population": "Exploits detected by Kaspersky products on users' computers (non-mobile), by type of application attacked",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Kaspersky",
      "source_title": "IT threat evolution Q1 2018. Statistics (Securelist, Kaspersky)",
      "source_url": "https://securelist.com/it-threat-evolution-q1-2018-statistics/85541/",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2018-05-14",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "The share of Microsoft Office exploits (47.15%) more than doubled compared with the average for 2017.",
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      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "kaspersky-office-share-of-detected-exploits",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor telemetry from Kaspersky users who consented to share data; a share of detections, not of attacks or victims. Kaspersky names the old Equation Editor flaws CVE-2017-11882 and CVE-2018-0802 and CVE-2017-0199 or CVE-2017-8570 as the most common. Quarters fetched: Q2 and Q3 2019, Q2 2020, Q2 and Q3 2021, Q1 and Q3 2022, Q1 to Q3 2023; other quarters exist on Securelist but were not collected. From 2024 Kaspersky's quarterly malware statistics no longer mention Office (Q1 2024 checked) and its separate vulnerability reports list the most detected flaws without a share (kaspersky-2026-q1-veteran-office-equation-editor-flaws-still-largest-share-of-detections).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kaspersky-2018-q1-office-share-of-exploits-detected-47-2pct",
      "citation_text": "47.2% of the exploits Kaspersky detected on users' computers in Q1 2018 targeted Microsoft Office vulnerabilities, more than any other kind of software, more than double the 2017 average and twice the share of browser exploits (Kaspersky, 2018). Source: Kaspersky, \"IT threat evolution Q1 2018. Statistics (Securelist, Kaspersky)\" (https://securelist.com/it-threat-evolution-q1-2018-statistics/85541/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kaspersky-2018-q1-office-share-of-exploits-detected-47-2pct."
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      "statement": "74.8% of the exploits Kaspersky detected on users' computers in Q1 2020 targeted Microsoft Office vulnerabilities, more than any other kind of software, led by the Equation Editor flaw CVE-2017-11882 (Kaspersky, 2020).",
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      "source_title": "IT threat evolution Q1 2020. Statistics (Securelist, Kaspersky)",
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      "source_type": "manufacturer",
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      "published_at": "2020-05-20",
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      "quote": "Q1 2020 was no exception: the share of exploits for these vulnerabilities grew to 74.83%.",
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      "series": "kaspersky-office-share-of-detected-exploits",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor telemetry from Kaspersky users who consented to share data; a share of detections, not of attacks or victims. Kaspersky names the old Equation Editor flaws CVE-2017-11882 and CVE-2018-0802 and CVE-2017-0199 or CVE-2017-8570 as the most common. Quarters fetched: Q2 and Q3 2019, Q2 2020, Q2 and Q3 2021, Q1 and Q3 2022, Q1 to Q3 2023; other quarters exist on Securelist but were not collected. From 2024 Kaspersky's quarterly malware statistics no longer mention Office (Q1 2024 checked) and its separate vulnerability reports list the most detected flaws without a share (kaspersky-2026-q1-veteran-office-equation-editor-flaws-still-largest-share-of-detections).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kaspersky-2020-q1-office-share-of-exploits-detected-74-8pct",
      "citation_text": "74.8% of the exploits Kaspersky detected on users' computers in Q1 2020 targeted Microsoft Office vulnerabilities, more than any other kind of software, led by the Equation Editor flaw CVE-2017-11882 (Kaspersky, 2020). Source: Kaspersky, \"IT threat evolution Q1 2020. Statistics (Securelist, Kaspersky)\" (https://securelist.com/it-threat-evolution-q1-2020-statistics/96959/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kaspersky-2020-q1-office-share-of-exploits-detected-74-8pct."
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      "statement": "72% of the exploits Kaspersky detected on users' computers in Q2 2019 targeted Microsoft Office vulnerabilities, more than any other kind of software, up from 67% in the first quarter (Kaspersky, 2019).",
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      "source_title": "IT threat evolution Q2 2019. Statistics (Securelist, Kaspersky)",
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      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2019-08-19",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "the share of exploits for vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office applications rose from 67% to 72%.",
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      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "kaspersky-office-share-of-detected-exploits",
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      "citation_text": "75.5% of the exploits Kaspersky detected on users' computers in Q2 2023 targeted Microsoft Office vulnerabilities, more than any other kind of software (Kaspersky, 2023). Source: Kaspersky, \"IT threat evolution in Q2 2023. Non-mobile statistics (Securelist, Kaspersky)\" (https://securelist.com/it-threat-evolution-q2-2023-non-mobile-statistics/110413/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kaspersky-2023-q2-office-share-of-exploits-detected-75-5pct."
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      "statement": "80.1% of the exploits Kaspersky detected on users' computers in Q3 2023 targeted Microsoft Office vulnerabilities, more than any other kind of software, the latest quarter collected (Kaspersky, 2023).",
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      "source_title": "IT threat evolution in Q3 2023. Non-mobile statistics (Securelist, Kaspersky)",
      "source_url": "https://securelist.com/it-threat-evolution-q3-2023-non-mobile-statistics/111228/",
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      "quote": "Microsoft Office (80.14%) ranks first by number of attempts to exploit vulnerabilities in Q3, gaining 4.5 p.p. Cybercriminals continue to use old vulnerabilities to attack unpatched corporate systems.",
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      "notes": "Vendor telemetry from Kaspersky users who consented to share data; a share of detections, not of attacks or victims. Kaspersky names the old Equation Editor flaws CVE-2017-11882 and CVE-2018-0802 and CVE-2017-0199 or CVE-2017-8570 as the most common. Quarters fetched: Q2 and Q3 2019, Q2 2020, Q2 and Q3 2021, Q1 and Q3 2022, Q1 to Q3 2023; other quarters exist on Securelist but were not collected. From 2024 Kaspersky's quarterly malware statistics no longer mention Office (Q1 2024 checked) and its separate vulnerability reports list the most detected flaws without a share (kaspersky-2026-q1-veteran-office-equation-editor-flaws-still-largest-share-of-detections).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kaspersky-2023-q3-office-share-of-exploits-detected-80-1pct",
      "citation_text": "80.1% of the exploits Kaspersky detected on users' computers in Q3 2023 targeted Microsoft Office vulnerabilities, more than any other kind of software, the latest quarter collected (Kaspersky, 2023). Source: Kaspersky, \"IT threat evolution in Q3 2023. Non-mobile statistics (Securelist, Kaspersky)\" (https://securelist.com/it-threat-evolution-q3-2023-non-mobile-statistics/111228/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kaspersky-2023-q3-office-share-of-exploits-detected-80-1pct."
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      "id": "kaspersky-2023-07-19-cve-2018-0802-most-prevalent-exploit-over-130000-users",
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      "statement": "Over 130,000 users encountered attacks exploiting CVE-2018-0802, a 2018 Office Equation Editor flaw, in the second quarter of 2023, making it attackers' most prevalent exploit, while attacks on CVE-2017-11882 hit more than 11,000 users, Kaspersky said (Kaspersky, 2023).",
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      "source_title": "Old Microsoft Office vulnerability exploited six times more in Q2 (Kaspersky press release)",
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      "quote": "Another old vulnerability, CVE-2018-0802, emerged as cybercriminals’ most prevalent “weapon”, targeting over 130,000 users.",
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      "notes": "Same release: 'Since the beginning of the year, the exploitation of CVE-2017-11882 has increased by nearly 500 percent' (a '483 percent' surge in the second quarter) and 'more than 11,000 users have encountered attacks leveraging an old vulnerability'. It explains: 'Since older versions of Microsoft programs remain quite popular'. Vendor telemetry.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kaspersky-2023-07-19-cve-2018-0802-most-prevalent-exploit-over-130000-users",
      "citation_text": "Over 130,000 users encountered attacks exploiting CVE-2018-0802, a 2018 Office Equation Editor flaw, in the second quarter of 2023, making it attackers' most prevalent exploit, while attacks on CVE-2017-11882 hit more than 11,000 users, Kaspersky said (Kaspersky, 2023). Source: Kaspersky, \"Old Microsoft Office vulnerability exploited six times more in Q2 (Kaspersky press release)\" (https://www.kaspersky.co.uk/about/press-releases/old-microsoft-office-vulnerability-exploited-six-times-more-in-q2). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kaspersky-2023-07-19-cve-2018-0802-most-prevalent-exploit-over-130000-users."
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      "statement": "The old Office flaws CVE-2018-0802, CVE-2017-11882 and CVE-2017-0199 still accounted for the largest share of exploit detections on Windows in the first quarter of 2026, Kaspersky said, alongside new Office zero-days CVE-2026-21509 and CVE-2026-21514 (Kaspersky, 2026).",
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      "quote": "we first examine the list of veteran vulnerabilities that consistently account for the largest share of detections: CVE-2018-0802: a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the Equation Editor component",
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      "notes": "datePublished 2026-05-07. The report attributes the rising number of registered CVEs to 'the widespread development of AI tools designed to identify security flaws', context for the 2026 jump in Microsoft's Office CVE counts.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kaspersky-2026-q1-veteran-office-equation-editor-flaws-still-largest-share-of-detections",
      "citation_text": "The old Office flaws CVE-2018-0802, CVE-2017-11882 and CVE-2017-0199 still accounted for the largest share of exploit detections on Windows in the first quarter of 2026, Kaspersky said, alongside new Office zero-days CVE-2026-21509 and CVE-2026-21514 (Kaspersky, 2026). Source: Kaspersky, \"The vulnerability landscape in Q1 2026 (Securelist, Kaspersky)\" (https://securelist.com/vulnerabilities-and-exploits-in-q1-2026/119733/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kaspersky-2026-q1-veteran-office-equation-editor-flaws-still-largest-share-of-detections."
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    {
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      "statement": "Microsoft Office exploits, long the most used in targeted (APT) attacks, were overtaken by a WinRAR vulnerability in 2023, Kaspersky said in May 2024, though vulnerable office applications remained a main entry point (Kaspersky, 2024).",
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      "quote": "Notably, exploits for the Microsoft Office suite, which long held the top of the most-exploited list, were superseded by a WinRAR vulnerability in 2023.",
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      "notes": "Concerns APT (targeted) attacks, not the mass exploitation that Kaspersky's quarterly user statistics measured (80.1% Office in Q3 2023). The WinRAR flaw is CVE-2023-38831, which Kaspersky's Q1 2026 report lists next to the old Office flaws.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kaspersky-2024-05-07-office-exploits-superseded-by-winrar-in-apt-attacks-2023",
      "citation_text": "Microsoft Office exploits, long the most used in targeted (APT) attacks, were overtaken by a WinRAR vulnerability in 2023, Kaspersky said in May 2024, though vulnerable office applications remained a main entry point (Kaspersky, 2024). Source: Kaspersky, \"Analyzing the vulnerability landscape in Q1 2024 (Securelist, Kaspersky)\" (https://securelist.com/vulnerability-report-q1-2024/112554/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#kaspersky-2024-05-07-office-exploits-superseded-by-winrar-in-apt-attacks-2023."
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    {
      "id": "microsoft-techcommunity-2026-10-13-office-ltsc-2021-support-ends-today",
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      "statement": "Microsoft no longer provides security updates, bug fixes or technical support for Office LTSC 2021 suites and apps from 13 October 2026, it said that day, recommending Microsoft 365 or, for devices that cannot move to the cloud, Office LTSC 2024 (Microsoft, 2026).",
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      "quote": "Today, October 13, 2026, support ends for Office LTSC 2021 suites and standalone applications . Microsoft no longer provides security updates, bug fixes, or technical support for these products.",
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      "notes": "The quote keeps the page's stray space before the full stop. Same post repeats the October 2025 line that Copilot is 'something you can't do with any on-premises version of Office'. A 14 September 2026 post ('One month until Office LTSC 2021 end of support') said LTSC 2024 'will be supported until October 2029'. The consumer Office 2021 page says the same (microsoft-support-2026-office-2021-no-extension-no-extended-security-updates).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-techcommunity-2026-10-13-office-ltsc-2021-support-ends-today",
      "citation_text": "Microsoft no longer provides security updates, bug fixes or technical support for Office LTSC 2021 suites and apps from 13 October 2026, it said that day, recommending Microsoft 365 or, for devices that cannot move to the cloud, Office LTSC 2024 (Microsoft, 2026). Source: Microsoft, \"Office LTSC 2021 support ends today (Microsoft 365 Blog, Microsoft Tech Community)\" (https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft_365blog/office-ltsc-2021-support-ends-today/4562577). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-techcommunity-2026-10-13-office-ltsc-2021-support-ends-today."
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      "statement": "Over **150** seats was the threshold for Microsoft's no-cost FastTrack App Assure help with line-of-business apps, its main offer to organisations leaving Office LTSC 2021 when support ended on 13 October 2026; no discount or extended updates were offered (Microsoft, 2026).",
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      "notes": "The same post points companies 'with over 150 licenses' to FastTrack for the move itself. No price promotion for Microsoft 365 or Office LTSC 2024 was announced at this deadline; at Office 2003's deadline Microsoft had offered 15% off Windows 8 Pro plus Office 2013 Standard (computerworld-2013-04-08-microsoft-15pct-discount-windows-8-office-2013-for-xp-and-office-2003-smbs).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-techcommunity-2026-10-13-fasttrack-app-assure-free-for-over-150-seats",
      "citation_text": "Over **150** seats was the threshold for Microsoft's no-cost FastTrack App Assure help with line-of-business apps, its main offer to organisations leaving Office LTSC 2021 when support ended on 13 October 2026; no discount or extended updates were offered (Microsoft, 2026). Source: Microsoft, \"Office LTSC 2021 support ends today (Microsoft 365 Blog, Microsoft Tech Community)\" (https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft_365blog/office-ltsc-2021-support-ends-today/4562577). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-techcommunity-2026-10-13-fasttrack-app-assure-free-for-over-150-seats."
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      "statement": "Microsoft offers **no more** security updates and no more downloads of Office 2007 after its 10 October 2017 end of support, its end-of-support page says, although the apps 'will continue to function' (Microsoft Support, 2026).",
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      "notes": "The URL is the old knowledge-base address of the March 2018 Office 2007 security update KB4011721, which now redirects to this end-of-support page; Microsoft's update documents list Office 2007 fixes to April 2018 (msrc-cvrf-2017-11-to-2018-04-office-2007-cves-fixed-after-end-of-support-32-derived). published_at is the access date because the saved page shows no date.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-support-2026-office-2007-no-security-updates-no-download-after-10-october-2017",
      "citation_text": "Microsoft offers **no more** security updates and no more downloads of Office 2007 after its 10 October 2017 end of support, its end-of-support page says, although the apps 'will continue to function' (Microsoft Support, 2026). Source: Microsoft, \"End of support for Office 2007 (Microsoft Support)\" (https://support.microsoft.com/kb/4011721). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-support-2026-office-2007-no-security-updates-no-download-after-10-october-2017."
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-kb4493215-2021-04-13-office-2010-security-update-six-months-after-end-of-support",
      "citation_text": "13 April 2021, six months after Office 2010's end of support, Microsoft published a security update for it (KB4493215, fixing Word flaw CVE-2021-28453) through Microsoft Update, its last month of post-deadline Office 2010 fixes (Microsoft Support, 2021). Source: Microsoft, \"Description of the security update for Office 2010: April 13, 2021 (KB4493215) (Microsoft Support)\" (https://support.microsoft.com/kb/4493215). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-kb4493215-2021-04-13-office-2010-security-update-six-months-after-end-of-support."
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      "notes": "Microsoft had said there would be 'no option to extend support' for Office 2013 (microsoft-lifecycle-2021-office-2013-no-option-to-extend-support-beyond-april-2023). Count of post-deadline fixes: msrc-cvrf-2023-05-to-2023-09-office-2013-cves-fixed-after-end-of-support-23-derived. A comparable post-deadline Office 2016 update is KB5002713 of 26 January 2026 for CVE-2026-21509, which lists Office Home and Student 2016 among the editions it applies to (raw/office-end-of-support-history/microsoft/kb5002713-office-2016-january-2026.txt).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-kb5002477-2023-09-12-office-2013-security-update-five-months-after-end-of-support",
      "citation_text": "12 September 2023, five months after Office 2013's end of support, Microsoft published a security update for it (KB5002477, fixing CVE-2023-36767 and CVE-2023-41764), its last month of post-deadline Office 2013 fixes (Microsoft Support, 2023). Source: Microsoft, \"Description of the security update for Office 2013: September 12, 2023 (KB5002477) (Microsoft Support)\" (https://support.microsoft.com/kb/5002477). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-kb5002477-2023-09-12-office-2013-security-update-five-months-after-end-of-support."
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    {
      "id": "helpnetsecurity-2020-02-06-recorded-future-three-office-flaws-in-top-10-exploited-2019",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "**3** of the 10 vulnerabilities most exploited by cybercriminals in 2019 were Microsoft Office flaws (CVE-2017-11882, CVE-2017-0199 and CVE-2012-0158), in Recorded Future's ranking as reported by Help Net Security (Help Net Security, 2020).",
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      "geography": "Worldwide (criminal underground sources)",
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      "population": "Vulnerabilities exploited by cybercriminals per Recorded Future's analysis of underground forums, code repositories and exploit kits (nation-state exploitation excluded)",
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      "source_title": "Which vulnerabilities were most exploited by cybercriminals in 2019? (Help Net Security)",
      "source_url": "https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2020/02/06/most-exploited-vulnerabilities-2019/",
      "source_type": "secondary",
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      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "The list is comprised of two vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player, four vulnerabilities affecting Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser, three MS Office flaws and one WinRAR bug:",
      "locator": "List paragraph; ranks in order: CVE-2018-15982, CVE-2018-8174, CVE-2017-11882 (3rd), CVE-2018-4878, CVE-2019-0752, CVE-2017-0199 (6th), CVE-2015-2419, CVE-2018-20250, CVE-2017-8750, CVE-2012-0158 (10th)",
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      "notes": "Recorded Future's own blog page (recordedfuture.com/blog/top-vulnerabilities-2019) does not carry the list; the full report was not retrieved. Dark Reading (4 February 2020) adds that CVE-2017-0199 'has been on the list for three years' and that 'Eight out of the 10 most exploited vulnerabilities in 2019 in fact impacted Microsoft products' (raw/office-end-of-support-history/security/darkreading-2020-02-8-of-10-most-exploited-microsoft.txt). Help Net Security counts CVE-2017-8750 as Internet Explorer. All three also affected versions already out of support in 2019 (Office 2007, and Office 2003 for CVE-2012-0158) as well as supported ones.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#helpnetsecurity-2020-02-06-recorded-future-three-office-flaws-in-top-10-exploited-2019",
      "citation_text": "**3** of the 10 vulnerabilities most exploited by cybercriminals in 2019 were Microsoft Office flaws (CVE-2017-11882, CVE-2017-0199 and CVE-2012-0158), in Recorded Future's ranking as reported by Help Net Security (Help Net Security, 2020). Source: Help Net Security (reporting Recorded Future), \"Which vulnerabilities were most exploited by cybercriminals in 2019? (Help Net Security)\" (https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2020/02/06/most-exploited-vulnerabilities-2019/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#helpnetsecurity-2020-02-06-recorded-future-three-office-flaws-in-top-10-exploited-2019."
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      "statement": "11 months of security fixes followed Office 2016 and 2019's end of support in Microsoft's monthly updates, against six for Office 2007 and 2010 and five for Office 2013, although Microsoft offered no extended security updates for any of them (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026).",
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      "notes": "Fixes after the deadline went to MSI (Windows Installer) editions through Microsoft Update for Office 2007, 2010, 2013 and 2016 (e.g. KB4493215 for Office 2010 in April 2021, KB5002477 for Office 2013 in September 2023), and to Office 2019 through Click-to-Run builds. Microsoft documents this only for Office 2016 ('at Microsoft's sole discretion'); its end-of-support pages promised no updates. Not a reason to stay: the fixes stopped without notice, and Office Watch found the retail Click-to-Run Office 2016 got none (officewatch-2026-08-04-36-office-2016-msi-patches-after-end-of-support). The CVE counts are in the per-version records (msrc-cvrf-*-cves-fixed-after-end-of-support-*). Shares still running each version at its deadline are install-base records, e.g. intra2net-2020-q1-sme-office-2010-share-31pct, intra2net-2022-09-sme-office-2013-share-17pct, intra2net-2025-09-sme-office-2016-share-36pct, intra2net-2025-09-sme-office-2019-share-29pct, intra2net-2026-09-sme-office-2021-share-15pct and spiceworks-2017-11-06-deployment-data-office-2007-at-68pct-of-organizations-after-eos.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2017-2026-months-of-security-fixes-after-each-office-end-of-support-derived",
      "citation_text": "11 months of security fixes followed Office 2016 and 2019's end of support in Microsoft's monthly updates, against six for Office 2007 and 2010 and five for Office 2013, although Microsoft offered no extended security updates for any of them (Microsoft MSRC, counted 2026). Source: Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), \"Microsoft Security Updates CVRF documents, November 2017 to October 2026 (MSRC CVRF API v3.0)\" (https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2026-Sep). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#msrc-cvrf-2017-2026-months-of-security-fixes-after-each-office-end-of-support-derived."
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    {
      "id": "microsoft-support-2026-equation-editor-3-removed-from-all-office-versions-january-2018",
      "family": "office-end-of-support-history",
      "statement": "**January 2018** was when Microsoft removed Equation Editor 3.0 from all versions of Office 'because of security issues', the component behind CVE-2017-11882 and CVE-2018-0802, still among the most exploited Office flaws in 2026 (Microsoft Support, 2026).",
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      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Equation Editor (Microsoft Equation 3.0) was included in earlier versions of Word, but was removed from all versions in the January 2018 Public Update (PU) and replaced with a new equation editor.",
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      "notes": "Copies that never installed the January 2018 update, and Office versions already past support that did not receive it, would still carry the 2000-vintage component; CISA's 2021 advisory notes it 'was compiled on November 9, 2000'. Microsoft's January 2018 document lists 18 Office 2007 CVEs with fixes, three months after Office 2007's end of support. published_at is the access date (the saved page shows no date).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-support-2026-equation-editor-3-removed-from-all-office-versions-january-2018",
      "citation_text": "**January 2018** was when Microsoft removed Equation Editor 3.0 from all versions of Office 'because of security issues', the component behind CVE-2017-11882 and CVE-2018-0802, still among the most exploited Office flaws in 2026 (Microsoft Support, 2026). Source: Microsoft, \"Equation Editor (Microsoft Support)\" (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/equation-editor-6eac7d71-3c74-437b-80d3-c7dea24fdf3f). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-support-2026-equation-editor-3-removed-from-all-office-versions-january-2018."
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      "id": "n-able-2020-02-10-restates-microsoft-98pct-office-threats-as-increase-in-macro-malware",
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      "statement": "'Almost 98%' of all Office-targeted threats were macro-based malware after 'an increase' Microsoft reported in 2016, the IT management vendor N-able wrote in February 2020, restating a 2016 share of detections as a rise that Microsoft's post did not describe (N-able, 2020).",
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      "source_title": "How to Stay Safe from Office Macro-Based Malware with Email Security (N-able blog)",
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      "published_at": "2020-02-10",
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      "quote": "In 2016, Microsoft reported an increase in macro-based malware, accounting for almost 98% of all Office-targeted threats.",
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      "notes": "Traces to microsoft-security-blog-2016-03-22-98pct-of-office-targeted-threats-use-macros ('98% of Office-targeted threats use macros', Office 365 ATP data). Drift: 'almost' added, 'use macros' turned into 'macro-based malware', and an 'increase' Microsoft did not report. Four years old when restated. The figure predates Microsoft's 2022 default macro block and should not be presented as current.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#n-able-2020-02-10-restates-microsoft-98pct-office-threats-as-increase-in-macro-malware",
      "citation_text": "'Almost 98%' of all Office-targeted threats were macro-based malware after 'an increase' Microsoft reported in 2016, the IT management vendor N-able wrote in February 2020, restating a 2016 share of detections as a rise that Microsoft's post did not describe (N-able, 2020). Source: N-able, \"How to Stay Safe from Office Macro-Based Malware with Email Security (N-able blog)\" (https://www.n-able.com/blog/how-stay-safe-office-macro-based-malware-email-security). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#n-able-2020-02-10-restates-microsoft-98pct-office-threats-as-increase-in-macro-malware."
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    {
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      "statement": "12 July 2011 was the end of extended support for Microsoft Office XP, ten years after its 31 May 2001 start and five years after mainstream support ended on 11 July 2006 (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2024).",
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      "published_at": "2024-01-24",
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      "quote": "Office XP 5/31/2001 8:00:00 AM 7/12/2006 6:59:59 AM 7/13/2011 6:59:59 AM",
      "locator": "Support Dates table (Listing, Start Date, Mainstream End Date, Extended End Date); page states 'Support dates are shown in the Pacific Time Zone (PT)'",
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      "notes": "Microsoft stores lifecycle end dates as 6:59:59 AM UTC on the following day inside local-time elements set to America/Los_Angeles, so the page displays (and Microsoft announces) the previous calendar day in Pacific time; start dates are stored as 8:00:00 AM UTC, the same calendar day in Pacific time. Dates (Pacific): start 2001-05-31; mainstream end 2006-07-11; extended end 2011-07-12. Office XP is the oldest Office for Windows still on Microsoft's current lifecycle site; Office 2000 and Office 97 are recorded from the archived Office lifecycle FAQ.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2024-office-xp-support-ended-12-july-2011",
      "citation_text": "12 July 2011 was the end of extended support for Microsoft Office XP, ten years after its 31 May 2001 start and five years after mainstream support ended on 11 July 2006 (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2024). Source: Microsoft, \"title: Office XP - Microsoft Lifecycle\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/office-xp). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2024-office-xp-support-ended-12-july-2011."
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      "id": "microsoft-lifecycle-2026-office-2003-support-ended-8-april-2014",
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      "statement": "8 April 2014 was the end of extended support for Microsoft Office 2003, ten years after its 17 November 2003 start, on the same day as Windows XP (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2022).",
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      "quote": "Microsoft Office 2003 11/17/2003 8:00:00 AM 4/15/2009 6:59:59 AM 4/9/2014 6:59:59 AM",
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      "notes": "Microsoft stores lifecycle end dates as 6:59:59 AM UTC on the following day inside local-time elements set to America/Los_Angeles, so the page displays (and Microsoft announces) the previous calendar day in Pacific time; start dates are stored as 8:00:00 AM UTC, the same calendar day in Pacific time. Dates (Pacific): start 2003-11-17; mainstream end 2009-04-14; extended end 2014-04-08. Service Pack 3 (from 18 September 2007) was the last supported service pack. Windows XP's end of support date, 8 April 2014, is on page 1. Reused id from most-used-software-statistics (page 4); re-fetched and re-quoted 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2026-office-2003-support-ended-8-april-2014",
      "citation_text": "8 April 2014 was the end of extended support for Microsoft Office 2003, ten years after its 17 November 2003 start, on the same day as Windows XP (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2022). Source: Microsoft, \"Microsoft Office 2003 - Microsoft Lifecycle\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/microsoft-office-2003). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2026-office-2003-support-ended-8-april-2014."
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      "quote": "Microsoft Office 2007 1/27/2007 8:00:00 AM 10/10/2012 6:59:59 AM 10/11/2017 6:59:59 AM",
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      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
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      "notes": "The raw HTML carries UTC timestamps inside local-time elements set to timezone America/Los_Angeles with format 'date'; an end time of 6:59:59 AM UTC displays as the previous day in Pacific time, which is the date Microsoft announces. Dates (Pacific): start 2007-01-27; mainstream end 2012-10-09; extended end 2017-10-10. Microsoft's 'Plan an upgrade from older versions of Office' page gives the same end date in words ('Office 2007 | October 10, 2017'). Reused id from most-used-software-statistics (page 4); re-fetched and re-quoted 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2026-office-2007-support-ended-10-october-2017",
      "citation_text": "10 October 2017 was the end of extended support for Microsoft Office 2007, more than ten years after its 27 January 2007 start and five years after mainstream support ended on 9 October 2012 (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2022). Source: Microsoft, \"Microsoft Office 2007 - Microsoft Lifecycle\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/microsoft-office-2007). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2026-office-2007-support-ended-10-october-2017."
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      "id": "microsoft-lifecycle-2026-office-2010-support-ended-13-october-2020",
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      "quote": "Microsoft Office 2010 7/15/2010 8:00:00 AM 10/14/2015 6:59:59 AM 10/14/2020 6:59:59 AM",
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      "notes": "Microsoft stores lifecycle end dates as 6:59:59 AM UTC on the following day inside local-time elements set to America/Los_Angeles, so the page displays (and Microsoft announces) the previous calendar day in Pacific time; start dates are stored as 8:00:00 AM UTC, the same calendar day in Pacific time. Dates (Pacific): start 2010-07-15; mainstream end 2015-10-13; extended end 2020-10-13. Microsoft's 'Plan an upgrade' page gives the same end date in words ('Office 2010 | October 13, 2020'), and its 6 February 2020 lifecycle announcement 'Office 2016 for Mac and Office 2010 end of support on October 13, 2020' gave eight months' notice. Reused id from most-used-software-statistics (page 4); re-fetched and re-quoted 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2026-office-2010-support-ended-13-october-2020",
      "citation_text": "13 October 2020 was the end of extended support for Microsoft Office 2010, ten years after its 15 July 2010 start and five years after mainstream support ended on 13 October 2015 (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2022). Source: Microsoft, \"Microsoft Office 2010 - Microsoft Lifecycle\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/microsoft-office-2010). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2026-office-2010-support-ended-13-october-2020."
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      "id": "microsoft-lifecycle-2026-office-2013-support-ended-11-april-2023",
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      "statement": "11 April 2023 was the end of extended support for Microsoft Office 2013, ten years after its 9 January 2013 start and five years after mainstream support ended on 10 April 2018 (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2022).",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2026-office-2013-support-ended-11-april-2023",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2026-office-2016-support-ended-14-october-2025",
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      "citation_text": "14 October 2025 was the end of extended support for Microsoft Office 2019, seven years after its 24 September 2018 start and two years after mainstream support ended on 10 October 2023 (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2025). Source: Microsoft, \"Microsoft Office 2019 - Microsoft Lifecycle\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/microsoft-office-2019). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2026-office-2019-support-ended-14-october-2025."
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2026-office-2021-retires-13-october-2026",
      "citation_text": "13 October 2026 was the retirement date of Office 2021, the one-time purchase for homes and small businesses on Windows and Mac, five years after its 5 October 2021 release, under the Modern Lifecycle Policy (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2024). Source: Microsoft, \"Office 2021 - Microsoft Lifecycle\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/office-2021). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2026-office-2021-retires-13-october-2026."
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2026-office-2024-retires-9-october-2029",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2026-office-ltsc-2024-support-ends-9-october-2029",
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      "quote": "Microsoft will continue to offer mainstream support for Office 2000 through June 30, 2004. The Office 2000 extended support period will last from July 1, 2004 through July 14, 2009.",
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      "citation_text": "14 July 2009 was the end of extended support for Microsoft Office 2000, five years after its mainstream support ended on 30 June 2004 (Microsoft, 2015). Source: Microsoft, \"Office Family Product Support Lifecycle FAQ (Microsoft Support, gp/lifeoffice; Wayback capture 24 December 2015)\" (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/gp/lifeoffice). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-faq-2015-office-2000-extended-support-ended-14-july-2009."
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      "quote": "Assisted support options for Office 97 ended on January 16, 2004. Mainstream hotfix support for Office 97 ended on August 31, 2001. Extended hotfix support ended on February 28, 2002.",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-faq-2015-office-97-assisted-support-ended-16-january-2004",
      "citation_text": "16 January 2004 was the end of all assisted support for Microsoft Office 97, after its mainstream hotfix support ended on 31 August 2001 and its extended hotfix support on 28 February 2002 (Microsoft, 2015). Source: Microsoft, \"Office Family Product Support Lifecycle FAQ (Microsoft Support, gp/lifeoffice; Wayback capture 24 December 2015)\" (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/gp/lifeoffice). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-faq-2015-office-97-assisted-support-ended-16-january-2004."
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      "headline": false,
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      "notes": "The December 2015 capture of the same FAQ reads 'through July 14, 2009' (Office 2000) and 'through July 12, 2011' (Office XP, with mainstream 'through July 11, 2006' instead of June 30, 2006); Microsoft's current Office XP lifecycle page agrees with the later dates. Both later dates are second Tuesdays, Microsoft's monthly security-update day, which is why the published dates moved by about two weeks. A writer quoting 'June 2009' for Office 2000 is using the original 2004 date.",
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      "citation_text": "30 June 2009 for Office 2000 and 30 June 2011 for Office XP were the end-of-extended-support dates Microsoft first published in 2004, later moved to the update Tuesdays of 14 July 2009 and 12 July 2011 (Microsoft, 2004). Source: Microsoft, \"Office Family Product Support Lifecycle FAQ (Microsoft Help and Support, gp/lifeoffice; Wayback capture 16 October 2004)\" (http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifeoffice). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-faq-2004-office-2000-and-xp-end-dates-first-set-at-30-june."
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      "quote": "Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac 9/22/2015 8:00:00 AM 10/14/2020 6:59:59 AM",
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      "quote": "Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac 9/24/2018 8:00:00 AM 10/11/2023 6:59:59 AM",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2026-office-2019-for-mac-support-ended-10-october-2023",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2026-office-ltsc-2021-for-mac-support-ends-13-october-2026",
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      "citation_text": "9 October 2029 is the end of support for Office 2024 for Mac and Office LTSC for Mac 2024, the same day as their Windows counterparts (Microsoft Support, 2026). Source: Microsoft, \"Office 2024 and Office LTSC 2024 FAQ\" (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/office-2024-and-office-ltsc-2024-faq-1c454a7d-3d0a-4139-b1bd-c61725ea436c). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-support-2026-office-2024-for-mac-and-ltsc-for-mac-2024-support-ends-9-october-2029."
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      "notes": "The Modern Lifecycle Policy requires customers to stay current (a supported build on a supported OS); there is no fixed end date. The Office and Windows configuration matrix lists 'Microsoft 365 Apps: No end date'. Reused id from most-used-software-statistics (page 4); re-fetched and re-quoted 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2026-microsoft-365-apps-in-support-since-2015-no-end-date",
      "citation_text": "Microsoft 365 Apps, the subscription version of Office formerly named Office 365 ProPlus, has been in support since 22 September 2015 with no end date under the Modern Lifecycle Policy (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2022). Source: Microsoft, \"Microsoft 365 Apps - Microsoft Lifecycle\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/microsoft-365-apps). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2026-microsoft-365-apps-in-support-since-2015-no-end-date."
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      "id": "microsoft-lifecycle-2023-fixed-lifecycle-policy-minimum-five-years-mainstream",
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      "statement": "A minimum of **five years** of mainstream support, plus extended support 'for some products', is all Microsoft's current Fixed Lifecycle Policy promises, the policy that governs one-time-purchase Office (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2023).",
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      "value": 5,
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      "source_title": "title: Fixed Lifecycle Policy - Microsoft Lifecycle",
      "source_url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/policies/fixed",
      "source_type": "primary",
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      "quote": "A defined support and servicing Lifecycle timeline at the time of product launch. A minimum of five years Mainstream Support. An additional period of Extended Support for some products.",
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      "notes": "The same page's table says security updates 'Beyond End of Support' are 'Available via Extended Security Update Program', a programme Microsoft has never offered for Office. Service packs: Office's previous service pack is supported for 12 months after a new one ships. The 2019 version of the policy promised a 10-year minimum for business products (microsoft-lifecycle-2019-fixed-lifecycle-policy-minimum-10-years-for-business-products). Retail Office 2021 and Office 2024 follow the Modern Lifecycle Policy instead, with a fixed retirement date.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2023-fixed-lifecycle-policy-minimum-five-years-mainstream",
      "citation_text": "A minimum of **five years** of mainstream support, plus extended support 'for some products', is all Microsoft's current Fixed Lifecycle Policy promises, the policy that governs one-time-purchase Office (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2023). Source: Microsoft, \"title: Fixed Lifecycle Policy - Microsoft Lifecycle\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/policies/fixed). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2023-fixed-lifecycle-policy-minimum-five-years-mainstream."
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    {
      "id": "microsoft-lifecycle-2019-fixed-lifecycle-policy-minimum-10-years-for-business-products",
      "family": "office-lifecycle-dates",
      "statement": "10 years of support (at least five mainstream and five extended) was the minimum Microsoft's Fixed Lifecycle Policy promised business, developer and desktop operating system products in 2019, a promise absent from the current policy text (Microsoft, 2019).",
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      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2019-04-19",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "10 years of support (a minimum of five years Mainstream Support followed by five years Extended Support) at the supported service pack level for business, developer, and desktop operating system products.",
      "locator": "Policy summary list; snapshot https://web.archive.org/web/20190419143628/https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/14085/fixed-lifecycle-policy",
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      "notes": "Same capture: 'Five years of Mainstream Support at the supported service pack level for consumer and multimedia products.' Office 2007, 2010, 2013 and 2016 each received about ten years. Office 2019 was an announced exception (seven years) and Office LTSC 2021 and 2024 got five, while the current policy page (ms.date 2022-04-08) promises only 'A minimum of five years Mainstream Support' and extended support 'for some products'. published_at is the capture date.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2019-fixed-lifecycle-policy-minimum-10-years-for-business-products",
      "citation_text": "10 years of support (at least five mainstream and five extended) was the minimum Microsoft's Fixed Lifecycle Policy promised business, developer and desktop operating system products in 2019, a promise absent from the current policy text (Microsoft, 2019). Source: Microsoft, \"Fixed Lifecycle Policy (Microsoft Support, help/14085; Wayback capture 19 April 2019)\" (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/14085/fixed-lifecycle-policy). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2019-fixed-lifecycle-policy-minimum-10-years-for-business-products."
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    {
      "id": "microsoft-lifecycle-2024-modern-lifecycle-policy-12-months-notice-before-end-of-support",
      "family": "office-lifecycle-dates",
      "statement": "12 months' notice is the minimum Microsoft gives before ending support for a product under its Modern Lifecycle Policy when no successor is offered; under the same policy Microsoft 365 Apps stays supported only while customers keep it current (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2024).",
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      "value": 12,
      "unit": "months of notice before end of support (policy minimum, no successor)",
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      "population": "Products and services under Microsoft's Modern Lifecycle Policy (Microsoft 365 Apps; also retail Office 2021 and Office 2024, which carry fixed retirement dates)",
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      "publisher": "Microsoft",
      "source_title": "title: Modern Lifecycle Policy - Microsoft Lifecycle",
      "source_url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/policies/modern",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2024-06-18",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Microsoft will provide a minimum of 12 months' notification prior to ending support if no successor product or service is offered",
      "locator": "Section 'Continuity and migration'; ms.date 2020-01-10, updated_at 2024-06-18",
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      "notes": "The policy's conditions: 'Customers must stay current as per the servicing and system requirements published for the product or service.' For changes that require customer action, the minimum notice is 30 days. Office 2021 and Office 2024 for consumers follow the Modern policy but were given a fixed retirement date at launch (five years), so 'no end date' applies only to the subscription apps.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2024-modern-lifecycle-policy-12-months-notice-before-end-of-support",
      "citation_text": "12 months' notice is the minimum Microsoft gives before ending support for a product under its Modern Lifecycle Policy when no successor is offered; under the same policy Microsoft 365 Apps stays supported only while customers keep it current (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2024). Source: Microsoft, \"title: Modern Lifecycle Policy - Microsoft Lifecycle\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/policies/modern). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2024-modern-lifecycle-policy-12-months-notice-before-end-of-support."
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    {
      "id": "microsoft-lifecycle-2018-02-01-office-2019-seven-year-support-term-exception",
      "family": "office-lifecycle-dates",
      "statement": "7 years of support (5 mainstream, 2 extended) was Microsoft's term for Office 2019, an exception to its usual 10-year Fixed Lifecycle term so that Office 2019 would end with Office 2016 in 2025 (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2018).",
      "short_statement": "Office 2019 got **7 years** of support, an exception made so that it would end with Office 2016 in 2025.",
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      "value": 7,
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      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2018-02-01",
      "population": "Office 2019 (Windows and Mac client apps and Office 2019 servers)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Microsoft",
      "source_title": "Office 2019 On-Premises release details - Microsoft Lifecycle announcements",
      "source_url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/office-2019-on-premises",
      "source_type": "primary",
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      "published_at": "2018-02-01",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Office 2019 provides 5 years of mainstream support with 2 years of extended support as an exception to the 10-year Fixed Lifecycle Policy term ... This 7-year term aligns with the support period for Office 2016.",
      "locator": "Announcement body ('Originally published: February 1, 2018'; ms.date 2020-02-05)",
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      "series": "",
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      "notes": "The cut from ten to seven, then five years (Office LTSC 2021 onward) is Microsoft's own documented shortening of perpetual Office support. Reused id from most-used-software-statistics (page 4); re-fetched and re-quoted 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2018-02-01-office-2019-seven-year-support-term-exception",
      "citation_text": "7 years of support (5 mainstream, 2 extended) was Microsoft's term for Office 2019, an exception to its usual 10-year Fixed Lifecycle term so that Office 2019 would end with Office 2016 in 2025 (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2018). Source: Microsoft, \"Office 2019 On-Premises release details - Microsoft Lifecycle announcements\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/office-2019-on-premises). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2018-02-01-office-2019-seven-year-support-term-exception."
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    {
      "id": "microsoft-lifecycle-2021-02-18-office-ltsc-5-years-office-2021-minimum-5-years",
      "family": "office-lifecycle-dates",
      "statement": "5 years of mainstream support was the term Microsoft set in February 2021 for Office LTSC, the next perpetual commercial Office, while Office 2021 for consumers and small businesses got 'a minimum of 5 years' under the Modern Lifecycle Policy (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2021).",
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      "value": 5,
      "unit": "years of support for Office LTSC 2021 and Office 2021",
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      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
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      "publisher": "Microsoft",
      "source_title": "Upcoming Windows 10 and Office Long Term Servicing Channel releases - Microsoft Lifecycle announcements",
      "source_url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/windows-office-ltsc-releases",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2021-02-18",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Office LTSC will be governed by the Fixed Lifecycle Policy ... offering 5 years of Mainstream Support ... governed by the Modern Lifecycle Policy for a minimum of 5 years.",
      "locator": "Sections 'Office LTSC for commercial' and 'Office 2021 for consumers and small businesses' ('Originally published: February 18, 2021')",
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      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 moved to a 5-year lifecycle at the same time to align with Office LTSC. Reused id from most-used-software-statistics (page 4); re-fetched and re-quoted 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2021-02-18-office-ltsc-5-years-office-2021-minimum-5-years",
      "citation_text": "5 years of mainstream support was the term Microsoft set in February 2021 for Office LTSC, the next perpetual commercial Office, while Office 2021 for consumers and small businesses got 'a minimum of 5 years' under the Modern Lifecycle Policy (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2021). Source: Microsoft, \"Upcoming Windows 10 and Office Long Term Servicing Channel releases - Microsoft Lifecycle announcements\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/windows-office-ltsc-releases). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2021-02-18-office-ltsc-5-years-office-2021-minimum-5-years."
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    {
      "id": "microsoft-support-2026-office-ltsc-2024-five-year-support-cadence-rationale",
      "family": "office-lifecycle-dates",
      "statement": "5 years of support is the cadence Microsoft now gives on-premises versions of Office such as Office 2024 and Office LTSC 2024, arguing that 'software that is a decade old or more' becomes less productive and harder to secure (Microsoft Support, 2026).",
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      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2026-09",
      "population": "Office 2024 and Office LTSC 2024 (Windows and Mac)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Microsoft",
      "source_title": "Office 2024 and Office LTSC 2024 FAQ",
      "source_url": "https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/office-2024-and-office-ltsc-2024-faq-1c454a7d-3d0a-4139-b1bd-c61725ea436c",
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      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Software that is a decade old or more and hasn't benefited from these innovations becomes progressively less productive, less manageable, and more difficult to secure. The 5-year support cadence for on-premises versions of Office helps to reduce this exposure",
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      "headline": false,
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      "notes": "ms.date 09/28/2026, updated 2026-10-08. Office 2007 to Office 2016 each had about ten years of support (five mainstream plus five extended); Office 2019 had seven; Office 2021, LTSC 2021, 2024 and LTSC 2024 have five. Reused id from most-used-software-statistics (page 4); re-fetched and re-quoted 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-support-2026-office-ltsc-2024-five-year-support-cadence-rationale",
      "citation_text": "5 years of support is the cadence Microsoft now gives on-premises versions of Office such as Office 2024 and Office LTSC 2024, arguing that 'software that is a decade old or more' becomes less productive and harder to secure (Microsoft Support, 2026). Source: Microsoft, \"Office 2024 and Office LTSC 2024 FAQ\" (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/office-2024-and-office-ltsc-2024-faq-1c454a7d-3d0a-4139-b1bd-c61725ea436c). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-support-2026-office-ltsc-2024-five-year-support-cadence-rationale."
    },
    {
      "id": "microsoft-blog-2017-04-20-office-365-connections-require-mainstream-support-from-october-2020",
      "family": "office-lifecycle-dates",
      "statement": "13 October 2020 was set in April 2017 as the date from which only Office 365 ProPlus or one-time-purchase Office still in mainstream support (Office 2016 and Office 2019) could connect to Office 365 services, ending support for Office 2010 and 2013 connections (Microsoft, 2017).",
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      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2017-04-20",
      "population": "Perpetual Office clients connecting to Office 365 services (Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business)",
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      "publisher": "Microsoft",
      "source_title": "Office 365 ProPlus updates (Microsoft 365 Blog, 20 April 2017)",
      "source_url": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2017/04/20/office-365-proplus-updates/",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2017-04-20",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Starting October 13, 2020, it will be necessary to have Office 365 ProPlus or Office perpetual in mainstream support to connect to Office 365 services.",
      "locator": "Bullet 'Office 365 ProPlus or Office perpetual in mainstream support required to connect to Office 365 services'",
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      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Same post: 'Until this new requirement goes into effect in 2020, Office 2010, Office 2013 and Office 2016 perpetual clients will still be able to connect to Office 365 services' and 'We're providing more than three years' notice'. Office 2016's mainstream support also ended on 13 October 2020, so the rule would have cut it off too; in September 2018 Microsoft extended Office 2016 connections to October 2023 (microsoft-blog-2018-09-06-office-2016-connections-to-office-365-extended-to-october-2023). The blog's og:title now reads 'AI at Work Blog'. Microsoft's lifecycle announcement of the same date is 'Office 365 ProPlus updates (April 20, 2017)'.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-blog-2017-04-20-office-365-connections-require-mainstream-support-from-october-2020",
      "citation_text": "13 October 2020 was set in April 2017 as the date from which only Office 365 ProPlus or one-time-purchase Office still in mainstream support (Office 2016 and Office 2019) could connect to Office 365 services, ending support for Office 2010 and 2013 connections (Microsoft, 2017). Source: Microsoft, \"Office 365 ProPlus updates (Microsoft 365 Blog, 20 April 2017)\" (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2017/04/20/office-365-proplus-updates/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-blog-2017-04-20-office-365-connections-require-mainstream-support-from-october-2020."
    },
    {
      "id": "microsoft-blog-2018-09-06-office-2016-connections-to-office-365-extended-to-october-2023",
      "family": "office-lifecycle-dates",
      "statement": "October 2023 became the end of supported Office 2016 connections to Office 365 services after Microsoft relaxed, in September 2018, its rule that only Office 365 ProPlus or Office 2019 in mainstream support could connect from 13 October 2020 (Microsoft, 2018).",
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      "publisher": "Microsoft",
      "source_title": "Helping customers shift to a modern desktop (Microsoft 365 Blog, Jared Spataro, 6 September 2018)",
      "source_url": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2018/09/06/helping-customers-shift-to-a-modern-desktop/",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
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      "published_at": "2018-09-06",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "To give you more time to transition fully to the cloud, we are now modifying that policy and will continue to support Office 2016 connections with the Office 365 services through October 2023.",
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      "headline": false,
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      "notes": "The blog URL now redirects to microsoft.com/en-us/copilot/blog/2018/09/06/helping-customers-shift-to-a-modern-desktop/. The same post says 'In February, we announced that starting October 13, 2020, customers will need Office 365 ProPlus or Office 2019 clients in mainstream support' (the rule was first published on 20 April 2017). Microsoft's lifecycle announcement 'Updates to Office 365 system requirements' carries the same date. The connectivity end was eventually set at 10 October 2023 for both Office 2016 and Office 2019. Reused id from most-used-software-statistics (page 4); re-fetched and re-quoted 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-blog-2018-09-06-office-2016-connections-to-office-365-extended-to-october-2023",
      "citation_text": "October 2023 became the end of supported Office 2016 connections to Office 365 services after Microsoft relaxed, in September 2018, its rule that only Office 365 ProPlus or Office 2019 in mainstream support could connect from 13 October 2020 (Microsoft, 2018). Source: Microsoft, \"Helping customers shift to a modern desktop (Microsoft 365 Blog, Jared Spataro, 6 September 2018)\" (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2018/09/06/helping-customers-shift-to-a-modern-desktop/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-blog-2018-09-06-office-2016-connections-to-office-365-extended-to-october-2023."
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    {
      "id": "microsoft-learn-2026-office-2016-and-2019-connections-to-microsoft-365-unsupported-since-10-october-2023",
      "family": "office-lifecycle-dates",
      "statement": "10 October 2023 was the date Microsoft stopped supporting connections from Office 2016 and Office 2019 to Microsoft 365 services such as Exchange Online, SharePoint Online and OneDrive, two years before the suites' own end of support (Microsoft, 2026).",
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      "source_title": "Office versions and connectivity to Microsoft 365 services - Microsoft 365 Apps",
      "source_url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-apps/end-of-support/microsoft-365-services-connectivity",
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      "quote": "Support for connection to Microsoft 365 services with Office 2019 and Office 2016 ended on October 10, 2023.",
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      "notes": "ms.date 2026-09-28. The same page: 'Older Office versions might still be able to connect to Microsoft 365 services, but that connectivity isn't supported', so the change removed support, not access. Office 2019 for Mac also ended on October 10, 2023 and Office 2016 for Mac on October 13, 2020. The Office and Windows configuration matrix gives the rule: Office apps must be in mainstream support to be a supported connection. Reused id from most-used-software-statistics (page 4); re-fetched and re-quoted 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-learn-2026-office-2016-and-2019-connections-to-microsoft-365-unsupported-since-10-october-2023",
      "citation_text": "10 October 2023 was the date Microsoft stopped supporting connections from Office 2016 and Office 2019 to Microsoft 365 services such as Exchange Online, SharePoint Online and OneDrive, two years before the suites' own end of support (Microsoft, 2026). Source: Microsoft, \"Office versions and connectivity to Microsoft 365 services - Microsoft 365 Apps\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-apps/end-of-support/microsoft-365-services-connectivity). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-learn-2026-office-2016-and-2019-connections-to-microsoft-365-unsupported-since-10-october-2023."
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    {
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      "family": "office-lifecycle-dates",
      "statement": "13 October 2026 was the last day Office LTSC 2021 was supported for connecting to Microsoft 365 services, against 9 October 2029 for Office LTSC 2024 and no end date for Microsoft 365 Apps on a supported version (Microsoft, 2026).",
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      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-09-28",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Microsoft 365 Apps Supported as long as you're using a supported version. Office LTSC 2024 October 9th, 2029 Office LTSC 2021 October 13th, 2026",
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      "notes": "Project and Visio 2021 (until October 2026) and 2024 (until October 2029) follow the same dates on the page. Retail Office 2021 and 2024 are not listed in the table. Reused id from most-used-software-statistics (page 4); re-fetched and re-quoted 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-learn-2026-office-ltsc-2021-microsoft-365-connections-supported-until-13-october-2026",
      "citation_text": "13 October 2026 was the last day Office LTSC 2021 was supported for connecting to Microsoft 365 services, against 9 October 2029 for Office LTSC 2024 and no end date for Microsoft 365 Apps on a supported version (Microsoft, 2026). Source: Microsoft, \"Office versions and connectivity to Microsoft 365 services - Microsoft 365 Apps\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-apps/end-of-support/microsoft-365-services-connectivity). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-learn-2026-office-ltsc-2021-microsoft-365-connections-supported-until-13-october-2026."
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    {
      "id": "microsoft-lifecycle-2026-office-must-be-in-mainstream-support-for-supported-microsoft-365-connection",
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      "statement": "Office apps must be in mainstream support for their connection to Microsoft 365 cloud services to count as supported, Microsoft's Office and Windows configuration matrix states, which is why Office 2016 and 2019 lost connection support before their 2025 end of support (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2026).",
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      "quote": "Office apps connecting to the Microsoft 365 services (e.g., Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive) must be in mainstream support to be considered a supported connection.",
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      "notes": "ms.date 2025-07-16, updated_at 2026-03-18. Office 2019's mainstream support ended on 10 October 2023, the connectivity end date for both Office 2016 and Office 2019 (Office 2016's mainstream support had ended in October 2020; Microsoft had extended its connectivity until 2023). Reused id from most-used-software-statistics (page 4); re-fetched and re-quoted 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2026-office-must-be-in-mainstream-support-for-supported-microsoft-365-connection",
      "citation_text": "Office apps must be in mainstream support for their connection to Microsoft 365 cloud services to count as supported, Microsoft's Office and Windows configuration matrix states, which is why Office 2016 and 2019 lost connection support before their 2025 end of support (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2026). Source: Microsoft, \"Microsoft Office and Windows configuration support - Microsoft Lifecycle\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/office-windows-configuration-matrix). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2026-office-must-be-in-mainstream-support-for-supported-microsoft-365-connection."
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      "statement": "10 January 2023 was the last day of security updates for Microsoft 365 Apps on Windows 7, three years after Windows 7's own end of support on 14 January 2020, though Microsoft no longer supported the apps on Windows 7 in that period (Microsoft, 2025).",
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      "source_title": "title: Windows 7 end of support and Microsoft 365 Apps - Microsoft 365 Apps",
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      "quote": "Even though Windows 7 is no longer supported, we decided to provide you with security updates for Microsoft 365 Apps for three years, until January 2023.",
      "locator": "Section 'Security updates for Microsoft 365 Apps on Windows 7' (ms.date 2025-04-01, updated_at 2025-12-09); Important note: 'Security updates Microsoft 365 Apps on Windows 7 ended on January 10, 2023.'",
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      "notes": "Same section: 'Even with these security updates, Microsoft 365 Apps is no longer supported on Windows 7' and the updates applied 'even if you purchased Extended Security Updates (ESU) for Windows 7', whose last year also ended on 10 January 2023. In September 2018 Microsoft had said Office 365 ProPlus 'will be supported on devices with active Windows 7 Extended Security Updates (ESU) through January 2023' (Microsoft 365 blog, 6 September 2018); the current page withdraws the word 'supported'. Windows 7's own dates are on page 1.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-learn-2025-microsoft-365-apps-on-windows-7-security-updates-ended-10-january-2023",
      "citation_text": "10 January 2023 was the last day of security updates for Microsoft 365 Apps on Windows 7, three years after Windows 7's own end of support on 14 January 2020, though Microsoft no longer supported the apps on Windows 7 in that period (Microsoft, 2025). Source: Microsoft, \"title: Windows 7 end of support and Microsoft 365 Apps - Microsoft 365 Apps\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-apps/end-of-support/windows-7-support). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-learn-2025-microsoft-365-apps-on-windows-7-security-updates-ended-10-january-2023."
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      "id": "microsoft-learn-2025-microsoft-365-apps-version-2002-last-for-windows-7",
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      "statement": "Version 2002 (February 2020) is the last version of Microsoft 365 Apps available for Windows 7, and new installations of it have failed since January 2022 (Microsoft, 2025).",
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      "publisher": "Microsoft",
      "source_title": "title: Windows 7 end of support and Microsoft 365 Apps - Microsoft 365 Apps",
      "source_url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-apps/end-of-support/windows-7-support",
      "source_type": "primary",
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      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Version 2002 is the last version of Microsoft 365 Apps that's available for devices running Windows 7. ... As of January 2022, attempting to do a new installation of Version 2002 fails.",
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      "notes": "Version numbers are YYMM, so 2002 is the February 2020 build (build 12527). Updates to existing Version 2002 installations worked until 10 January 2023. Compare Windows 10, where Microsoft 365 Apps stops at Version 2608 (ms-m365-apps-win10-feature-updates-stop-version-2608).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-learn-2025-microsoft-365-apps-version-2002-last-for-windows-7",
      "citation_text": "Version 2002 (February 2020) is the last version of Microsoft 365 Apps available for Windows 7, and new installations of it have failed since January 2022 (Microsoft, 2025). Source: Microsoft, \"title: Windows 7 end of support and Microsoft 365 Apps - Microsoft 365 Apps\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-apps/end-of-support/windows-7-support). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-learn-2025-microsoft-365-apps-version-2002-last-for-windows-7."
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    {
      "id": "microsoft-learn-2025-microsoft-365-apps-on-windows-8-1-support-ended-10-january-2023",
      "family": "office-lifecycle-dates",
      "statement": "10 January 2023 ended support for Microsoft 365 Apps on Windows 8.1, the same day as Windows 8.1 itself, with no further feature, security or quality updates and no new installations after that date (Microsoft, 2025).",
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      "publisher": "Microsoft",
      "source_title": "title: Windows 8.1 end of support and Microsoft 365 Apps - Microsoft 365 Apps",
      "source_url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-apps/end-of-support/windows-81-support",
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      "quote": "Support for Windows 8.1 ended on January 10, 2023. As of that date, Microsoft 365 Apps is no longer supported on devices running Windows 8.1. However, your apps, such as Word, still work.",
      "locator": "Section 'What happens to Microsoft 365 Apps on Windows 8.1 after January 10, 2023' (ms.date 2025-04-01, updated_at 2025-12-09)",
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      "notes": "The configuration matrix links the older path /en-us/deployoffice/endofsupport/windows-81-support for the same article. Last builds: Current Channel Version 2301 (Build 16026.20200), released 14 February 2023. Microsoft had announced the January 2023 date in September 2018 (microsoft-lifecycle-2018-09-06-office-365-proplus-supported-on-windows-8-1-until-january-2023). The configuration matrix adds that volume-licensed Office 2016 on Windows 8.1 kept getting monthly updates to the end of Office 2016's lifecycle.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-learn-2025-microsoft-365-apps-on-windows-8-1-support-ended-10-january-2023",
      "citation_text": "10 January 2023 ended support for Microsoft 365 Apps on Windows 8.1, the same day as Windows 8.1 itself, with no further feature, security or quality updates and no new installations after that date (Microsoft, 2025). Source: Microsoft, \"title: Windows 8.1 end of support and Microsoft 365 Apps - Microsoft 365 Apps\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-apps/end-of-support/windows-81-support). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-learn-2025-microsoft-365-apps-on-windows-8-1-support-ended-10-january-2023."
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    {
      "id": "microsoft-lifecycle-2018-09-06-office-365-proplus-supported-on-windows-8-1-until-january-2023",
      "family": "office-lifecycle-dates",
      "statement": "January 2023 for Windows 8.1 and October 2025 for Windows Server 2016 were the end dates Microsoft set in September 2018 for Office 365 ProPlus support, while dropping support on Windows 10 LTSC and Windows Server 2012 from 14 January 2020 (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2018).",
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      "population": "Office 365 ProPlus (now Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise) system requirements for Windows",
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      "publisher": "Microsoft",
      "source_title": "title: Updates to Office 365 System Requirements - Microsoft Lifecycle",
      "source_url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/office-365-system-requirements-updates",
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      "quote": "Office 365 ProPlus will continue to be supported on Windows 8.1 through its end of support date in January 2023, and on Windows Server 2016 through October 2025.",
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      "notes": "Same announcement: 'Effective January 14, 2020, ProPlus will no longer be supported on ... Any Windows 10 Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC/LTSB) release ... Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2'. Both dates held: Microsoft 365 Apps support on Windows 8.1 ended 10 January 2023 and on Windows Server 2016 on 14 October 2025 (with security updates to 10 October 2028).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2018-09-06-office-365-proplus-supported-on-windows-8-1-until-january-2023",
      "citation_text": "January 2023 for Windows 8.1 and October 2025 for Windows Server 2016 were the end dates Microsoft set in September 2018 for Office 365 ProPlus support, while dropping support on Windows 10 LTSC and Windows Server 2012 from 14 January 2020 (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2018). Source: Microsoft, \"title: Updates to Office 365 System Requirements - Microsoft Lifecycle\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/office-365-system-requirements-updates). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2018-09-06-office-365-proplus-supported-on-windows-8-1-until-january-2023."
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      "id": "ms-m365-apps-win10-security-updates-end-2028-10-10",
      "family": "office-lifecycle-dates",
      "statement": "Microsoft 365 Apps on Windows 10 keep receiving security updates for three years after Windows 10's end of support, until 10 October 2028 (Microsoft, 2026).",
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      "source_title": "Windows 10 end of support and Microsoft 365 Apps",
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      "source_type": "primary",
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      "published_at": "2026-07-28",
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      "quote": "Microsoft will continue providing security updates for Microsoft 365 Apps on Windows 10 for three years after Windows 10 reaches end of support. These updates will be delivered through the standard update channels, ending on October 10, 2028.",
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      "notes": "Reused id from windows-11-adoption-statistics; re-fetched 2026-10-14. Using Microsoft 365 Apps on Windows 10 is an unsupported configuration: support cases are accepted but limited to troubleshooting, with no option to log a bug. The same three-year security window applies to Windows Server 2016, 2019 and 2022. Reused id from most-used-software-statistics (page 4); re-fetched and re-quoted 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#ms-m365-apps-win10-security-updates-end-2028-10-10",
      "citation_text": "Microsoft 365 Apps on Windows 10 keep receiving security updates for three years after Windows 10's end of support, until 10 October 2028 (Microsoft, 2026). Source: Microsoft, \"Windows 10 end of support and Microsoft 365 Apps\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-apps/end-of-support/windows-10-support). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#ms-m365-apps-win10-security-updates-end-2028-10-10."
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      "family": "office-lifecycle-dates",
      "statement": "Microsoft 365 Apps on Windows 10 stop receiving feature updates at Version 2608, the August 2026 build, and then receive only security updates until 10 October 2028 (Microsoft, 2026).",
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      "notes": "Reused id from windows-11-adoption-statistics; re-fetched 2026-10-14. The value is a build number, not a quantity. The same Version 2608 cut-off applies to Microsoft 365 Apps on Windows Server 2016, 2019 and 2022. Reused id from most-used-software-statistics (page 4); re-fetched and re-quoted 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#ms-m365-apps-win10-feature-updates-stop-version-2608",
      "citation_text": "Microsoft 365 Apps on Windows 10 stop receiving feature updates at Version 2608, the August 2026 build, and then receive only security updates until 10 October 2028 (Microsoft, 2026). Source: Microsoft, \"Windows 10 end of support and Microsoft 365 Apps\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-apps/end-of-support/windows-10-support). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#ms-m365-apps-win10-feature-updates-stop-version-2608."
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      "id": "microsoft-learn-2026-microsoft-365-apps-on-windows-server-2016-and-2019-support-ended-14-october-2025",
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      "statement": "14 October 2025 was the end of support for Microsoft 365 Apps on Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019, with security updates continuing until 10 October 2028; on Windows Server 2022 support ended on 13 October 2026 (Microsoft, 2026).",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-learn-2026-microsoft-365-apps-on-windows-server-2016-and-2019-support-ended-14-october-2025",
      "citation_text": "14 October 2025 was the end of support for Microsoft 365 Apps on Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019, with security updates continuing until 10 October 2028; on Windows Server 2022 support ended on 13 October 2026 (Microsoft, 2026). Source: Microsoft, \"Windows Server end of support and Microsoft 365 Apps\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-apps/end-of-support/windows-server-support). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-learn-2026-microsoft-365-apps-on-windows-server-2016-and-2019-support-ended-14-october-2025."
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      "notes": "Reused id from windows-11-adoption-statistics; re-fetched 2026-10-14 (ms.date 2025-07-16, updated_at 2026-03-18). The matrix row for Windows 11 shows Office 2019 and Office 2016 'Oct 2025', Office LTSC 2021 'Oct 2026', Office LTSC 2024 'Oct 2029' and Microsoft 365 Apps 'No end date'. Reused id from most-used-software-statistics (page 4); re-fetched and re-quoted 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2025-office-2016-supported-on-windows-11-by-exception",
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      "quote": "Windows 11 Not supported Not supported Not supported Supported Supported",
      "locator": "Table of supported Office and Windows versions (columns: Office 2016 volume licensed, Office 2016 retail, Office 2019, Office LTSC 2021 and Office 2021, Office LTSC 2024 and Office 2024), row Windows 11",
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      "series": "",
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      "notes": "Reused id from windows-11-adoption-statistics; re-fetched 2026-10-15 (ms.date 07/27/2026, updated_at 2026-09-26). The Windows 10 row reads 'Not supported Not supported Not supported Supported (with exceptions*) Supported (with exceptions*)'. Office 2021 lost support on 13 October 2026, after this table's last update. 'Not supported' means no assistance from Microsoft, not that the software stops running. Reused id from most-used-software-statistics (page 4); re-fetched and re-quoted 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-support-2026-office-2016-and-2019-not-supported-on-windows-11-after-eos",
      "citation_text": "Office 2016 and Office 2019 are listed as 'Not supported' on Windows 11 and Windows 10, while Office 2021 and Office 2024 are 'Supported' on Windows 11 and 'Supported (with exceptions)' on Windows 10, in Microsoft's 2026 support table (Microsoft Support, 2026). Source: Microsoft, \"What Windows end of support means for Office and Microsoft 365\" (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/78f20fab-b57b-44d7-8368-06a8493f3cb9). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-support-2026-office-2016-and-2019-not-supported-on-windows-11-after-eos."
    },
    {
      "id": "ms-support-office-2016-2019-support-ended-2025-10-14-office-2021-ends-2026-10",
      "family": "office-lifecycle-dates",
      "statement": "Support for Office 2016 and Office 2019 ended on 14 October 2025 on all operating systems, the day Windows 10 support ended, and support for Office 2021 and Office LTSC 2021 was to end a year later, in October 2026 (Microsoft, 2026).",
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      "short_refs": null,
      "value": null,
      "unit": "date",
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      "publisher": "Microsoft",
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      "source_url": "https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-10-support-ends-on-october-14-2025-2ca8b313-1946-43d3-b55c-2b95b107f281",
      "source_type": "primary",
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      "quote": "Support for Office 2016 and Office 2019 will end, across all operating systems. Office 2024 and Office 2021 (including Office LTSC versions) will continue to run on Windows 10 but will no longer be supported.",
      "locator": "FAQ 'How will end of support for Windows 10 affect my Microsoft Office apps?'",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Reused id from windows-11-adoption-statistics; re-fetched 2026-10-14 (ms.date 06/25/2026). Same FAQ: 'support for Office 2021 and Office LTSC 2021 will end one year later, in October 2026.' Reused id from most-used-software-statistics (page 4); re-fetched and re-quoted 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#ms-support-office-2016-2019-support-ended-2025-10-14-office-2021-ends-2026-10",
      "citation_text": "Support for Office 2016 and Office 2019 ended on 14 October 2025 on all operating systems, the day Windows 10 support ended, and support for Office 2021 and Office LTSC 2021 was to end a year later, in October 2026 (Microsoft, 2026). Source: Microsoft, \"Windows 10 support has ended on October 14, 2025\" (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-10-support-ends-on-october-14-2025-2ca8b313-1946-43d3-b55c-2b95b107f281). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#ms-support-office-2016-2019-support-ended-2025-10-14-office-2021-ends-2026-10."
    },
    {
      "id": "microsoft-lifecycle-2025-office-2016-2019-outlook-project-visio-exchange-2016-2019-end-14-october-2025",
      "family": "office-lifecycle-dates",
      "statement": "14 October 2025 ended support for Office 2016 and Office 2019 together with Outlook, Project, Visio, Skype for Business and Exchange Server 2016 and 2019 and the single Office apps, on the same day as Windows 10 (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2024).",
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      "population": "Fixed-policy Office 2016 and 2019 family products and Exchange Server 2016 and 2019",
      "sample_n": null,
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      "source_title": "Ending Support in 2025 - Microsoft Lifecycle",
      "source_url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/end-of-support/end-of-support-2025",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2024-11-14",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Microsoft Office 2016 Microsoft Office 2019 Microsoft Report Viewer 2015 Runtime OneNote 2016 Outlook 2016 Outlook 2019 PowerPoint 2016 PowerPoint 2019 Project 2016 Project 2019 ... Word 2016 Word 2019 October 14, 2025",
      "locator": "Section 'Products reaching End of Support' (Fixed Policy), row ending 'October 14, 2025'",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Page last updated 2024-11-14. Windows 10 Enterprise, Education, Home, Pro and IoT Enterprise appear under 'Product Retirements' on the same date. Classic Outlook 2016 and 2019 therefore ended with their suites. Reused id from most-used-software-statistics (page 4); re-fetched and re-quoted 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2025-office-2016-2019-outlook-project-visio-exchange-2016-2019-end-14-october-2025",
      "citation_text": "14 October 2025 ended support for Office 2016 and Office 2019 together with Outlook, Project, Visio, Skype for Business and Exchange Server 2016 and 2019 and the single Office apps, on the same day as Windows 10 (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2024). Source: Microsoft, \"Ending Support in 2025 - Microsoft Lifecycle\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/end-of-support/end-of-support-2025). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2025-office-2016-2019-outlook-project-visio-exchange-2016-2019-end-14-october-2025."
    },
    {
      "id": "microsoft-lifecycle-2026-office-2021-and-ltsc-2021-family-end-13-october-2026",
      "family": "office-lifecycle-dates",
      "statement": "13 October 2026 ended support for Office 2021 and Office LTSC 2021 together with Outlook 2021, Outlook LTSC 2021, Project 2021, Visio 2021 and the single Office 2021 apps, Microsoft's 'Ending Support in 2026' list shows (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2026).",
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      "short_refs": null,
      "value": null,
      "unit": "date",
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      "display_label": "",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
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      "period": "2026-10-13",
      "population": "Office 2021 (Modern Policy) and Office LTSC 2021 (Fixed Policy) family products",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Microsoft",
      "source_title": "Ending Support in 2026 - Microsoft Lifecycle",
      "source_url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/end-of-support/end-of-support-2026",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-08-19",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Access 2021 Excel 2021 Office 2021 OneNote 2021 Outlook 2021 PowerPoint 2021 Project 2021 Publisher 2021 Visio 2021 Word 2021 October 13, 2026",
      "locator": "Section 'Product Retirements' (Modern Policy); the Fixed Policy section lists Office LTSC 2021, Office LTSC 2021 for Mac, Outlook LTSC 2021 and the other LTSC 2021 apps for October 13, 2026",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Page updated_at 2026-08-19 (the page footer says 'Last updated on 2025-04-18'). Windows 11 Home and Pro version 24H2 ended servicing the same day. The page also lists Office LTSC 2021 for Mac under 'Products moving to Extended Support' on October 13, 2026, contradicting its product page. Reused id from most-used-software-statistics (page 4); re-fetched and re-quoted 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2026-office-2021-and-ltsc-2021-family-end-13-october-2026",
      "citation_text": "13 October 2026 ended support for Office 2021 and Office LTSC 2021 together with Outlook 2021, Outlook LTSC 2021, Project 2021, Visio 2021 and the single Office 2021 apps, Microsoft's 'Ending Support in 2026' list shows (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2026). Source: Microsoft, \"Ending Support in 2026 - Microsoft Lifecycle\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/end-of-support/end-of-support-2026). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2026-office-2021-and-ltsc-2021-family-end-13-october-2026."
    },
    {
      "id": "microsoft-lifecycle-2025-office-2024-and-ltsc-2024-family-end-9-october-2029",
      "family": "office-lifecycle-dates",
      "statement": "9 October 2029 is the end of support for Office 2024 and Office LTSC 2024 together with Outlook, Access, Project, Visio and the single 2024 apps, the next Office deadline on Microsoft's lists, with no Publisher 2024 among them (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2025).",
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      "short_refs": null,
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      "unit": "end of support date (product list)",
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      "display_hook": null,
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      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
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      "population": "Office 2024 (Modern Policy retirements) and Office LTSC 2024 (Fixed Policy) families",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Microsoft",
      "source_title": "title: Ending Support in 2029 - Microsoft Lifecycle",
      "source_url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/end-of-support/end-of-support-2029",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2025-02-05",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Access 2024 Excel 2024 Office 2024 OneNote 2024 Outlook 2024 Project 2024 Visio 2024 Word 2024 October 9, 2029",
      "locator": "Section 'Product Retirements' (Modern Policy); section 'Products reaching End of Support' (Fixed Policy) lists Access, Excel, Office, OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint, Project 2024 (LTSC), Skype for Business, Visio and Word LTSC 2024 and Windows 11 Enterprise LTSC 2024 for October 9, 2029",
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      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "ms.date and updated_at 2025-02-05. The Modern-policy row omits PowerPoint 2024 although the LTSC row lists PowerPoint LTSC 2024, apparently an omission on Microsoft's page (Office 2024 includes PowerPoint). Windows 11 Enterprise LTSC 2024 ends the same day.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2025-office-2024-and-ltsc-2024-family-end-9-october-2029",
      "citation_text": "9 October 2029 is the end of support for Office 2024 and Office LTSC 2024 together with Outlook, Access, Project, Visio and the single 2024 apps, the next Office deadline on Microsoft's lists, with no Publisher 2024 among them (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2025). Source: Microsoft, \"title: Ending Support in 2029 - Microsoft Lifecycle\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/end-of-support/end-of-support-2029). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2025-office-2024-and-ltsc-2024-family-end-9-october-2029."
    },
    {
      "id": "microsoft-lifecycle-2024-office-2013-family-end-11-april-2023-and-office-2019-for-mac-10-october-2023",
      "family": "office-lifecycle-dates",
      "statement": "11 April 2023 ended support for Office 2013 together with Outlook, Access, Publisher, Visio and Project 2013 and Skype for Business 2015, and 10 October 2023 ended Office 2019 for Mac and mainstream support for Office 2019 for Windows (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2024).",
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      "population": "Office 2013 family; Office 2019 for Mac; Office 2019 (mainstream phase)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Microsoft",
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      "source_url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/end-of-support/end-of-support-2023",
      "source_type": "primary",
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      "published_at": "2024-01-24",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Microsoft Office 2013 Microsoft OneNote 2013 Outlook 2013 PowerPoint 2013 Project 2013 Project Server 2013 Publisher 2013 SharePoint Foundation 2013 SharePoint Server 2013 Skype for Business 2015 Visio 2013 Word 2013 April 11, 2023",
      "locator": "Section 'Products reaching End of Support' (rows dated April 11, 2023 and October 10, 2023) and section 'Products moving to Extended Support' (row dated October 10, 2023: Access 2019 ... Microsoft Office 2019 ... Word 2019)",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "ms.date and updated_at 2024-01-24. Exchange Server 2013 and SharePoint Server 2013 ended the same day as Office 2013. Microsoft's lifecycle announcement for Office 2013 (ms.date 2021-11-16) said 'There will not be an option to extend support for any of the products listed in this article beyond April 2023' (page-4 id microsoft-lifecycle-2021-office-2013-no-option-to-extend-support-beyond-april-2023, left to the office-end-of-support-history family as a statement made at the deadline).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2024-office-2013-family-end-11-april-2023-and-office-2019-for-mac-10-october-2023",
      "citation_text": "11 April 2023 ended support for Office 2013 together with Outlook, Access, Publisher, Visio and Project 2013 and Skype for Business 2015, and 10 October 2023 ended Office 2019 for Mac and mainstream support for Office 2019 for Windows (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2024). Source: Microsoft, \"title: Ending Support in 2023 - Microsoft Lifecycle\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/end-of-support/end-of-support-2023). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2024-office-2013-family-end-11-april-2023-and-office-2019-for-mac-10-october-2023."
    },
    {
      "id": "microsoft-support-2024-02-publisher-end-of-life-announced-for-october-2026",
      "family": "office-lifecycle-dates",
      "statement": "October 2026 was announced by February 2024 as the end of life of Microsoft Publisher: after it, Publisher would no longer be included in Microsoft 365 and existing on-premises versions would no longer be supported (Microsoft, 2024).",
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      "display_value": "October 2026",
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      "population": "Microsoft Publisher in Microsoft 365 and in perpetual Office suites",
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      "publisher": "Microsoft",
      "source_title": "Microsoft Publisher will no longer be supported after October 2026 (Microsoft Support; Wayback capture 16 February 2024)",
      "source_url": "https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/microsoft-publisher-will-no-longer-be-supported-after-october-2026-ee6302a2-4bc7-4841-babf-8e9be3acbfd7",
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      "quote": "In October 2026, Microsoft Publisher will reach its end of life. After that time, it will no longer be included in Microsoft 365 and existing on-premises suites will no longer be supported.",
      "locator": "Opening paragraph; earliest Wayback capture https://web.archive.org/web/20240216034414/https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/microsoft-publisher-will-no-longer-be-supported-after-october-2026-ee6302a2-4bc7-4841-babf-8e9be3acbfd7",
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      "notes": "The February 2024 text tied the date to Office LTSC 2021: 'Support for the perpetual version of Publisher will end in October 2026, when Office LTSC 2021 reaches end of support. Microsoft 365 customers will not be able to access Publisher from that date forward.' The current page (ms.date 10/06/2026) moved the Microsoft 365 cut-off to 1 October 2026 (microsoft-support-2026-publisher-removed-from-microsoft-365-from-1-october-2026). published_at is the date of the earliest capture found, not a Microsoft publication date.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-support-2024-02-publisher-end-of-life-announced-for-october-2026",
      "citation_text": "October 2026 was announced by February 2024 as the end of life of Microsoft Publisher: after it, Publisher would no longer be included in Microsoft 365 and existing on-premises versions would no longer be supported (Microsoft, 2024). Source: Microsoft, \"Microsoft Publisher will no longer be supported after October 2026 (Microsoft Support; Wayback capture 16 February 2024)\" (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/microsoft-publisher-will-no-longer-be-supported-after-october-2026-ee6302a2-4bc7-4841-babf-8e9be3acbfd7). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-support-2024-02-publisher-end-of-life-announced-for-october-2026."
    },
    {
      "id": "microsoft-support-2026-publisher-removed-from-microsoft-365-from-1-october-2026",
      "family": "office-lifecycle-dates",
      "statement": "1 October 2026 was the date from which Microsoft 365 subscribers lost access to Microsoft Publisher as a removal update rolled out, after which .pub files can no longer be opened or edited in Publisher, Microsoft's support page says (Microsoft Support, 2026).",
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      "source_title": "Microsoft Publisher will no longer be supported after October 2026 (Microsoft Support)",
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      "quote": "Microsoft 365 subscribers will not be able to access Publisher on or shortly after October 1, 2026, as the removal update process rolls out.",
      "locator": "Opening section (ms.date 10/06/2026); 'How to prepare before October 2026' adds 'Convert your existing files to another format before 10/1/2026'",
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      "notes": "Same page: 'You can continue to use Publisher with its current functionality until October 1, 2026.' The February 2024 version said Microsoft 365 customers would lose access in October 2026 when Office LTSC 2021 support ended; the earlier, separate 1 October date was added later. Microsoft offers a PowerShell sample to bulk-convert .pub files to PDF. Applies to: Publisher for Microsoft 365, Publisher 2021, 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-support-2026-publisher-removed-from-microsoft-365-from-1-october-2026",
      "citation_text": "1 October 2026 was the date from which Microsoft 365 subscribers lost access to Microsoft Publisher as a removal update rolled out, after which .pub files can no longer be opened or edited in Publisher, Microsoft's support page says (Microsoft Support, 2026). Source: Microsoft, \"Microsoft Publisher will no longer be supported after October 2026 (Microsoft Support)\" (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/microsoft-publisher-will-no-longer-be-supported-after-october-2026). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-support-2026-publisher-removed-from-microsoft-365-from-1-october-2026."
    },
    {
      "id": "microsoft-support-2026-publisher-perpetual-support-ended-13-october-2026",
      "family": "office-lifecycle-dates",
      "statement": "13 October 2026 ended support for the perpetual versions of Microsoft Publisher, on the day Office LTSC 2021 and consumer Office 2021 reached end of support, making Publisher 2021 and Publisher LTSC 2021 the last versions (Microsoft Support, 2026).",
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      "source_title": "Microsoft Publisher will no longer be supported after October 2026 (Microsoft Support)",
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      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-10-06",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Support for the perpetual version of Publisher will end on October 13, 2026, when Office LTSC 2021 and Consumer Office 2021 reach end of support.",
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      "history": [],
      "notes": "Microsoft's lifecycle pages agree: Publisher 2021 (Modern Policy) '10/5/2021 8:00:00 AM | 10/14/2026 6:59:59 AM' and Publisher LTSC 2021 (Fixed Policy) '9/16/2021 8:00:00 AM | 10/14/2026 6:59:59 AM' (UTC values displayed as 13 October 2026 Pacific). Publisher 2016 and 2019 ended on 14 October 2025. Statement written in the past tense because the date passed two days before collection.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-support-2026-publisher-perpetual-support-ended-13-october-2026",
      "citation_text": "13 October 2026 ended support for the perpetual versions of Microsoft Publisher, on the day Office LTSC 2021 and consumer Office 2021 reached end of support, making Publisher 2021 and Publisher LTSC 2021 the last versions (Microsoft Support, 2026). Source: Microsoft, \"Microsoft Publisher will no longer be supported after October 2026 (Microsoft Support)\" (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/microsoft-publisher-will-no-longer-be-supported-after-october-2026). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-support-2026-publisher-perpetual-support-ended-13-october-2026."
    },
    {
      "id": "microsoft-lifecycle-api-2026-no-publisher-2024-eight-publisher-versions-listed",
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      "statement": "8 versions of Publisher appear in Microsoft's lifecycle database, from Publisher 2003 to Publisher 2021 and Publisher LTSC 2021, and none from 2024: Office 2024 and Office LTSC 2024 shipped without Publisher (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2026).",
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      "source_title": "Microsoft Lifecycle product search API, query 'publisher' (learn.microsoft.com/api/contentbrowser/search/lifecycles)",
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      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-10-15",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
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      "notes": "Absence confirmed two ways: the API's eight results contain no 2024 entry, and Microsoft's 'Ending Support in 2029' page lists Access, Excel, Office, OneNote, Outlook, Project, Visio and Word 2024 (and the LTSC 2024 apps) without Publisher. Publisher 2010 is the oldest entry under that name; earlier ones are titled 'Microsoft Office Publisher 2003/2007'. published_at is the query date (API data, no publication date).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-api-2026-no-publisher-2024-eight-publisher-versions-listed",
      "citation_text": "8 versions of Publisher appear in Microsoft's lifecycle database, from Publisher 2003 to Publisher 2021 and Publisher LTSC 2021, and none from 2024: Office 2024 and Office LTSC 2024 shipped without Publisher (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2026). Source: Microsoft, \"Microsoft Lifecycle product search API, query 'publisher' (learn.microsoft.com/api/contentbrowser/search/lifecycles)\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/api/contentbrowser/search/lifecycles?locale=en-us&terms=publisher&%24top=30). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-api-2026-no-publisher-2024-eight-publisher-versions-listed."
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      "notes": "Microsoft stores lifecycle end dates as 6:59:59 AM UTC on the following day inside local-time elements set to America/Los_Angeles, so the page displays (and Microsoft announces) the previous calendar day in Pacific time; start dates are stored as 8:00:00 AM UTC, the same calendar day in Pacific time. Access LTSC 2024 (Fixed Policy) started on 18 September 2024 and ends on the same day. Access 2016 and Access 2019 ended on 14 October 2025, Access 2021 and Access LTSC 2021 on 13 October 2026 (Microsoft's 2025 and 2026 end-of-support lists).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2024-access-2024-retires-9-october-2029",
      "citation_text": "9 October 2029 is the retirement date of Access 2024, the one-time-purchase database app released on 1 October 2024, five years after release under the Modern Lifecycle Policy (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2024). Source: Microsoft, \"title: Access 2024 - Microsoft Lifecycle\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/access-2024). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2024-access-2024-retires-9-october-2029."
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      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Visio 2024 10/1/2024 8:00:00 AM 10/10/2029 6:59:59 AM ... Visio LTSC 2024 9/18/2024 8:00:00 AM 10/10/2029 6:59:59 AM",
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      "notes": "Microsoft stores lifecycle end dates as 6:59:59 AM UTC on the following day inside local-time elements set to America/Los_Angeles, so the page displays (and Microsoft announces) the previous calendar day in Pacific time; start dates are stored as 8:00:00 AM UTC, the same calendar day in Pacific time. Visio 2024 is not part of any Office 2024 suite and is sold separately. Visio 2016 and 2019 ended on 14 October 2025, Visio 2021 and Visio LTSC 2021 on 13 October 2026. The quote joins rows from two pages; the second row is on https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/visio-ltsc-2024 (saved as lifecycle/visio-ltsc-2024.html). Visio Plan 2 (Modern Policy) has been in support since 18 October 2017.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2024-visio-2024-and-visio-ltsc-2024-support-ends-9-october-2029",
      "citation_text": "9 October 2029 is the end of support for Visio 2024 (Standard and Professional) and Visio LTSC 2024, the one-time-purchase versions of Microsoft's diagramming app, while the Visio Plan 2 subscription has no end date (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2024). Source: Microsoft, \"title: Visio 2024 - Microsoft Lifecycle\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/visio-2024). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2024-visio-2024-and-visio-ltsc-2024-support-ends-9-october-2029."
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      "statement": "9 October 2029 is the end of support for Outlook 2024 and Outlook LTSC 2024, the newest one-time-purchase versions of classic Outlook for Windows, matching the 'at least 2029' Microsoft promised classic Outlook in 2024 (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2024).",
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      "quote": "Outlook 2024 10/1/2024 8:00:00 AM 10/10/2029 6:59:59 AM ... Outlook LTSC 2024 9/18/2024 8:00:00 AM 10/10/2029 6:59:59 AM",
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      "notes": "Microsoft stores lifecycle end dates as 6:59:59 AM UTC on the following day inside local-time elements set to America/Los_Angeles, so the page displays (and Microsoft announces) the previous calendar day in Pacific time; start dates are stored as 8:00:00 AM UTC, the same calendar day in Pacific time. Classic Outlook ended with its suites: Outlook 2016 and 2019 on 14 October 2025, Outlook 2021 and LTSC 2021 on 13 October 2026. Classic Outlook inside Microsoft 365 Apps has no published end date; Microsoft has said only 'until at least 2029' (microsoft-techcommunity-2024-03-07-classic-outlook-supported-until-at-least-2029).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2024-outlook-2024-and-outlook-ltsc-2024-support-ends-9-october-2029",
      "citation_text": "9 October 2029 is the end of support for Outlook 2024 and Outlook LTSC 2024, the newest one-time-purchase versions of classic Outlook for Windows, matching the 'at least 2029' Microsoft promised classic Outlook in 2024 (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2024). Source: Microsoft, \"title: Outlook 2024 - Microsoft Lifecycle\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/outlook-2024). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2024-outlook-2024-and-outlook-ltsc-2024-support-ends-9-october-2029."
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      "statement": "Until at least 2029 Microsoft will honour the published support timelines of existing classic Outlook for Windows installations, perpetual and subscription, it said when setting out the new Outlook's opt-in, opt-out and cutover stages (Microsoft, 2024).",
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      "period": "2024-03-07",
      "population": "Existing installations of classic Outlook for Windows (perpetual Office and Microsoft 365 subscriptions)",
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      "publisher": "Microsoft",
      "source_title": "New Outlook for Windows: A Guide to Product Availability (Outlook Blog, Microsoft Tech Community)",
      "source_url": "https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/outlook/new-outlook-for-windows-a-guide-to-product-availability/4078895",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
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      "quote": "Please note that the cutover stage does not signify the end of support for classic Outlook for Windows. We will continue to honor published support timelines for existing version of classic Outlook for Windows until at least 2029.",
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      "notes": "Post by margieclinton (Microsoft), published 7 March 2024, edited 5 November 2024; the 12 August 2024 edit 'Added \"subscription\" to \"Stage 3: Cutover\" to clarify that both, perpetual and subscription, will be supported until 2029.' Same section: 'Existing installations of classic Outlook for Windows through perpetual and subscription licensing will continue to be supported.' Microsoft promised at least 12 months' notice before each stage for managed enterprise customers. Reused id from most-used-software-statistics (page 4); re-fetched and re-quoted 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-techcommunity-2024-03-07-classic-outlook-supported-until-at-least-2029",
      "citation_text": "Until at least 2029 Microsoft will honour the published support timelines of existing classic Outlook for Windows installations, perpetual and subscription, it said when setting out the new Outlook's opt-in, opt-out and cutover stages (Microsoft, 2024). Source: Microsoft, \"New Outlook for Windows: A Guide to Product Availability (Outlook Blog, Microsoft Tech Community)\" (https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/outlook/new-outlook-for-windows-a-guide-to-product-availability/4078895). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-techcommunity-2024-03-07-classic-outlook-supported-until-at-least-2029."
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    {
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      "statement": "1 August 2024 was when the new Outlook for Windows became generally available for business customers, still as an opt-in app, after reaching personal accounts in September 2023 (Microsoft, 2024).",
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      "source_title": "Built for today, designed for the future - the new Outlook for Windows is ready (Outlook Blog, Microsoft Tech Community)",
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      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "We are excited to announce the new Outlook for Windows is now generally available for commercial customers and will now receive full support from Microsoft's support channels, including Assisted Support!",
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      "notes": "Same post: 'New Outlook is still an opt-in experience' and 'Existing installations of classic Outlook through perpetual and subscription licensing will continue to be supported until at least 2029.' Preview began in May 2022; general availability for personal accounts by September 2023. Reused id from most-used-software-statistics (page 4); re-fetched and re-quoted 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-techcommunity-2024-08-01-new-outlook-generally-available-for-commercial-customers",
      "citation_text": "1 August 2024 was when the new Outlook for Windows became generally available for business customers, still as an opt-in app, after reaching personal accounts in September 2023 (Microsoft, 2024). Source: Microsoft, \"Built for today, designed for the future - the new Outlook for Windows is ready (Outlook Blog, Microsoft Tech Community)\" (https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/outlook/built-for-today-designed-for-the-future---the-new-outlook-for-windows-is-ready-w/4205635). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-techcommunity-2024-08-01-new-outlook-generally-available-for-commercial-customers."
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    {
      "id": "microsoft-techcommunity-2024-11-19-new-outlook-opt-out-smb-from-january-2025-enterprise-2026",
      "family": "office-lifecycle-dates",
      "statement": "January 2025 for small businesses and 2026 for enterprise customers were the dates Microsoft gave at Ignite 2024 for moving the new Outlook from opt-in to the opt-out phase, in which it becomes the default (Microsoft, 2024).",
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      "source_url": "https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/outlook/what%E2%80%99s-new-and-coming-to-microsoft-outlook-%E2%80%93-ignite-2024/4297199",
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      "quote": "We anticipate that small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with Microsoft 365 for business plans will begin to be moved into this phase starting in January 2025, and with customers with Microsoft 365 for enterprises licenses following in 2026.",
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      "notes": "The enterprise date was later set at April 2026 and then postponed to March 2027 (Message Center MC949965, updated 20 February 2026). Reused id from most-used-software-statistics (page 4); re-fetched and re-quoted 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-techcommunity-2024-11-19-new-outlook-opt-out-smb-from-january-2025-enterprise-2026",
      "citation_text": "January 2025 for small businesses and 2026 for enterprise customers were the dates Microsoft gave at Ignite 2024 for moving the new Outlook from opt-in to the opt-out phase, in which it becomes the default (Microsoft, 2024). Source: Microsoft, \"What's new and coming to Microsoft Outlook - Ignite 2024 (Outlook Blog, Microsoft Tech Community)\" (https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/outlook/what%E2%80%99s-new-and-coming-to-microsoft-outlook-%E2%80%93-ignite-2024/4297199). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-techcommunity-2024-11-19-new-outlook-opt-out-smb-from-january-2025-enterprise-2026."
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      "statement": "March 2027 is when the new Outlook for Windows becomes the default (the opt-out phase) for enterprise customers, Microsoft told administrators in February 2026, postponing the April 2026 date it had set in December 2024 (Microsoft, 2026).",
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      "notes": "Quoted from Merill Fernando's public Message Center archive (mc.merill.net), which reproduces posts verbatim; re-fetched 2026-10-15 it still shows 'Updated 1 time since Dec 6, 2024' (the 20 February 2026 update), so March 2027 remains the enterprise date. Microsoft's stated reason: 'We're seeing strong and accelerating adoption of new Outlook'. Users moved in the opt-out phase can switch back to classic Outlook; no cutover date has been announced. Reused id from most-used-software-statistics (page 4); re-fetched and re-quoted 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-mc949965-2026-02-20-new-outlook-enterprise-opt-out-postponed-to-march-2027",
      "citation_text": "March 2027 is when the new Outlook for Windows becomes the default (the opt-out phase) for enterprise customers, Microsoft told administrators in February 2026, postponing the April 2026 date it had set in December 2024 (Microsoft, 2026). Source: Microsoft, \"MC949965 - Toggle to new Outlook (Microsoft 365 Message Center, archived by merill.net)\" (https://mc.merill.net/message/MC949965). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-mc949965-2026-02-20-new-outlook-enterprise-opt-out-postponed-to-march-2027."
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      "notes": "Quoted from the public merill.net archive of the Message Center post; list items run together in the quote. Classic Outlook in Office 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024 and LTSC versions keeps its own lifecycle dates (Outlook 2016 and 2019 ended on 14 October 2025, Outlook 2021 and LTSC 2021 on 13 October 2026, Outlook 2024 and LTSC 2024 end on 9 October 2029). Reused id from most-used-software-statistics (page 4); re-fetched and re-quoted 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-mc949965-2026-02-20-perpetual-licence-users-not-migrated-to-new-outlook",
      "citation_text": "Users on a perpetual Office licence will not be migrated to the new Outlook when the enterprise opt-out phase starts in March 2027, nor will on-premises accounts or users whose admins hide the toggle, Microsoft's Message Center notice says (Microsoft, 2026). Source: Microsoft, \"MC949965 - Toggle to new Outlook (Microsoft 365 Message Center, archived by merill.net)\" (https://mc.merill.net/message/MC949965). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-mc949965-2026-02-20-perpetual-licence-users-not-migrated-to-new-outlook."
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      "history": [],
      "notes": "The quote keeps Microsoft's grammatical slip ('You can no longer able to'). For consumers the new Outlook replaced the free Mail and Calendar apps; for businesses the classic Outlook desktop app remains supported until at least 2029. Reused id from most-used-software-statistics (page 4); re-fetched and re-quoted 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-support-2026-windows-mail-calendar-people-support-ended-31-december-2024",
      "citation_text": "31 December 2024 was the end of support for the Windows Mail, Calendar and People apps, which Microsoft replaced with the new Outlook for Windows (Microsoft Support, 2026). Source: Microsoft, \"Outlook for Windows: The Future of Mail, Calendar, and People on Windows 11\" (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/outlook-for-windows-the-future-of-mail-calendar-and-people-on-windows-11-715fc27c-e0f4-4652-9174-47faa751b199). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-support-2026-windows-mail-calendar-people-support-ended-31-december-2024."
    },
    {
      "id": "microsoft-techcommunity-2024-03-15-commitment-to-another-office-ltsc-release",
      "family": "office-lifecycle-dates",
      "statement": "Another Office LTSC release after Office LTSC 2024 was promised by Microsoft in March 2024, the only public commitment to a future perpetual Office version (Microsoft, 2024).",
      "short_statement": "Microsoft has promised **one more** Office LTSC release after Office LTSC 2024, its only commitment to a future one-time-purchase Office.",
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": null,
      "unit": "statement (no figure)",
      "display_value": "another release",
      "display_label": "",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2024-03-15",
      "population": "Commercial perpetual (LTSC) Office customers",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Microsoft",
      "source_title": "Upcoming preview of Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 (Microsoft 365 Blog, Microsoft Tech Community)",
      "source_url": "https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft_365blog/upcoming-preview-of-microsoft-office-ltsc-2024/4082963",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2024-03-15",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "And, because we are asked at the time of release if there will be another one, I can confirm our commitment to another release in the future.",
      "locator": "Same paragraph as the price increase",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "The promise covers Office LTSC (commercial); the post says nothing about a consumer successor to Office 2024. The Register headline read it as 'two more perpetual Office releases' (Office 2024 and a future LTSC). Reused id from most-used-software-statistics (page 4); re-fetched and re-quoted 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-techcommunity-2024-03-15-commitment-to-another-office-ltsc-release",
      "citation_text": "Another Office LTSC release after Office LTSC 2024 was promised by Microsoft in March 2024, the only public commitment to a future perpetual Office version (Microsoft, 2024). Source: Microsoft, \"Upcoming preview of Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 (Microsoft 365 Blog, Microsoft Tech Community)\" (https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft_365blog/upcoming-preview-of-microsoft-office-ltsc-2024/4082963). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-techcommunity-2024-03-15-commitment-to-another-office-ltsc-release."
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    {
      "id": "microsoft-learn-2026-office-ltsc-2024-designed-for-specific-scenarios",
      "family": "office-lifecycle-dates",
      "statement": "Office LTSC 2024, the perpetual volume-licensed version, is 'designed for specific scenarios' such as regulated devices that cannot take feature updates, factory process-control machines and systems that cannot connect to the internet, Microsoft tells organisations still on Office 2016, 2019 or LTSC 2021 (Microsoft, 2026).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": null,
      "unit": "statement (no figure)",
      "display_value": "specific scenarios",
      "display_label": "",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2026-08",
      "population": "Organisations upgrading from Office LTSC 2021, Office 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010 or 2007 (volume licensed)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Microsoft",
      "source_title": "Plan an upgrade from older versions of Office to Microsoft 365 Apps",
      "source_url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-apps/end-of-support/plan-upgrade-older-versions-office",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-08-18",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Office LTSC 2024 is designed for specific scenarios. These include regulated devices that can't accept feature updates, process control devices on manufacturing floors, and specialty systems that can't connect to the internet.",
      "locator": "Section 'What are my options?', Note",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "ms.date 2025-10-14, updated 2026-08-18. The page's table of end-of-support dates: Office LTSC 2021 October 13, 2026; Office 2019 and 2016 October 14, 2025; Office 2013 April 11, 2023; Office 2010 October 13, 2020; Office 2007 October 10, 2017. Microsoft's stated recommendation is Microsoft 365 Apps, the subscription version. Reused id from most-used-software-statistics (page 4); re-fetched and re-quoted 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-learn-2026-office-ltsc-2024-designed-for-specific-scenarios",
      "citation_text": "Office LTSC 2024, the perpetual volume-licensed version, is 'designed for specific scenarios' such as regulated devices that cannot take feature updates, factory process-control machines and systems that cannot connect to the internet, Microsoft tells organisations still on Office 2016, 2019 or LTSC 2021 (Microsoft, 2026). Source: Microsoft, \"Plan an upgrade from older versions of Office to Microsoft 365 Apps\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-apps/end-of-support/plan-upgrade-older-versions-office). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-learn-2026-office-ltsc-2024-designed-for-specific-scenarios."
    },
    {
      "id": "microsoft-lifecycle-2026-04-22-office-ltsc-2021-eos-ltsc-2024-for-organizations-not-ready-for-cloud",
      "family": "office-lifecycle-dates",
      "statement": "Office LTSC 2024 is Microsoft's recommended upgrade only for organisations 'not yet ready to move to the cloud', its 2026 Office LTSC 2021 end-of-support notice says, with Microsoft 365 Apps the default path (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2026).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": null,
      "unit": "statement (no figure)",
      "display_value": "not yet ready to move to the cloud",
      "display_label": "",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2026-04-22",
      "population": "Organisations running Office LTSC 2021",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Microsoft",
      "source_title": "Office LTSC 2021 reaching end of support on October 13, 2026 - Microsoft Lifecycle announcements",
      "source_url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/office-ltsc-2021-end-of-support",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-04-22",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "For organizations that are not yet ready to move to the cloud, the recommended upgrade path is to the most recent supported on premises version for commercial customers, Office LTSC 2024.",
      "locator": "Announcement body, second paragraph (ms.date 2026-04-22)",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Same notice: 'begin upgrading to Microsoft 365 Apps now'. Microsoft's 14 September 2026 'One month until Office LTSC 2021 end of support' post repeats it for 'scenarios that require a fully disconnected solution'. Reused id from most-used-software-statistics (page 4); re-fetched and re-quoted 2026-10-15.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2026-04-22-office-ltsc-2021-eos-ltsc-2024-for-organizations-not-ready-for-cloud",
      "citation_text": "Office LTSC 2024 is Microsoft's recommended upgrade only for organisations 'not yet ready to move to the cloud', its 2026 Office LTSC 2021 end-of-support notice says, with Microsoft 365 Apps the default path (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2026). Source: Microsoft, \"Office LTSC 2021 reaching end of support on October 13, 2026 - Microsoft Lifecycle announcements\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/office-ltsc-2021-end-of-support). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2026-04-22-office-ltsc-2021-eos-ltsc-2024-for-organizations-not-ready-for-cloud."
    },
    {
      "id": "microsoft-lifecycle-api-2026-office-2021-end-stored-as-14-october-2026-0659-utc",
      "family": "office-lifecycle-dates",
      "statement": "**14 October 2026** at 06:59:59 UTC is how Microsoft's lifecycle database stores the end of Office 2021, which its pages display as 13 October 2026 in Pacific time, so tools that read the raw value can print a date one day late (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2026).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": null,
      "unit": "stored end timestamp (UTC) versus displayed date (Pacific)",
      "display_value": "13 October 2026 (stored as 2026-10-14T06:59:59Z)",
      "display_label": "",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2026-10-13",
      "population": "Microsoft lifecycle data for Office 2021 (the same pattern holds for every Office entry)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Microsoft",
      "source_title": "Microsoft Lifecycle product search API, query 'office 2021' (learn.microsoft.com/api/contentbrowser/search/lifecycles)",
      "source_url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/api/contentbrowser/search/lifecycles?locale=en-us&terms=office%202021&%24top=30",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-10-15",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "\"summary\":\"Office 2021 follows the Modern Lifecycle Policy.\",\"start\":\"2021-10-05T08:00:00Z\",\"end\":\"2026-10-14T06:59:59.999Z\",\"title\":\"Office 2021\"",
      "locator": "JSON result for title 'Office 2021' (url /lifecycle/products/office-2021); product page renders the value in a local-time element with timezone America/Los_Angeles",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Every Office end date checked has this form: Office 2016 and 2019 '2025-10-15T06:59:59', Office 2013 '2023-04-12T06:59:59', Office XP '2011-07-13T06:59:59'. 06:59:59 UTC is 23:59:59 the previous day in Pacific daylight time (22:59:59 in winter, as for Office 2004 for Mac in January 2012). Microsoft's prose pages, endoflife.date and the press use the Pacific dates; no published source checked here printed the UTC day, but scripts and asset-inventory tools that ingest the API can. Page 3 found the same pattern for Windows Server. published_at is the query date.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-api-2026-office-2021-end-stored-as-14-october-2026-0659-utc",
      "citation_text": "**14 October 2026** at 06:59:59 UTC is how Microsoft's lifecycle database stores the end of Office 2021, which its pages display as 13 October 2026 in Pacific time, so tools that read the raw value can print a date one day late (Microsoft Lifecycle, 2026). Source: Microsoft, \"Microsoft Lifecycle product search API, query 'office 2021' (learn.microsoft.com/api/contentbrowser/search/lifecycles)\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/api/contentbrowser/search/lifecycles?locale=en-us&terms=office%202021&%24top=30). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-api-2026-office-2021-end-stored-as-14-october-2026-0659-utc."
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    {
      "id": "microsoft-lifecycle-2026-office-support-term-halved-from-about-10-years-to-5-derived",
      "family": "office-lifecycle-dates",
      "statement": "5.0 years from release to end of support is the term of Office 2021 and Office 2024, half the 10.1 to 10.7 years that Office XP, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013 and 2016 each received, with Office 2019 in between at 7.1 years (derived from Microsoft Lifecycle, 2026).",
      "short_statement": "Office 2021 and 2024 get **5 years** of support; Office 2003 to 2016 each got about 10 (Microsoft lifecycle dates, 2026).",
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 5,
      "unit": "years from start date to end of support (Office for Windows, one-time purchase)",
      "display_value": "5 years (was about 10)",
      "display_label": "Derived from Microsoft Lifecycle dates",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2001/2029",
      "population": "Office for Windows one-time-purchase versions from Office XP to Office 2024 (Microsoft lifecycle start and end dates, Pacific time)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Microsoft",
      "source_title": "Microsoft Lifecycle product pages for each Office version (Office XP to Office 2024)",
      "source_url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/office-2024",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2024-10-01",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Office 2024 10/1/2024 8:00:00 AM 10/10/2029 6:59:59 AM",
      "locator": "Support Dates tables of each version's lifecycle page; quote shows the Office 2024 row, the other rows are quoted in the per-version records",
      "derived": true,
      "formula": "(end of support date - start date) / 365.25, dates in Pacific time from each lifecycle page: Office XP 2001-05-31 to 2011-07-12 = 10.1; Office 2003 2003-11-17 to 2014-04-08 = 10.4; Office 2007 2007-01-27 to 2017-10-10 = 10.7; Office 2010 2010-07-15 to 2020-10-13 = 10.2; Office 2013 2013-01-09 to 2023-04-11 = 10.3; Office 2016 2015-09-22 to 2025-10-14 = 10.1; Office 2019 2018-09-24 to 2025-10-14 = 7.1; Office LTSC 2021 2021-09-16 to 2026-10-13 = 5.1; Office 2021 2021-10-05 to 2026-10-13 = 5.0; Office LTSC 2024 2024-09-18 to 2029-10-09 = 5.1; Office 2024 2024-10-01 to 2029-10-09 = 5.0",
      "headline": true,
      "series": "microsoft-office-windows-support-term-years",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Inputs are the per-version records (microsoft-lifecycle-2024-office-xp-support-ended-12-july-2011, microsoft-lifecycle-2026-office-2003-... to microsoft-lifecycle-2026-office-2024-retires-9-october-2029); Office LTSC 2021 got 5.1 years and Office LTSC 2024 gets 5.1. Microsoft's start date is general availability, which for Office 2007 (27 January 2007) is later than its business availability in November 2006. Office 2000 (ended 14 July 2009) and Office 97 are left out because Microsoft's archived FAQ gives no start date. Mac versions: see the companion series microsoft-office-mac-support-term-years (5.0 to 7.5 years).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2026-office-support-term-halved-from-about-10-years-to-5-derived",
      "citation_text": "5.0 years from release to end of support is the term of Office 2021 and Office 2024, half the 10.1 to 10.7 years that Office XP, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013 and 2016 each received, with Office 2019 in between at 7.1 years (derived from Microsoft Lifecycle, 2026). Source: Microsoft, \"Microsoft Lifecycle product pages for each Office version (Office XP to Office 2024)\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/office-2024). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2026-office-support-term-halved-from-about-10-years-to-5-derived."
    },
    {
      "id": "microsoft-lifecycle-2026-office-for-mac-support-term-about-5-years-since-2015-derived",
      "family": "office-lifecycle-dates",
      "statement": "About 5 years from release to end of support (5.0 to 5.1) is the term of every Office for Mac since Office 2016 for Mac, shorter than the 6.8 years of Office for Mac 2011 and 7.5 years of Office 2004 for Mac (derived from Microsoft Lifecycle, 2026).",
      "short_statement": "Every Office for Mac since Office 2016 for Mac has had about **5 years** of support.",
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 5,
      "unit": "years from start date to end of support (Office for Mac, one-time purchase)",
      "display_value": "about 5 years",
      "display_label": "",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2004/2029",
      "population": "Office for Mac one-time-purchase versions from Office 2004 for Mac to Office 2024 for Mac",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Microsoft",
      "source_title": "Microsoft Lifecycle product pages for each Office for Mac version; Office 2024 and Office LTSC 2024 FAQ (Microsoft Support)",
      "source_url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/microsoft-office-2019-for-mac",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2025-04-18",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac 9/24/2018 8:00:00 AM 10/11/2023 6:59:59 AM",
      "locator": "Support Dates tables of each Mac version's lifecycle page (quote: Office 2019 for Mac row); Office 2024 for Mac date from the Office 2024 and Office LTSC 2024 FAQ",
      "derived": true,
      "formula": "(end of support date - start date) / 365.25, Pacific dates: Office 2004 for Mac 2004-07-13 to 2012-01-10 = 7.5; Office 2008 for Mac 2008-01-15 to 2013-04-09 = 5.2; Office for Mac 2011 2010-12-09 to 2017-10-10 = 6.8; Office 2016 for Mac 2015-09-22 to 2020-10-13 = 5.1; Office 2019 for Mac 2018-09-24 to 2023-10-10 = 5.0; Office 2021 for Mac 2021-10-05 to 2026-10-13 = 5.0; Office LTSC 2021 for Mac 2021-10-05 to 2026-10-13 = 5.0; Office 2024 for Mac 2024-10-01 to 2029-10-09 = 5.0",
      "headline": false,
      "series": "microsoft-office-mac-support-term-years",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Mac versions have mainstream support only. Office for Mac 2011's mainstream support was extended (Microsoft: 'to provide all customers with the standard lifecycle transition timeline'). Office 2016 for Mac ended on 13 October 2020, five years before Office 2016 for Windows; Office 2019 for Mac on 10 October 2023, two years before Office 2019 for Windows. Input records: the per-version Mac lifecycle records in this file.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2026-office-for-mac-support-term-about-5-years-since-2015-derived",
      "citation_text": "About 5 years from release to end of support (5.0 to 5.1) is the term of every Office for Mac since Office 2016 for Mac, shorter than the 6.8 years of Office for Mac 2011 and 7.5 years of Office 2004 for Mac (derived from Microsoft Lifecycle, 2026). Source: Microsoft, \"Microsoft Lifecycle product pages for each Office for Mac version; Office 2024 and Office LTSC 2024 FAQ (Microsoft Support)\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/microsoft-office-2019-for-mac). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-lifecycle-2026-office-for-mac-support-term-about-5-years-since-2015-derived."
    },
    {
      "id": "microsoft-learn-2026-office-for-mac-supported-on-three-most-recent-macos-versions",
      "family": "office-lifecycle-dates",
      "statement": "3 most recent versions of macOS are the only ones Office for Mac is supported on: Microsoft drops the oldest each time Apple ships a new major release, so a Mac that cannot upgrade loses Office support within about three years (Microsoft, 2026).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 3,
      "unit": "macOS major versions supported at a time",
      "display_value": "3 macOS versions",
      "display_label": "",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2026-02",
      "population": "Office for Mac, including Microsoft 365 apps and one-time-purchase Office for Mac still in support",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Microsoft",
      "source_title": "title: Overview of Office for Mac (for admins and IT Pros) - Microsoft 365 Apps",
      "source_url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-apps/mac/overview",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-02-25",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Office for Mac is supported on the three most recent versions of macOS. As new major versions of macOS are made generally available, Microsoft removes support for the oldest version",
      "locator": "Overview, system requirements paragraph (ms.date 2026-02-23, updated_at 2026-02-25)",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "'About three years' assumes Apple's yearly major macOS release cadence (an inference, not Microsoft's wording). This is the Mac counterpart of the Windows rule that Microsoft 365 Apps must run on a supported Windows version. The macOS releases themselves are not recorded here.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-learn-2026-office-for-mac-supported-on-three-most-recent-macos-versions",
      "citation_text": "3 most recent versions of macOS are the only ones Office for Mac is supported on: Microsoft drops the oldest each time Apple ships a new major release, so a Mac that cannot upgrade loses Office support within about three years (Microsoft, 2026). Source: Microsoft, \"title: Overview of Office for Mac (for admins and IT Pros) - Microsoft 365 Apps\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-apps/mac/overview). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-learn-2026-office-for-mac-supported-on-three-most-recent-macos-versions."
    },
    {
      "id": "endoflife-date-2026-05-01-restates-office-dates-without-office-ltsc-2021",
      "family": "office-lifecycle-dates",
      "statement": "10 Office releases from Office 2007 to Office 2024 are listed by the tracker endoflife.date with end dates matching Microsoft's Pacific-time dates, but its table has no row for Office LTSC 2021, which ended on 13 October 2026 (endoflife.date, 2026).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 10,
      "unit": "Office releases listed by endoflife.date",
      "display_value": "10 releases (no Office LTSC 2021)",
      "display_label": "",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2026-05-01",
      "population": "endoflife.date product page 'Microsoft Office' and its API (product 'office')",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "endoflife.date",
      "source_title": "Microsoft Office | endoflife.date",
      "source_url": "https://endoflife.date/office",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-05-01",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "2021 5 years ago (05 Oct 2021) Ended yesterday (13 Oct 2026) Ended yesterday (13 Oct 2026) 2019 8 years ago (24 Sep 2018) Ended 3 years ago (10 Oct 2023) Ended 1 year ago (14 Oct 2025)",
      "locator": "Release table (Release, Released, Active Support, Security Support); 'Last updated on 01 May 2026'; API https://endoflife.date/api/v1/products/office saved as aggregators/endoflife-date-api-office.json",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "The API lists 2024, 2024-ltsc, 2021, 2019, 2016, 2013, 2011-for-mac, 2010, 2008-for-mac and 2007. All dates checked match Microsoft's displayed (Pacific) dates, so the tracker does not carry the UTC one-day drift. Missing: Office LTSC 2021 (and LTSC 2021 for Mac), Office 2016 for Mac, 2019 for Mac and 2021 for Mac as separate rows, Office 2003 and older. It labels Office 2021 as having 'Active Support' and 'Security Support' ending the same day, although Office 2021 had a single retirement date. Notes on the page: 'Microsoft Office 2016 and 2019 are only supported for connecting to Microsoft 365 services until 2023-10-10' and 'Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac is only supported until 2023-10-10.' endoflife.date is an open, community-maintained dataset (MIT licence) reused by other sites such as endoflife.ai.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#endoflife-date-2026-05-01-restates-office-dates-without-office-ltsc-2021",
      "citation_text": "10 Office releases from Office 2007 to Office 2024 are listed by the tracker endoflife.date with end dates matching Microsoft's Pacific-time dates, but its table has no row for Office LTSC 2021, which ended on 13 October 2026 (endoflife.date, 2026). Source: endoflife.date, \"Microsoft Office | endoflife.date\" (https://endoflife.date/office). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#endoflife-date-2026-05-01-restates-office-dates-without-office-ltsc-2021."
    },
    {
      "id": "endoflife-ai-2026-07-restates-office-ltsc-2024-release-as-1-october-2024",
      "family": "office-lifecycle-dates",
      "statement": "**1 October 2024** is the release date endoflife.ai's Office end-of-life reference gives Office LTSC 2024, against the 18 September 2024 start date on Microsoft's lifecycle page, and it labels Office 2024's 9 October 2029 end 'extended support' although Office 2024 has no extended phase (endoflife.ai, 2026).",
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      "notes": "Microsoft's lifecycle page for Office LTSC 2024 gives a start date of '9/18/2024 8:00:00 AM' (18 September 2024) and endoflife.date, whose data endoflife.ai says it uses, also has 2024-09-18, so the drift is endoflife.ai's own. The same page says perpetual Office follows 'five years of mainstream support (features and fixes), then extended support (security only)', which is true of Office 2016 and earlier but not of Office 2021, LTSC 2021, 2024 or LTSC 2024 (five years, one phase). Its other end dates match Microsoft's. The page sells extended-support referrals ('Get Microsoft Office Support Options'). 'Updated: July 2026' recorded as 2026-07-01.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#endoflife-ai-2026-07-restates-office-ltsc-2024-release-as-1-october-2024",
      "citation_text": "**1 October 2024** is the release date endoflife.ai's Office end-of-life reference gives Office LTSC 2024, against the 18 September 2024 start date on Microsoft's lifecycle page, and it labels Office 2024's 9 October 2029 end 'extended support' although Office 2024 has no extended phase (endoflife.ai, 2026). Source: endoflife.ai, \"Microsoft Office End of Life: 2016, 2019 and 2021 Are Out of Support (endoflife.ai, Scott Bissett, updated July 2026)\" (https://endoflife.ai/article-office-eol). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#endoflife-ai-2026-07-restates-office-ltsc-2024-release-as-1-october-2024."
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      "notes": "1 October 2029 is five years to the day from Office 2024's 1 October 2024 release; Microsoft's lifecycle page, its 2029 end-of-support list and its Office 2024 FAQ all give 9 October 2029 (the second Tuesday). The same section says five years is 'the same shortened support life as Office 2021 and Office 2019 have', but Office 2019 for Windows had seven years. The article's other dates match Microsoft's (Office 2021 13 October 2026, Office 2019 and 2016 14 October 2025, Office 2013 11 April 2023). Fetched from office-watch.com/2022/microsoft-office-support-end-dates-checklist/, which redirects to the 2026 URL; schema datePublished 2026-07-06.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#officewatch-2026-07-06-restates-office-2024-support-end-as-1-october-2029",
      "citation_text": "1 October 2029 is the end of support Office Watch's 2026 support-dates checklist gives Office 2024, eight days earlier than Microsoft's 9 October 2029, and it guesses the same day for classic Outlook (Office Watch, 2026). Source: Office Watch, \"Microsoft Office Support End Dates 2026: The Complete Checklist (Office Watch)\" (https://office-watch.com/2026/microsoft-office-support-end-dates-checklist/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#officewatch-2026-07-06-restates-office-2024-support-end-as-1-october-2029."
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    {
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      "statement": "82% of the on-premises Office installations at small German businesses without Microsoft 365 no longer get security updates now that Office 2021 support ended on 13 October 2026, Intra2net's September 2026 survey found (Intra2net, 2026).",
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      "source_title": "Press release 2026-10-13: 82% of small businesses no longer receive security updates for their Office suite (Intra2net)",
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      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey: Intra2net sells on-premises groupware and security appliances to small businesses. The sample deliberately excludes companies using Microsoft 365 or hosted Exchange, so the shares describe the on-premises (one-time purchase) Office base of small German firms only, not all Office users. Survey of 103 German companies with 10 to 49 employees and 1,592 PC workstations running Microsoft Office, September 2026. Intra2net words it as '82% of small businesses'; its chart base is PC workstations (n=1,592), and the shares of Office 2010 (3%), 2013 (4%), 2016 (34%), 2019 (26%) and 2021 (15%) add up to 82%. Only Office 2024 (18%) was still supported. Series 'share needing update' mixes definitions across years (see each record).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2026-10-13-sme-82pct-office-without-security-updates-after-office-2021-eos",
      "citation_text": "82% of the on-premises Office installations at small German businesses without Microsoft 365 no longer get security updates now that Office 2021 support ended on 13 October 2026, Intra2net's September 2026 survey found (Intra2net, 2026). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Press release 2026-10-13: 82% of small businesses no longer receive security updates for their Office suite (Intra2net)\" (https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=64.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2026-10-13-sme-82pct-office-without-security-updates-after-office-2021-eos."
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      "statement": "15% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2021 in September 2026, the month before its end of support, unchanged from a year earlier, in Intra2net's survey of 1,592 workstations at 103 firms without Microsoft 365 (Intra2net, 2026).",
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      "source_title": "Statistik Microsoft Office Marktanteile 2026 (chart image with Intra2net's 13 October 2026 press release)",
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      "quote": "Office 2021 15% Ende des Supports 13. Oktober 2026",
      "locator": "Donut chart 'Welche Microsoft Office-Version setzen Sie aktuell On-Premises ein?' (Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Upgrade-2026.png); the bar chart Marktanteile-2026 shows 'Office 2021 15% 15% ±0%'",
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      "series": "intra2net-sme-germany-office-2021-share",
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      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey: Intra2net sells on-premises groupware and security appliances to small businesses. The sample deliberately excludes companies using Microsoft 365 or hosted Exchange, so the shares describe the on-premises (one-time purchase) Office base of small German firms only, not all Office users. Survey of 103 German companies with 10 to 49 employees and 1,592 PC workstations running Microsoft Office, September 2026. Chart text translates as 'Office 2021 15%, end of support 13 October 2026'. The only published sample of Office 2021's share found for this page; no worldwide count of Office 2021 users exists. The press release says Office 2021 migration 'has been rather slow in recent years'.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2026-09-sme-office-2021-share-15pct",
      "citation_text": "15% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2021 in September 2026, the month before its end of support, unchanged from a year earlier, in Intra2net's survey of 1,592 workstations at 103 firms without Microsoft 365 (Intra2net, 2026). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Statistik Microsoft Office Marktanteile 2026 (chart image with Intra2net's 13 October 2026 press release)\" (https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/download/Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile-2026.png). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2026-09-sme-office-2021-share-15pct."
    },
    {
      "id": "intra2net-2026-09-sme-office-2016-share-34pct",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "34% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses still ran Office 2016 in September 2026, eleven months after its end of support, down from 36% a year earlier (Intra2net, 2026).",
      "short_statement": "Office 2016 still ran on **34%** of small German firms' on-premises Office PCs in September 2026, eleven months after support ended (Intra2net, 2026).",
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      "source_title": "Statistik Microsoft Office Marktanteile 2026 (chart image with Intra2net's 13 October 2026 press release)",
      "source_url": "https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/download/Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile-2026.png",
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      "quote": "Office 2016 und 2019: Marktanteil bleibt auf hohem Niveau ... Office 2016 -2%",
      "locator": "Bar chart 'Marktanteil der Microsoft Office-Versionen 2026 im Vergleich zu 2025' (Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile-2026.png), Office 2016 bars labelled 34% (2026) and 36% (2025)",
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      "series": "intra2net-sme-germany-office-2016-share",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey: Intra2net sells on-premises groupware and security appliances to small businesses. The sample deliberately excludes companies using Microsoft 365 or hosted Exchange, so the shares describe the on-premises (one-time purchase) Office base of small German firms only, not all Office users. Survey of 103 German companies with 10 to 49 employees and 1,592 PC workstations running Microsoft Office, September 2026. Chart headline translates as 'Office 2016 and 2019: market share stays at a high level'. The press release gives Office 2016 and 2019 together as 'a combined installation rate of 60%'. Office 2016 has been the most used version in every Intra2net survey since 2020.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2026-09-sme-office-2016-share-34pct",
      "citation_text": "34% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses still ran Office 2016 in September 2026, eleven months after its end of support, down from 36% a year earlier (Intra2net, 2026). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Statistik Microsoft Office Marktanteile 2026 (chart image with Intra2net's 13 October 2026 press release)\" (https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/download/Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile-2026.png). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2026-09-sme-office-2016-share-34pct."
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      "series": "intra2net-sme-germany-office-2019-share",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey: Intra2net sells on-premises groupware and security appliances to small businesses. The sample deliberately excludes companies using Microsoft 365 or hosted Exchange, so the shares describe the on-premises (one-time purchase) Office base of small German firms only, not all Office users. Survey of 103 German companies with 10 to 49 employees and 1,592 PC workstations running Microsoft Office, September 2026.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2026-09-sme-office-2019-share-26pct",
      "citation_text": "26% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses still ran Office 2019 in September 2026, eleven months after its end of support, down from 29% a year earlier (Intra2net, 2026). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Statistik Microsoft Office Marktanteile 2026 (chart image with Intra2net's 13 October 2026 press release)\" (https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/download/Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile-2026.png). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2026-09-sme-office-2019-share-26pct."
    },
    {
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      "statement": "18% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2024 in September 2026, up from 8% a year earlier, in Intra2net's survey (Intra2net, 2026).",
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      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey: Intra2net sells on-premises groupware and security appliances to small businesses. The sample deliberately excludes companies using Microsoft 365 or hosted Exchange, so the shares describe the on-premises (one-time purchase) Office base of small German firms only, not all Office users. Survey of 103 German companies with 10 to 49 employees and 1,592 PC workstations running Microsoft Office, September 2026. Office 2024 was the only supported one-time-purchase version after 13 October 2026.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2026-09-sme-office-2024-share-18pct",
      "citation_text": "18% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2024 in September 2026, up from 8% a year earlier, in Intra2net's survey (Intra2net, 2026). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Press release 2026-10-13: 82% of small businesses no longer receive security updates for their Office suite (Intra2net)\" (https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=64.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2026-09-sme-office-2024-share-18pct."
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      "source_title": "Statistik Microsoft Office Marktanteile 2026 (chart image with Intra2net's 13 October 2026 press release)",
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      "series": "intra2net-sme-germany-office-2013-share",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey: Intra2net sells on-premises groupware and security appliances to small businesses. The sample deliberately excludes companies using Microsoft 365 or hosted Exchange, so the shares describe the on-premises (one-time purchase) Office base of small German firms only, not all Office users. Survey of 103 German companies with 10 to 49 employees and 1,592 PC workstations running Microsoft Office, September 2026. The press release: '7% of companies are still using Office 2010 and 2013'. The 13 October 2026 release words the combined Office 2010 and 2013 figure as '7% of companies are still using Office 2010 and 2013', although the chart counts PCs (3% plus 4%).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2026-09-sme-office-2013-share-4pct",
      "citation_text": "4% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses still ran Office 2013 in September 2026, three and a half years after its end of support (Intra2net, 2026). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Statistik Microsoft Office Marktanteile 2026 (chart image with Intra2net's 13 October 2026 press release)\" (https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/download/Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile-2026.png). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2026-09-sme-office-2013-share-4pct."
    },
    {
      "id": "intra2net-2026-09-sme-office-2010-share-3pct",
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      "source_title": "Statistik Microsoft Office Marktanteile 2026 (chart image with Intra2net's 13 October 2026 press release)",
      "source_url": "https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/download/Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile-2026.png",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
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      "published_at": "2026-10-13",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "3% Office 2010 (Welche Microsoft Office-Version setzen Sie aktuell On-Premises ein?)",
      "locator": "Donut chart in Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Upgrade-2026.png; bar chart Marktanteile-2026 shows Office 2010 3% (2026) and 5% (2025)",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "intra2net-sme-germany-office-2010-share",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey: Intra2net sells on-premises groupware and security appliances to small businesses. The sample deliberately excludes companies using Microsoft 365 or hosted Exchange, so the shares describe the on-premises (one-time purchase) Office base of small German firms only, not all Office users. Survey of 103 German companies with 10 to 49 employees and 1,592 PC workstations running Microsoft Office, September 2026.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2026-09-sme-office-2010-share-3pct",
      "citation_text": "3% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses still ran Office 2010 in September 2026, six years after its end of support (Intra2net, 2026). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Statistik Microsoft Office Marktanteile 2026 (chart image with Intra2net's 13 October 2026 press release)\" (https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/download/Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile-2026.png). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2026-09-sme-office-2010-share-3pct."
    },
    {
      "id": "intra2net-2026-10-13-sme-one-in-ten-updated-office-in-past-year",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "One in ten small German businesses (10%) updated its on-premises Office suite in the twelve months to September 2026, despite the October 2025 end of support for Office 2016 and 2019, Intra2net found (Intra2net, 2026).",
      "short_statement": "Only **one in ten** small German firms with on-premises Office updated it in the year to September 2026.",
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 10,
      "unit": "% of surveyed companies that updated their on-premises Office suite in the past twelve months",
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      "period": "2026-09",
      "population": "German companies with 10 to 49 employees using on-premises Microsoft Office without Microsoft 365 Business or Exchange Online (Intra2net SME survey)",
      "sample_n": 1592,
      "publisher": "Intra2net AG",
      "source_title": "Press release 2026-10-13: 82% of small businesses no longer receive security updates for their Office suite (Intra2net)",
      "source_url": "https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=64.html",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
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      "published_at": "2026-10-13",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Only one in ten companies has taken advantage of the opportunity to update their on-premises Office suite in the past twelve months.",
      "locator": "Opening paragraph of the press release",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey: Intra2net sells on-premises groupware and security appliances to small businesses. The sample deliberately excludes companies using Microsoft 365 or hosted Exchange, so the shares describe the on-premises (one-time purchase) Office base of small German firms only, not all Office users. Survey of 103 German companies with 10 to 49 employees and 1,592 PC workstations running Microsoft Office, September 2026. 'One in ten' is Intra2net's wording; the value 10 is that fraction as a percentage. Intra2net's CEO adds that Microsoft 'is still releasing patches even for versions that were discontinued long ago, such as Office 2016'.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2026-10-13-sme-one-in-ten-updated-office-in-past-year",
      "citation_text": "One in ten small German businesses (10%) updated its on-premises Office suite in the twelve months to September 2026, despite the October 2025 end of support for Office 2016 and 2019, Intra2net found (Intra2net, 2026). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Press release 2026-10-13: 82% of small businesses no longer receive security updates for their Office suite (Intra2net)\" (https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=64.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2026-10-13-sme-one-in-ten-updated-office-in-past-year."
    },
    {
      "id": "intra2net-2025-10-14-sme-77pct-office-without-security-updates-after-office-2016-2019-eos",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "77% of the on-premises Office installations at small German businesses without Microsoft 365 lost security updates when Office 2016 and 2019 support ended on 14 October 2025, Intra2net's September 2025 survey found (Intra2net, 2025).",
      "short_statement": "When Office 2016 and 2019 support ended in October 2025, **77%** of small German firms' on-premises Office PCs lost security updates.",
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      "value": 77,
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      "population": "PC workstations running on-premises Microsoft Office at German companies with 10 to 49 employees that use neither Hosted Exchange nor Microsoft 365 / Office 365 (Intra2net SME survey)",
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      "source_title": "Press release 2025-10-14: 77% of small businesses will no longer receive security updates for their Office package with immediate effect (Intra2net)",
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      "source_type": "manufacturer",
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      "published_at": "2025-10-14",
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      "quote": "Today marks the end of support for Microsoft Office 2016 and 2019. This means that 77% of small businesses in Germany will no longer receive security updates for their Office package",
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      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "intra2net-sme-germany-share-needing-update",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey: Intra2net sells on-premises groupware and security appliances to small businesses. The sample deliberately excludes companies using Microsoft 365 or hosted Exchange, so the shares describe the on-premises (one-time purchase) Office base of small German firms only, not all Office users. Survey of 104 German companies with 10 to 49 employees and 1,567 PC workstations running Microsoft Office, September 2025. 77% = Office 2016 and 2019 (65%) plus Office 2010 and 2013 (12%). Intra2net words it as '77% of small businesses'; the chart base is 1,567 PC workstations. heise online and Computerwoche reported it the same day (see the restatement records).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2025-10-14-sme-77pct-office-without-security-updates-after-office-2016-2019-eos",
      "citation_text": "77% of the on-premises Office installations at small German businesses without Microsoft 365 lost security updates when Office 2016 and 2019 support ended on 14 October 2025, Intra2net's September 2025 survey found (Intra2net, 2025). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Press release 2025-10-14: 77% of small businesses will no longer receive security updates for their Office package with immediate effect (Intra2net)\" (https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=61.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2025-10-14-sme-77pct-office-without-security-updates-after-office-2016-2019-eos."
    },
    {
      "id": "intra2net-2025-09-sme-office-2021-share-15pct",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "15% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2021 in September 2025, up from 14% in 2024, in Intra2net's survey of 1,567 workstations at 104 firms (Intra2net, 2025).",
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      "period": "2025-09",
      "population": "PC workstations running on-premises Microsoft Office at German companies with 10 to 49 employees that use neither Hosted Exchange nor Microsoft 365 / Office 365 (Intra2net SME survey)",
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      "publisher": "Intra2net AG",
      "source_title": "Statistik Microsoft Office Marktanteile 2025 (chart image with Intra2net's 14 October 2025 press release)",
      "source_url": "https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/download/Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile-2025.png",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2025-10-14",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Office 2021 15% 14% ... Office 2021 +1%",
      "locator": "Bar chart 'Marktanteil der Microsoft Office-Versionen 2025 im Vergleich zu 2024' (Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile-2025.png), Office 2021 bars",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "intra2net-sme-germany-office-2021-share",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey: Intra2net sells on-premises groupware and security appliances to small businesses. The sample deliberately excludes companies using Microsoft 365 or hosted Exchange, so the shares describe the on-premises (one-time purchase) Office base of small German firms only, not all Office users. Survey of 104 German companies with 10 to 49 employees and 1,567 PC workstations running Microsoft Office, September 2025. The press release: 'The 2021 version, on the other hand, plays virtually no role in new migrations.'",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2025-09-sme-office-2021-share-15pct",
      "citation_text": "15% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2021 in September 2025, up from 14% in 2024, in Intra2net's survey of 1,567 workstations at 104 firms (Intra2net, 2025). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Statistik Microsoft Office Marktanteile 2025 (chart image with Intra2net's 14 October 2025 press release)\" (https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/download/Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile-2025.png). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2025-09-sme-office-2021-share-15pct."
    },
    {
      "id": "intra2net-2025-09-sme-office-2016-share-36pct",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "36% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2016 in September 2025, weeks before its end of support (Intra2net, 2025).",
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      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 36,
      "unit": "% of PC workstations with on-premises Microsoft Office (Intra2net SME sample)",
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      "publisher_short": null,
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      "population": "PC workstations running on-premises Microsoft Office at German companies with 10 to 49 employees that use neither Hosted Exchange nor Microsoft 365 / Office 365 (Intra2net SME survey)",
      "sample_n": 1567,
      "publisher": "Intra2net AG",
      "source_title": "Statistik Microsoft Office Marktanteile 2025 (chart image with Intra2net's 14 October 2025 press release)",
      "source_url": "https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/download/Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile-2025.png",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2025-10-14",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "36% Office 2016 (Welche Microsoft Office-Version setzen Sie aktuell On-Premises ein?)",
      "locator": "Donut chart in Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Upgrade-2025.png; bar chart Marktanteile-2025 shows Office 2016 36% (2025) and 37% (2024)",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "intra2net-sme-germany-office-2016-share",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey: Intra2net sells on-premises groupware and security appliances to small businesses. The sample deliberately excludes companies using Microsoft 365 or hosted Exchange, so the shares describe the on-premises (one-time purchase) Office base of small German firms only, not all Office users. Survey of 104 German companies with 10 to 49 employees and 1,567 PC workstations running Microsoft Office, September 2025. The press release: 'With an installation rate of 65%, Office 2016 and 2019 remain the most widely used versions in small businesses'.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2025-09-sme-office-2016-share-36pct",
      "citation_text": "36% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2016 in September 2025, weeks before its end of support (Intra2net, 2025). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Statistik Microsoft Office Marktanteile 2025 (chart image with Intra2net's 14 October 2025 press release)\" (https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/download/Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile-2025.png). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2025-09-sme-office-2016-share-36pct."
    },
    {
      "id": "intra2net-2025-09-sme-office-2019-share-29pct",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "29% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2019 in September 2025, weeks before its end of support, down from 33% in 2024 (Intra2net, 2025).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 29,
      "unit": "% of PC workstations with on-premises Microsoft Office (Intra2net SME sample)",
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      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Germany",
      "period": "2025-09",
      "population": "PC workstations running on-premises Microsoft Office at German companies with 10 to 49 employees that use neither Hosted Exchange nor Microsoft 365 / Office 365 (Intra2net SME survey)",
      "sample_n": 1567,
      "publisher": "Intra2net AG",
      "source_title": "Statistik Microsoft Office Marktanteile 2025 (chart image with Intra2net's 14 October 2025 press release)",
      "source_url": "https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/download/Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile-2025.png",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2025-10-14",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Office 2019 29% Ende des Supports 14. Oktober 2025",
      "locator": "Donut chart 'Welche Microsoft Office-Version setzen Sie aktuell On-Premises ein?' (Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Upgrade-2025.png)",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "intra2net-sme-germany-office-2019-share",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey: Intra2net sells on-premises groupware and security appliances to small businesses. The sample deliberately excludes companies using Microsoft 365 or hosted Exchange, so the shares describe the on-premises (one-time purchase) Office base of small German firms only, not all Office users. Survey of 104 German companies with 10 to 49 employees and 1,567 PC workstations running Microsoft Office, September 2025. Chart text translates as 'Office 2019 29%, end of support 14 October 2025'.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2025-09-sme-office-2019-share-29pct",
      "citation_text": "29% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2019 in September 2025, weeks before its end of support, down from 33% in 2024 (Intra2net, 2025). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Statistik Microsoft Office Marktanteile 2025 (chart image with Intra2net's 14 October 2025 press release)\" (https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/download/Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile-2025.png). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2025-09-sme-office-2019-share-29pct."
    },
    {
      "id": "intra2net-2025-09-sme-office-2024-share-8pct",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "8% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2024 in September 2025, a year after its release, mostly replacing Office 2019, Intra2net found (Intra2net, 2025).",
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      "short_refs": null,
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      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Germany",
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      "publisher": "Intra2net AG",
      "source_title": "Press release 2025-10-14: 77% of small businesses will no longer receive security updates for their Office package with immediate effect (Intra2net)",
      "source_url": "https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=61.html",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2025-10-14",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "The latest on-premises package currently has a market share of 8% among small businesses, with Office 2019 users in particular making the switch.",
      "locator": "Section 'Switch to Office 2024 is slowly getting underway'",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "intra2net-sme-germany-office-2024-share",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey: Intra2net sells on-premises groupware and security appliances to small businesses. The sample deliberately excludes companies using Microsoft 365 or hosted Exchange, so the shares describe the on-premises (one-time purchase) Office base of small German firms only, not all Office users. Survey of 104 German companies with 10 to 49 employees and 1,567 PC workstations running Microsoft Office, September 2025. The 2025 bar chart shows Office 2024 at 0% in 2024 (it was released on 1 October 2024, after the September 2024 survey).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2025-09-sme-office-2024-share-8pct",
      "citation_text": "8% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2024 in September 2025, a year after its release, mostly replacing Office 2019, Intra2net found (Intra2net, 2025). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Press release 2025-10-14: 77% of small businesses will no longer receive security updates for their Office package with immediate effect (Intra2net)\" (https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=61.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2025-09-sme-office-2024-share-8pct."
    },
    {
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      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "7% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2013 in September 2025, down from 9% in 2024 (Intra2net, 2025).",
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      "source_title": "Statistik Microsoft Office Marktanteile 2025 (chart image with Intra2net's 14 October 2025 press release)",
      "source_url": "https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/download/Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile-2025.png",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
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      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "7% Office 2013 (Welche Microsoft Office-Version setzen Sie aktuell On-Premises ein?)",
      "locator": "Donut chart in Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Upgrade-2025.png; bar chart Marktanteile-2025 shows Office 2013 7% (2025) and 9% (2024)",
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      "headline": false,
      "series": "intra2net-sme-germany-office-2013-share",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey: Intra2net sells on-premises groupware and security appliances to small businesses. The sample deliberately excludes companies using Microsoft 365 or hosted Exchange, so the shares describe the on-premises (one-time purchase) Office base of small German firms only, not all Office users. Survey of 104 German companies with 10 to 49 employees and 1,567 PC workstations running Microsoft Office, September 2025. The press release: 'A further 12% of SMEs still rely on Office 2010 or 2013'. The 14 October 2025 release words the combined Office 2010 and 2013 figure as 'A further 12% of SMEs still rely on Office 2010 or 2013', although the chart counts PCs (5% plus 7%).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2025-09-sme-office-2013-share-7pct",
      "citation_text": "7% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2013 in September 2025, down from 9% in 2024 (Intra2net, 2025). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Statistik Microsoft Office Marktanteile 2025 (chart image with Intra2net's 14 October 2025 press release)\" (https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/download/Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile-2025.png). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2025-09-sme-office-2013-share-7pct."
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    {
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      "statement": "5% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2010 in September 2025, five years after its end of support (Intra2net, 2025).",
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      "source_title": "Statistik Microsoft Office Marktanteile 2025 (chart image with Intra2net's 14 October 2025 press release)",
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      "source_type": "manufacturer",
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      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "5% Office 2010 (Welche Microsoft Office-Version setzen Sie aktuell On-Premises ein?)",
      "locator": "Donut chart in Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Upgrade-2025.png; bar chart Marktanteile-2025 shows Office 2010 5% (2025) and 7% (2024)",
      "derived": false,
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      "headline": false,
      "series": "intra2net-sme-germany-office-2010-share",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey: Intra2net sells on-premises groupware and security appliances to small businesses. The sample deliberately excludes companies using Microsoft 365 or hosted Exchange, so the shares describe the on-premises (one-time purchase) Office base of small German firms only, not all Office users. Survey of 104 German companies with 10 to 49 employees and 1,567 PC workstations running Microsoft Office, September 2025.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2025-09-sme-office-2010-share-5pct",
      "citation_text": "5% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2010 in September 2025, five years after its end of support (Intra2net, 2025). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Statistik Microsoft Office Marktanteile 2025 (chart image with Intra2net's 14 October 2025 press release)\" (https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/download/Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile-2025.png). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2025-09-sme-office-2010-share-5pct."
    },
    {
      "id": "intra2net-2024-11-06-sme-over-80pct-need-to-update-office-in-2025",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "More than 80% of the on-premises Office installations at small German businesses were on versions that would be out of support by October 2025, Intra2net's September 2024 survey found (Intra2net, 2024).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 86,
      "unit": "% of PC workstations with on-premises Microsoft Office (Intra2net SME sample)",
      "display_value": "more than 80%",
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      "geography": "Germany",
      "period": "2024-09",
      "population": "PC workstations running on-premises Microsoft Office at German companies with 10 to 49 employees that use neither Hosted Exchange nor Microsoft 365 / Office 365 (Intra2net SME survey)",
      "sample_n": 1596,
      "publisher": "Intra2net AG",
      "source_title": "Press release 2024-11-06: Over 80% of small businesses will need to update their Office package in 2025 (Intra2net)",
      "source_url": "https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=58.html",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2024-11-06",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "More than 80% of small companies in Germany use Microsoft Office packages that will need to be updated next year.",
      "locator": "Opening paragraph of the press release",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "intra2net-sme-germany-share-needing-update",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey: Intra2net sells on-premises groupware and security appliances to small businesses. The sample deliberately excludes companies using Microsoft 365 or hosted Exchange, so the shares describe the on-premises (one-time purchase) Office base of small German firms only, not all Office users. Survey of 107 German companies with 10 to 49 employees and 1,596 PC workstations running Microsoft Office, September 2024. The value 86 is the sum of the published shares (Office 2016 and 2019 70%, Office 2010 and 2013 16%); Intra2net states 'more than 80%'. Definition differs from 2025 and 2026: it counts versions losing support within a year, not only versions already out of support.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2024-11-06-sme-over-80pct-need-to-update-office-in-2025",
      "citation_text": "More than 80% of the on-premises Office installations at small German businesses were on versions that would be out of support by October 2025, Intra2net's September 2024 survey found (Intra2net, 2024). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Press release 2024-11-06: Over 80% of small businesses will need to update their Office package in 2025 (Intra2net)\" (https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=58.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2024-11-06-sme-over-80pct-need-to-update-office-in-2025."
    },
    {
      "id": "intra2net-2024-09-sme-office-2021-share-14pct",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "14% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2021 in September 2024, three years after its release, which Intra2net called low acceptance (Intra2net, 2024).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 14,
      "unit": "% of PC workstations with on-premises Microsoft Office (Intra2net SME sample)",
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      "display_hook": null,
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      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Germany",
      "period": "2024-09",
      "population": "PC workstations running on-premises Microsoft Office at German companies with 10 to 49 employees that use neither Hosted Exchange nor Microsoft 365 / Office 365 (Intra2net SME survey)",
      "sample_n": 1596,
      "publisher": "Intra2net AG",
      "source_title": "Press release 2024-11-06: Over 80% of small businesses will need to update their Office package in 2025 (Intra2net)",
      "source_url": "https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=58.html",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2024-11-06",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "With a market share of 14%, Office 2021 - while the successor version is already available - plays a subordinate role in the SME segment for on-premises installations.",
      "locator": "Section 'Cautious acceptance of Office 2021'",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "intra2net-sme-germany-office-2021-share",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey: Intra2net sells on-premises groupware and security appliances to small businesses. The sample deliberately excludes companies using Microsoft 365 or hosted Exchange, so the shares describe the on-premises (one-time purchase) Office base of small German firms only, not all Office users. Survey of 107 German companies with 10 to 49 employees and 1,596 PC workstations running Microsoft Office, September 2024.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2024-09-sme-office-2021-share-14pct",
      "citation_text": "14% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2021 in September 2024, three years after its release, which Intra2net called low acceptance (Intra2net, 2024). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Press release 2024-11-06: Over 80% of small businesses will need to update their Office package in 2025 (Intra2net)\" (https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=58.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2024-09-sme-office-2021-share-14pct."
    },
    {
      "id": "intra2net-2024-09-sme-office-2016-share-37pct",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "37% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2016 in September 2024, the most used version, with Office 2016 and 2019 together at 70% (Intra2net, 2024).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 37,
      "unit": "% of PC workstations with on-premises Microsoft Office (Intra2net SME sample)",
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      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Germany",
      "period": "2024-09",
      "population": "PC workstations running on-premises Microsoft Office at German companies with 10 to 49 employees that use neither Hosted Exchange nor Microsoft 365 / Office 365 (Intra2net SME survey)",
      "sample_n": 1596,
      "publisher": "Intra2net AG",
      "source_title": "Press release 2024-11-06: Over 80% of small businesses will need to update their Office package in 2025 (Intra2net)",
      "source_url": "https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=58.html",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2024-11-06",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "At 70%, more than two thirds of companies currently rely on the Office 2016 and Office 2019 versions, with Office 2016 remaining the most frequently used version at 37%.",
      "locator": "Section 'High wave of software migration rolls towards companies'",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "intra2net-sme-germany-office-2016-share",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey: Intra2net sells on-premises groupware and security appliances to small businesses. The sample deliberately excludes companies using Microsoft 365 or hosted Exchange, so the shares describe the on-premises (one-time purchase) Office base of small German firms only, not all Office users. Survey of 107 German companies with 10 to 49 employees and 1,596 PC workstations running Microsoft Office, September 2024.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2024-09-sme-office-2016-share-37pct",
      "citation_text": "37% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2016 in September 2024, the most used version, with Office 2016 and 2019 together at 70% (Intra2net, 2024). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Press release 2024-11-06: Over 80% of small businesses will need to update their Office package in 2025 (Intra2net)\" (https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=58.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2024-09-sme-office-2016-share-37pct."
    },
    {
      "id": "intra2net-2024-09-sme-office-2019-share-33pct",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "33% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2019 in September 2024, up from 32% in 2022 (Intra2net, 2024).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 33,
      "unit": "% of PC workstations with on-premises Microsoft Office (Intra2net SME sample)",
      "display_value": "33%",
      "display_label": "",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Germany",
      "period": "2024-09",
      "population": "PC workstations running on-premises Microsoft Office at German companies with 10 to 49 employees that use neither Hosted Exchange nor Microsoft 365 / Office 365 (Intra2net SME survey)",
      "sample_n": 1596,
      "publisher": "Intra2net AG",
      "source_title": "Statistik Microsoft Office Marktanteile 2024 (chart image with Intra2net's 6 November 2024 press release)",
      "source_url": "https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/download/Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile-2024.png",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2024-11-06",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Office 2021 kann sich als Nachfolger nicht durchsetzen ... Office 2019 +1%",
      "locator": "Bar chart 'Marktanteil der Microsoft Office-Versionen 2024 im Vergleich zu 2022' (Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile-2024.png), Office 2019 bars labelled 33% (2024) and 32% (2022)",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "intra2net-sme-germany-office-2019-share",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey: Intra2net sells on-premises groupware and security appliances to small businesses. The sample deliberately excludes companies using Microsoft 365 or hosted Exchange, so the shares describe the on-premises (one-time purchase) Office base of small German firms only, not all Office users. Survey of 107 German companies with 10 to 49 employees and 1,596 PC workstations running Microsoft Office, September 2024. Chart headline translates as 'Office 2021 fails to establish itself as the successor'. Consistent with the press release's 70% for Office 2016 and 2019 combined (37% + 33%).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2024-09-sme-office-2019-share-33pct",
      "citation_text": "33% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2019 in September 2024, up from 32% in 2022 (Intra2net, 2024). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Statistik Microsoft Office Marktanteile 2024 (chart image with Intra2net's 6 November 2024 press release)\" (https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/download/Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile-2024.png). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2024-09-sme-office-2019-share-33pct."
    },
    {
      "id": "intra2net-2024-09-sme-office-2013-share-9pct",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "9% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses still ran Office 2013 in September 2024, down from 17% in 2022 (Intra2net, 2024).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 9,
      "unit": "% of PC workstations with on-premises Microsoft Office (Intra2net SME sample)",
      "display_value": "9%",
      "display_label": "",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Germany",
      "period": "2024-09",
      "population": "PC workstations running on-premises Microsoft Office at German companies with 10 to 49 employees that use neither Hosted Exchange nor Microsoft 365 / Office 365 (Intra2net SME survey)",
      "sample_n": 1596,
      "publisher": "Intra2net AG",
      "source_title": "Statistik Microsoft Office Marktanteile 2024 (chart image with Intra2net's 6 November 2024 press release)",
      "source_url": "https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/download/Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile-2024.png",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2024-11-06",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Office 2013 -8% (Marktanteil der Microsoft Office-Versionen 2024 im Vergleich zu 2022)",
      "locator": "Bar chart Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile-2024.png, Office 2013 bars labelled 9% (2024) and 17% (2022)",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "intra2net-sme-germany-office-2013-share",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey: Intra2net sells on-premises groupware and security appliances to small businesses. The sample deliberately excludes companies using Microsoft 365 or hosted Exchange, so the shares describe the on-premises (one-time purchase) Office base of small German firms only, not all Office users. Survey of 107 German companies with 10 to 49 employees and 1,596 PC workstations running Microsoft Office, September 2024. The press release: '16% of SME workstations are still running versions of Office 2013 or Office 2010'. No survey was published in 2023: the 2024 chart compares with 2022 ('Marktanteil der Microsoft Office-Versionen 2024 im Vergleich zu 2022') and Intra2net's press archive has no Office release between 26 September 2022 and 6 November 2024.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2024-09-sme-office-2013-share-9pct",
      "citation_text": "9% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses still ran Office 2013 in September 2024, down from 17% in 2022 (Intra2net, 2024). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Statistik Microsoft Office Marktanteile 2024 (chart image with Intra2net's 6 November 2024 press release)\" (https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/download/Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile-2024.png). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2024-09-sme-office-2013-share-9pct."
    },
    {
      "id": "intra2net-2024-09-sme-office-2010-share-7pct",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "7% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses still ran Office 2010 in September 2024, four years after its end of support (Intra2net, 2024).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 7,
      "unit": "% of PC workstations with on-premises Microsoft Office (Intra2net SME sample)",
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      "period": "2024-09",
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      "sample_n": 1596,
      "publisher": "Intra2net AG",
      "source_title": "Statistik Microsoft Office Marktanteile 2024 (chart image with Intra2net's 6 November 2024 press release)",
      "source_url": "https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/download/Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile-2024.png",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2024-11-06",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Office 2010 -4% (Marktanteil der Microsoft Office-Versionen 2024 im Vergleich zu 2022)",
      "locator": "Bar chart Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile-2024.png, Office 2010 bars labelled 7% (2024) and 11% (2022)",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "intra2net-sme-germany-office-2010-share",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey: Intra2net sells on-premises groupware and security appliances to small businesses. The sample deliberately excludes companies using Microsoft 365 or hosted Exchange, so the shares describe the on-premises (one-time purchase) Office base of small German firms only, not all Office users. Survey of 107 German companies with 10 to 49 employees and 1,596 PC workstations running Microsoft Office, September 2024. The chart compares 2024's Office 2010 with 2022's combined 'Office 2010 / 2007' figure (11%); Office 2007 is no longer shown separately from 2024.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2024-09-sme-office-2010-share-7pct",
      "citation_text": "7% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses still ran Office 2010 in September 2024, four years after its end of support (Intra2net, 2024). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Statistik Microsoft Office Marktanteile 2024 (chart image with Intra2net's 6 November 2024 press release)\" (https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/download/Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile-2024.png). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2024-09-sme-office-2010-share-7pct."
    },
    {
      "id": "intra2net-2022-09-26-sme-one-in-four-office-unsupported-or-soon",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "28% of the on-premises Office installations at small German businesses were on versions out of support or due to lose it within months (Office 2007, 2010 and 2013) in September 2022, Intra2net found (Intra2net, 2022).",
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      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 28,
      "unit": "% of PC workstations with on-premises Microsoft Office (Intra2net SME sample)",
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      "population": "PC workstations running on-premises Microsoft Office at German companies with 10 to 49 employees that use neither Hosted Exchange nor Microsoft 365 / Office 365 (Intra2net SME survey)",
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      "publisher": "Intra2net AG",
      "source_title": "Press release 2022-09-26: One in four companies needs to update Office package (Intra2net)",
      "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20221207194226/https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=55.html",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
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      "published_at": "2022-09-26",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "One in four companies in Germany uses Microsoft Office packages for which security updates are no longer offered today or will be in a few months.",
      "locator": "Opening paragraph of the press release (Wayback Machine capture of 7 December 2022)",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "intra2net-sme-germany-share-needing-update",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey: Intra2net sells on-premises groupware and security appliances to small businesses. The sample deliberately excludes companies using Microsoft 365 or hosted Exchange, so the shares describe the on-premises (one-time purchase) Office base of small German firms only, not all Office users. Survey of 105 German companies with 10 to 49 employees and 1,617 PC workstations running Microsoft Office, September 2022. Subhead of the release: '28% use older Office versions' (Office 2010 and 2007 11%, Office 2013 17%). The release has been removed from Intra2net's live site; the archived copy is in raw/.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2022-09-26-sme-one-in-four-office-unsupported-or-soon",
      "citation_text": "28% of the on-premises Office installations at small German businesses were on versions out of support or due to lose it within months (Office 2007, 2010 and 2013) in September 2022, Intra2net found (Intra2net, 2022). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Press release 2022-09-26: One in four companies needs to update Office package (Intra2net)\" (https://web.archive.org/web/20221207194226/https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=55.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2022-09-26-sme-one-in-four-office-unsupported-or-soon."
    },
    {
      "id": "intra2net-2022-09-sme-office-2021-share-3pct",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "3% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2021 in September 2022, a year after its release, while migrations went mostly to Office 2019 (Intra2net, 2022).",
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      "source_title": "Press release 2022-09-26: One in four companies needs to update Office package (Intra2net)",
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      "source_type": "manufacturer",
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      "published_at": "2022-09-26",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "With a market share of 3%, the current Office 2021 currently still plays a subordinate role in the SME segment for on-premises installations, however.",
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      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "intra2net-sme-germany-office-2021-share",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey: Intra2net sells on-premises groupware and security appliances to small businesses. The sample deliberately excludes companies using Microsoft 365 or hosted Exchange, so the shares describe the on-premises (one-time purchase) Office base of small German firms only, not all Office users. Survey of 105 German companies with 10 to 49 employees and 1,617 PC workstations running Microsoft Office, September 2022. 'More than two-thirds of migrations since last year's Intra2net SME study had Office 2019 as a target.'",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2022-09-sme-office-2021-share-3pct",
      "citation_text": "3% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2021 in September 2022, a year after its release, while migrations went mostly to Office 2019 (Intra2net, 2022). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Press release 2022-09-26: One in four companies needs to update Office package (Intra2net)\" (https://web.archive.org/web/20221207194226/https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=55.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2022-09-sme-office-2021-share-3pct."
    },
    {
      "id": "intra2net-2022-09-sme-office-2019-share-32pct",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "32% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2019 in September 2022, up 8 points in a year (Intra2net, 2022).",
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      "short_refs": null,
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      "unit": "% of PC workstations with on-premises Microsoft Office (Intra2net SME sample)",
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      "source_title": "Press release 2022-09-26: One in four companies needs to update Office package (Intra2net)",
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      "source_type": "manufacturer",
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      "published_at": "2022-09-26",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "The version is now used on 32% of workstations, 8% more than last year.",
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      "series": "intra2net-sme-germany-office-2019-share",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey: Intra2net sells on-premises groupware and security appliances to small businesses. The sample deliberately excludes companies using Microsoft 365 or hosted Exchange, so the shares describe the on-premises (one-time purchase) Office base of small German firms only, not all Office users. Survey of 105 German companies with 10 to 49 employees and 1,617 PC workstations running Microsoft Office, September 2022.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2022-09-sme-office-2019-share-32pct",
      "citation_text": "32% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2019 in September 2022, up 8 points in a year (Intra2net, 2022). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Press release 2022-09-26: One in four companies needs to update Office package (Intra2net)\" (https://web.archive.org/web/20221207194226/https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=55.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2022-09-sme-office-2019-share-32pct."
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      "statement": "37% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2016 in September 2022, the most widely used version (Intra2net, 2022).",
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      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey: Intra2net sells on-premises groupware and security appliances to small businesses. The sample deliberately excludes companies using Microsoft 365 or hosted Exchange, so the shares describe the on-premises (one-time purchase) Office base of small German firms only, not all Office users. Survey of 105 German companies with 10 to 49 employees and 1,617 PC workstations running Microsoft Office, September 2022.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2022-09-sme-office-2016-share-37pct",
      "citation_text": "37% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2016 in September 2022, the most widely used version (Intra2net, 2022). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Press release 2022-09-26: One in four companies needs to update Office package (Intra2net)\" (https://web.archive.org/web/20221207194226/https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=55.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2022-09-sme-office-2016-share-37pct."
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      "statement": "17% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2013 in September 2022, seven months before its end of support (Intra2net, 2022).",
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      "quote": "Office 2013 has a market share of 17%.",
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      "series": "intra2net-sme-germany-office-2013-share",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey: Intra2net sells on-premises groupware and security appliances to small businesses. The sample deliberately excludes companies using Microsoft 365 or hosted Exchange, so the shares describe the on-premises (one-time purchase) Office base of small German firms only, not all Office users. Survey of 105 German companies with 10 to 49 employees and 1,617 PC workstations running Microsoft Office, September 2022.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2022-09-sme-office-2013-share-17pct",
      "citation_text": "17% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2013 in September 2022, seven months before its end of support (Intra2net, 2022). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Press release 2022-09-26: One in four companies needs to update Office package (Intra2net)\" (https://web.archive.org/web/20221207194226/https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=55.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2022-09-sme-office-2013-share-17pct."
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    {
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      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "11% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses still ran Office 2010 or Office 2007 in September 2022, both out of support (Intra2net, 2022).",
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      "quote": "Outdated Office versions such as Office 2010 and Office 2007 are still used on 11% of workstations in small businesses.",
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      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
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      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey: Intra2net sells on-premises groupware and security appliances to small businesses. The sample deliberately excludes companies using Microsoft 365 or hosted Exchange, so the shares describe the on-premises (one-time purchase) Office base of small German firms only, not all Office users. Survey of 105 German companies with 10 to 49 employees and 1,617 PC workstations running Microsoft Office, September 2022. Combined figure, so it is kept out of the Office 2010 series (a gap at 2022); the 2022 chart labels the bar 'Office 2010 / 2007'.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2022-09-sme-office-2010-and-2007-share-11pct",
      "citation_text": "11% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses still ran Office 2010 or Office 2007 in September 2022, both out of support (Intra2net, 2022). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Press release 2022-09-26: One in four companies needs to update Office package (Intra2net)\" (https://web.archive.org/web/20221207194226/https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=55.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2022-09-sme-office-2010-and-2007-share-11pct."
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      "statement": "21% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran versions without security updates (Office 2010 or 2007) in March 2021, five months after Office 2010's end of support (Intra2net, 2021).",
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      "quote": "Intra2net study shows 21% of Microsoft Office packages are used in small businesses without updates",
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      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey: Intra2net sells on-premises groupware and security appliances to small businesses. The sample deliberately excludes companies using Microsoft 365 or hosted Exchange, so the shares describe the on-premises (one-time purchase) Office base of small German firms only, not all Office users. Survey of 104 German companies with 10 to 49 employees and 1,587 PC workstations running Microsoft Office, March 2021. Headline: 'One in five companies uses insecure Office packages'. 21% = Office 2010 (17%) plus Office 2007 (4%).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2021-04-06-sme-21pct-office-without-security-updates",
      "citation_text": "21% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran versions without security updates (Office 2010 or 2007) in March 2021, five months after Office 2010's end of support (Intra2net, 2021). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Press release 2021-04-06: One in five companies uses insecure Office packages (Intra2net)\" (https://web.archive.org/web/20221207203643/https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=51.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2021-04-06-sme-21pct-office-without-security-updates."
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2021-03-sme-office-2010-share-17pct",
      "citation_text": "17% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses still ran Office 2010 in March 2021, down from 31% a year earlier, five months after its end of support (Intra2net, 2021). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Press release 2021-04-06: One in five companies uses insecure Office packages (Intra2net)\" (https://web.archive.org/web/20221207203643/https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=51.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2021-03-sme-office-2010-share-17pct."
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      "history": [],
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2021-03-sme-office-2007-share-4pct",
      "citation_text": "4% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses still ran Office 2007 in March 2021, more than three years after its end of support (Intra2net, 2021). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Press release 2021-04-06: One in five companies uses insecure Office packages (Intra2net)\" (https://web.archive.org/web/20221207203643/https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=51.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2021-03-sme-office-2007-share-4pct."
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2021-03-sme-office-2019-share-24pct",
      "citation_text": "24% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2019 in March 2021, up from 8% a year earlier (Intra2net, 2021). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Press release 2021-04-06: One in five companies uses insecure Office packages (Intra2net)\" (https://web.archive.org/web/20221207203643/https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=51.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2021-03-sme-office-2019-share-24pct."
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      "citation_text": "37% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2016 in March 2021, the most widely used version, up 3 points in a year (Intra2net, 2021). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Press release 2021-04-06: One in five companies uses insecure Office packages (Intra2net)\" (https://web.archive.org/web/20221207203643/https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=51.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2021-03-sme-office-2016-share-37pct."
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      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey: Intra2net sells on-premises groupware and security appliances to small businesses. The sample deliberately excludes companies using Microsoft 365 or hosted Exchange, so the shares describe the on-premises (one-time purchase) Office base of small German firms only, not all Office users. Survey of 104 German companies with 10 to 49 employees and 1,587 PC workstations running Microsoft Office, March 2021. The release says 'of companies' here but its other shares are of workstations; the 2022 chart repeats 18% for 2021 against the workstation base. The release words this one figure as '18% of companies' while the chart (Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile-2021.png, saved in raw/) and the rest of the release count workstations.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2021-03-sme-office-2013-share-18pct",
      "citation_text": "18% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2013 in March 2021 (Intra2net, 2021). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Press release 2021-04-06: One in five companies uses insecure Office packages (Intra2net)\" (https://web.archive.org/web/20221207203643/https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=51.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2021-03-sme-office-2013-share-18pct."
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      "statement": "36% of the on-premises Office installations at small German businesses were on Office 2010 (31%) or the already unsupported Office 2007 (5%) ahead of Office 2010's end of support in October 2020, which Intra2net called an urgent need to act in April 2020 (Intra2net, 2020).",
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      "source_title": "Press release 2020-04-06: Study by Intra2net: Over 30% of small businesses will need to update their office suite in 2020 (Intra2net)",
      "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20221207210214/https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=47.html",
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      "series": "intra2net-sme-germany-share-needing-update",
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      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey: Intra2net sells on-premises groupware and security appliances to small businesses. The sample deliberately excludes companies using Microsoft 365 or hosted Exchange, so the shares describe the on-premises (one-time purchase) Office base of small German firms only, not all Office users. Survey of 107 German companies with 10 to 49 employees and 1,342 PC workstations running Microsoft Office, early 2020. Headline: 'Over 30% of small businesses will need to update their office suite in 2020'. The archived English text is a rough translation with repeated fragments; the quote is verbatim. Survey month corrected from 'early 2020' to March 2020 from the chart footer 'Intra2net Umfrage im März 2020 in Deutschland' (Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile-2020.png, saved in raw/), which shows the same shares: Office 2016 34%, Office 2010 31%, Office 2013 22%, Office 2019 8%, Office 2007 5%.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2020-04-06-sme-36pct-on-office-2010-or-2007-before-office-2010-eos",
      "citation_text": "36% of the on-premises Office installations at small German businesses were on Office 2010 (31%) or the already unsupported Office 2007 (5%) ahead of Office 2010's end of support in October 2020, which Intra2net called an urgent need to act in April 2020 (Intra2net, 2020). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Press release 2020-04-06: Study by Intra2net: Over 30% of small businesses will need to update their office suite in 2020 (Intra2net)\" (https://web.archive.org/web/20221207210214/https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=47.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2020-04-06-sme-36pct-on-office-2010-or-2007-before-office-2010-eos."
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      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey: Intra2net sells on-premises groupware and security appliances to small businesses. The sample deliberately excludes companies using Microsoft 365 or hosted Exchange, so the shares describe the on-premises (one-time purchase) Office base of small German firms only, not all Office users. Survey of 107 German companies with 10 to 49 employees and 1,342 PC workstations running Microsoft Office, early 2020.  Survey month corrected from 'early 2020' to March 2020 from the chart footer 'Intra2net Umfrage im März 2020 in Deutschland' (Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile-2020.png, saved in raw/), which shows the same shares: Office 2016 34%, Office 2010 31%, Office 2013 22%, Office 2019 8%, Office 2007 5%. The 'down from 41%' is the 2020 release's own recollection; Intra2net's original January 2019 chart put Office 2010 at 40% (see intra2net-2019-01-sme-office-2010-share-40pct).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2020-q1-sme-office-2010-share-31pct",
      "citation_text": "31% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2010 in early 2020, six months before its end of support, down from 41% a year earlier (Intra2net, 2020). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Press release 2020-04-06: Study by Intra2net: Over 30% of small businesses will need to update their office suite in 2020 (Intra2net)\" (https://web.archive.org/web/20221207210214/https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=47.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2020-q1-sme-office-2010-share-31pct."
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      "statement": "5% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses still ran Office 2007 in early 2020, more than two years after its end of support (Intra2net, 2020).",
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      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "5% even still rely still on the even older Office 2007, for which support has already expired.",
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      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey: Intra2net sells on-premises groupware and security appliances to small businesses. The sample deliberately excludes companies using Microsoft 365 or hosted Exchange, so the shares describe the on-premises (one-time purchase) Office base of small German firms only, not all Office users. Survey of 107 German companies with 10 to 49 employees and 1,342 PC workstations running Microsoft Office, early 2020. The repeated 'still' is in Intra2net's English text. Survey month corrected from 'early 2020' to March 2020 from the chart footer 'Intra2net Umfrage im März 2020 in Deutschland' (Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile-2020.png, saved in raw/), which shows the same shares: Office 2016 34%, Office 2010 31%, Office 2013 22%, Office 2019 8%, Office 2007 5%.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2020-q1-sme-office-2007-share-5pct",
      "citation_text": "5% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses still ran Office 2007 in early 2020, more than two years after its end of support (Intra2net, 2020). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Press release 2020-04-06: Study by Intra2net: Over 30% of small businesses will need to update their office suite in 2020 (Intra2net)\" (https://web.archive.org/web/20221207210214/https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=47.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2020-q1-sme-office-2007-share-5pct."
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      "statement": "34% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2016 in early 2020, ahead of Office 2013 at 22% (Intra2net, 2020).",
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      "quote": "the versions Office 2013 with 22% and Office 2016 with a share of 34%.",
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      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey: Intra2net sells on-premises groupware and security appliances to small businesses. The sample deliberately excludes companies using Microsoft 365 or hosted Exchange, so the shares describe the on-premises (one-time purchase) Office base of small German firms only, not all Office users. Survey of 107 German companies with 10 to 49 employees and 1,342 PC workstations running Microsoft Office, early 2020.  Survey month corrected from 'early 2020' to March 2020 from the chart footer 'Intra2net Umfrage im März 2020 in Deutschland' (Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile-2020.png, saved in raw/), which shows the same shares: Office 2016 34%, Office 2010 31%, Office 2013 22%, Office 2019 8%, Office 2007 5%.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2020-q1-sme-office-2016-share-34pct",
      "citation_text": "34% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2016 in early 2020, ahead of Office 2013 at 22% (Intra2net, 2020). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Press release 2020-04-06: Study by Intra2net: Over 30% of small businesses will need to update their office suite in 2020 (Intra2net)\" (https://web.archive.org/web/20221207210214/https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=47.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2020-q1-sme-office-2016-share-34pct."
    },
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      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey: Intra2net sells on-premises groupware and security appliances to small businesses. The sample deliberately excludes companies using Microsoft 365 or hosted Exchange, so the shares describe the on-premises (one-time purchase) Office base of small German firms only, not all Office users. Survey of 107 German companies with 10 to 49 employees and 1,342 PC workstations running Microsoft Office, early 2020. The archived text breaks the sentence across lines ('...among small companies are' / 'the versions Office 2013...'); joined here. Survey month corrected from 'early 2020' to March 2020 from the chart footer 'Intra2net Umfrage im März 2020 in Deutschland' (Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile-2020.png, saved in raw/), which shows the same shares: Office 2016 34%, Office 2010 31%, Office 2013 22%, Office 2019 8%, Office 2007 5%.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2020-q1-sme-office-2013-share-22pct",
      "citation_text": "22% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2013 in early 2020 (Intra2net, 2020). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Press release 2020-04-06: Study by Intra2net: Over 30% of small businesses will need to update their office suite in 2020 (Intra2net)\" (https://web.archive.org/web/20221207210214/https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=47.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2020-q1-sme-office-2013-share-22pct."
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2020-q1-sme-office-2019-share-8pct",
      "citation_text": "8% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2019 in early 2020, up from 2% a year earlier (Intra2net, 2020). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Press release 2020-04-06: Study by Intra2net: Over 30% of small businesses will need to update their office suite in 2020 (Intra2net)\" (https://web.archive.org/web/20221207210214/https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=47.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2020-q1-sme-office-2019-share-8pct."
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2019-q1-sme-office-2010-share-41pct-as-recalled-2020",
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      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey: Intra2net sells on-premises groupware and security appliances to small businesses. The sample deliberately excludes companies using Microsoft 365 or hosted Exchange, so the shares describe the on-premises (one-time purchase) Office base of small German firms only, not all Office users. Confirmed by the original source: Intra2net's chart for its January 2019 survey (press release of 18 February 2019; 103 companies, 1,274 PCs; Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile.png, saved in raw/) shows 'Office 2019 2 %', so the recalled figure matches the original and no second record is made. Survey month January 2019 from the chart footer 'Intra2net Umfrage im Januar 2019 in Deutschland'.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2019-q1-sme-office-2019-share-2pct-as-recalled-2020",
      "citation_text": "2% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2019 at the beginning of 2019, as recalled in Intra2net's 2020 study (Intra2net, 2020). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Press release 2020-04-06: Study by Intra2net: Over 30% of small businesses will need to update their office suite in 2020 (Intra2net)\" (https://web.archive.org/web/20221207210214/https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=47.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2019-q1-sme-office-2019-share-2pct-as-recalled-2020."
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      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "Microsoft pushed a one-time update (KB5021751) in January 2023 to count users of Office 2007, 2010 and 2013 and other out-of-support versions, but has never published the result, so no Microsoft count of old-Office users exists (Microsoft, 2023).",
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      "publisher": "Microsoft",
      "source_title": "January 17, 2023, update for Office 2013, Office 2010, and Office 2007 (KB5021751)",
      "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230122100627/https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/january-17-2023-update-for-office-2013-office-2010-and-office-2007-kb5021751-f4a23c1d-4d1f-44ba-a43a-7a5528afb4ea",
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      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "This update is intended to help Microsoft identify the number of users running out-of-support (or soon to be out-of-support) versions of Office, including Office 2013, Office 2010, and Office 2007.",
      "locator": "Summary section; Wayback Machine capture of 22 January 2023 (the live page now returns HTTP 410 Gone)",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
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      "history": [],
      "notes": "'Never published' is this collection's finding: no Microsoft figure from the KB5021751 census was found in Microsoft's lifecycle pages, blogs, filings or press coverage up to 14 October 2026. The KB says the update 'will run one time silently without installing anything on the user's device'. TechRadar and The Register covered it in January 2023. Still unpublished as of 15 October 2026: no Microsoft count of Office 2007, 2010 or 2013 users appears in its lifecycle pages, blogs, filings or earnings calls.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-kb5021751-2023-01-17-update-to-count-users-of-out-of-support-office-not-published",
      "citation_text": "Microsoft pushed a one-time update (KB5021751) in January 2023 to count users of Office 2007, 2010 and 2013 and other out-of-support versions, but has never published the result, so no Microsoft count of old-Office users exists (Microsoft, 2023). Source: Microsoft, \"January 17, 2023, update for Office 2013, Office 2010, and Office 2007 (KB5021751)\" (https://web.archive.org/web/20230122100627/https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/january-17-2023-update-for-office-2013-office-2010-and-office-2007-kb5021751-f4a23c1d-4d1f-44ba-a43a-7a5528afb4ea). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-kb5021751-2023-01-17-update-to-count-users-of-out-of-support-office-not-published."
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    {
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      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "83% of organisations in Spiceworks' deployment data ran Office 2010 somewhere on their networks in 2017, the most widely deployed version, against 46% for Office 2013 and 17% for Office 2016 (Spiceworks, 2017).",
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      "population": "Organisations whose IT staff inventory their networks with Spiceworks' free software (anonymised, aggregated deployment data from hundreds of thousands of IT professionals worldwide)",
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      "source_title": "Data snapshot: The state of productivity suites in the workplace (Spiceworks Community, Peter Tsai)",
      "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20171107050926/https://community.spiceworks.com/software/articles/2873-data-snapshot-the-state-of-productivity-suites-in-the-workplace",
      "source_type": "secondary",
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      "published_at": "2017-11-06",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Office 2010 is the most commonly deployed version of Office in the workplace: 83 percent of organizations across the globe run it somewhere on their networks.",
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      "derived": false,
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      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Penetration rate, not a share of PCs: an organisation counts once if any device runs the version, so versions overlap and the figures add up to far more than 100%. The page has been removed from Spiceworks Community; quoted from the Wayback Machine capture of 7 November 2017. Published 6 November 2017 with a press release distributed by GlobeNewswire. Office 2010 was still in extended support at the time.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#spiceworks-2017-11-06-deployment-data-office-2010-at-83pct-of-organizations",
      "citation_text": "83% of organisations in Spiceworks' deployment data ran Office 2010 somewhere on their networks in 2017, the most widely deployed version, against 46% for Office 2013 and 17% for Office 2016 (Spiceworks, 2017). Source: Spiceworks, \"Data snapshot: The state of productivity suites in the workplace (Spiceworks Community, Peter Tsai)\" (https://web.archive.org/web/20171107050926/https://community.spiceworks.com/software/articles/2873-data-snapshot-the-state-of-productivity-suites-in-the-workplace). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#spiceworks-2017-11-06-deployment-data-office-2010-at-83pct-of-organizations."
    },
    {
      "id": "spiceworks-2017-11-06-deployment-data-office-2013-at-46pct-of-organizations",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "46% of organisations in Spiceworks' deployment data ran Office 2013 somewhere on their networks in 2017 (Spiceworks, 2017).",
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      "short_refs": null,
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      "unit": "% of organisations running at least one installation of the version (Spiceworks deployment data)",
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      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2017-09",
      "population": "Organisations whose IT staff inventory their networks with Spiceworks' free software (anonymised, aggregated deployment data from hundreds of thousands of IT professionals worldwide)",
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      "publisher": "Spiceworks",
      "source_title": "Data snapshot: The state of productivity suites in the workplace (Spiceworks Community, Peter Tsai)",
      "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20171107050926/https://community.spiceworks.com/software/articles/2873-data-snapshot-the-state-of-productivity-suites-in-the-workplace",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2017-11-06",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "the data shows 46 percent of organizations are running Office 2013, and 17 percent are running Office 2016.",
      "locator": "Section on deployment data",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Penetration rate, not a share of PCs: an organisation counts once if any device runs the version, so versions overlap and the figures add up to far more than 100%. The page has been removed from Spiceworks Community; quoted from the Wayback Machine capture of 7 November 2017.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#spiceworks-2017-11-06-deployment-data-office-2013-at-46pct-of-organizations",
      "citation_text": "46% of organisations in Spiceworks' deployment data ran Office 2013 somewhere on their networks in 2017 (Spiceworks, 2017). Source: Spiceworks, \"Data snapshot: The state of productivity suites in the workplace (Spiceworks Community, Peter Tsai)\" (https://web.archive.org/web/20171107050926/https://community.spiceworks.com/software/articles/2873-data-snapshot-the-state-of-productivity-suites-in-the-workplace). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#spiceworks-2017-11-06-deployment-data-office-2013-at-46pct-of-organizations."
    },
    {
      "id": "spiceworks-2017-11-06-deployment-data-office-2016-at-17pct-of-organizations",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "17% of organisations in Spiceworks' deployment data ran Office 2016 somewhere on their networks in 2017, two years after its release (Spiceworks, 2017).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 17,
      "unit": "% of organisations running at least one installation of the version (Spiceworks deployment data)",
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      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2017-09",
      "population": "Organisations whose IT staff inventory their networks with Spiceworks' free software (anonymised, aggregated deployment data from hundreds of thousands of IT professionals worldwide)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Spiceworks",
      "source_title": "Data snapshot: The state of productivity suites in the workplace (Spiceworks Community, Peter Tsai)",
      "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20171107050926/https://community.spiceworks.com/software/articles/2873-data-snapshot-the-state-of-productivity-suites-in-the-workplace",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2017-11-06",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "the data shows 46 percent of organizations are running Office 2013, and 17 percent are running Office 2016.",
      "locator": "Section on deployment data",
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      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Penetration rate, not a share of PCs: an organisation counts once if any device runs the version, so versions overlap and the figures add up to far more than 100%. The page has been removed from Spiceworks Community; quoted from the Wayback Machine capture of 7 November 2017.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#spiceworks-2017-11-06-deployment-data-office-2016-at-17pct-of-organizations",
      "citation_text": "17% of organisations in Spiceworks' deployment data ran Office 2016 somewhere on their networks in 2017, two years after its release (Spiceworks, 2017). Source: Spiceworks, \"Data snapshot: The state of productivity suites in the workplace (Spiceworks Community, Peter Tsai)\" (https://web.archive.org/web/20171107050926/https://community.spiceworks.com/software/articles/2873-data-snapshot-the-state-of-productivity-suites-in-the-workplace). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#spiceworks-2017-11-06-deployment-data-office-2016-at-17pct-of-organizations."
    },
    {
      "id": "spiceworks-2017-11-06-deployment-data-office-2007-at-68pct-of-organizations-after-eos",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "68% of organisations in Spiceworks' deployment data still ran Office 2007 somewhere on their networks in autumn 2017, as its support ended on 10 October 2017 (Spiceworks, 2017).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 68,
      "unit": "% of organisations running at least one installation of the version (Spiceworks deployment data)",
      "display_value": "68%",
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      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2017-09",
      "population": "Organisations whose IT staff inventory their networks with Spiceworks' free software (anonymised, aggregated deployment data from hundreds of thousands of IT professionals worldwide)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Spiceworks",
      "source_title": "Data snapshot: The state of productivity suites in the workplace (Spiceworks Community, Peter Tsai)",
      "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20171107050926/https://community.spiceworks.com/software/articles/2873-data-snapshot-the-state-of-productivity-suites-in-the-workplace",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2017-11-06",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "The data shows 68 percent of companies are still running instances of Office 2007, despite the fact that the software reached its end of support in October 2017.",
      "locator": "Section on deployment data, second paragraph",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Penetration rate, not a share of PCs: an organisation counts once if any device runs the version, so versions overlap and the figures add up to far more than 100%. The page has been removed from Spiceworks Community; quoted from the Wayback Machine capture of 7 November 2017. Spiceworks found mid-size companies (100 to 1,000 employees) the most likely to run Office 2007.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#spiceworks-2017-11-06-deployment-data-office-2007-at-68pct-of-organizations-after-eos",
      "citation_text": "68% of organisations in Spiceworks' deployment data still ran Office 2007 somewhere on their networks in autumn 2017, as its support ended on 10 October 2017 (Spiceworks, 2017). Source: Spiceworks, \"Data snapshot: The state of productivity suites in the workplace (Spiceworks Community, Peter Tsai)\" (https://web.archive.org/web/20171107050926/https://community.spiceworks.com/software/articles/2873-data-snapshot-the-state-of-productivity-suites-in-the-workplace). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#spiceworks-2017-11-06-deployment-data-office-2007-at-68pct-of-organizations-after-eos."
    },
    {
      "id": "spiceworks-2017-11-06-deployment-data-office-2003-at-46pct-of-organizations",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "46% of organisations in Spiceworks' deployment data still ran at least one copy of Office 2003 in 2017, three and a half years after its end of support, with Office 2000 at 21% and Office XP at 15% (Spiceworks, 2017).",
      "short_statement": "In 2017, Office 2003 was still installed somewhere at **46%** of organisations in a large IT-network sample, three years after support ended (Spiceworks, 2017).",
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 46,
      "unit": "% of organisations running at least one installation of the version (Spiceworks deployment data)",
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      "publisher_short": null,
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      "period": "2017-09",
      "population": "Organisations whose IT staff inventory their networks with Spiceworks' free software (anonymised, aggregated deployment data from hundreds of thousands of IT professionals worldwide)",
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      "publisher": "Spiceworks",
      "source_title": "Data snapshot: The state of productivity suites in the workplace (Spiceworks Community, Peter Tsai)",
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      "source_type": "secondary",
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      "published_at": "2017-11-06",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "46 percent of companies are still using at least one instance of the even older Office 2003, while 15 percent are running Office XP (version 2002), and 21 percent are holding on to the ancient Office 2000.",
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      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": true,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Penetration rate, not a share of PCs: an organisation counts once if any device runs the version, so versions overlap and the figures add up to far more than 100%. The page has been removed from Spiceworks Community; quoted from the Wayback Machine capture of 7 November 2017. The press release adds 3 percent running 'one or more instances of Office 97'. Coverage that drops 'at least one instance' turns these into users or companies 'using' old Office (see the TechRepublic restatement).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#spiceworks-2017-11-06-deployment-data-office-2003-at-46pct-of-organizations",
      "citation_text": "46% of organisations in Spiceworks' deployment data still ran at least one copy of Office 2003 in 2017, three and a half years after its end of support, with Office 2000 at 21% and Office XP at 15% (Spiceworks, 2017). Source: Spiceworks, \"Data snapshot: The state of productivity suites in the workplace (Spiceworks Community, Peter Tsai)\" (https://web.archive.org/web/20171107050926/https://community.spiceworks.com/software/articles/2873-data-snapshot-the-state-of-productivity-suites-in-the-workplace). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#spiceworks-2017-11-06-deployment-data-office-2003-at-46pct-of-organizations."
    },
    {
      "id": "spiceworks-2017-09-survey-82pct-of-organizations-use-on-premises-office-53pct-office-365",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "82% of organisations used an on-premises (one-time purchase) version of Microsoft Office in September 2017, while 53% also used the Office 365 subscription, in Spiceworks' survey of 1,168 IT professionals in the US, Canada and the UK (Spiceworks, 2017).",
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      "source_type": "secondary",
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      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "82 percent of companies are using an on-premises version of Microsoft Office. In addition, 53 percent of businesses are using the as-a-service offering, Office 365",
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      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Penetration rate, not a share of PCs: an organisation counts once if any device runs the version, so versions overlap and the figures add up to far more than 100%. The page has been removed from Spiceworks Community; quoted from the Wayback Machine capture of 7 November 2017. Survey answers, not inventory: organisations can use both. The survey also found 17% planning to adopt Office 365 within two years; Google G Suite (17%), free Google apps (16%) and open-source suites (16%) belong to the office-suites-and-alternatives family.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#spiceworks-2017-09-survey-82pct-of-organizations-use-on-premises-office-53pct-office-365",
      "citation_text": "82% of organisations used an on-premises (one-time purchase) version of Microsoft Office in September 2017, while 53% also used the Office 365 subscription, in Spiceworks' survey of 1,168 IT professionals in the US, Canada and the UK (Spiceworks, 2017). Source: Spiceworks, \"Data snapshot: The state of productivity suites in the workplace (Spiceworks Community, Peter Tsai)\" (https://web.archive.org/web/20171107050926/https://community.spiceworks.com/software/articles/2873-data-snapshot-the-state-of-productivity-suites-in-the-workplace). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#spiceworks-2017-09-survey-82pct-of-organizations-use-on-premises-office-53pct-office-365."
    },
    {
      "id": "smartprofile-2017-11-14-netherlands-office-2010-used-at-38pct-of-business-sites",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "38% of Dutch business sites with 50 or more employees still used Office 2010 in 2017, seven years after its release and down from more than half in 2016, Smart Profile found (Smart Profile, 2017).",
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      "population": "Business sites (establishments) in the Netherlands with 50 or more employees in Smart Profile's market database",
      "sample_n": null,
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      "source_title": "Three Office versions on the business market with growth (Smart Profile analytics paper, the Netherlands)",
      "source_url": "https://smartprofile.io/analytics-papers/three-office-versions-on-the-business-market-with-growth/",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2017-11-14",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Seven years after it was introduced, this package is still in use by 38% of Dutch business sites with 50 or more employees.",
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      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Sites can run several versions at once, so shares overlap. Smart Profile is a Dutch B2B market-intelligence firm; the paper gives no sample size.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#smartprofile-2017-11-14-netherlands-office-2010-used-at-38pct-of-business-sites",
      "citation_text": "38% of Dutch business sites with 50 or more employees still used Office 2010 in 2017, seven years after its release and down from more than half in 2016, Smart Profile found (Smart Profile, 2017). Source: Smart Profile, \"Three Office versions on the business market with growth (Smart Profile analytics paper, the Netherlands)\" (https://smartprofile.io/analytics-papers/three-office-versions-on-the-business-market-with-growth/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#smartprofile-2017-11-14-netherlands-office-2010-used-at-38pct-of-business-sites."
    },
    {
      "id": "smartprofile-2017-11-14-netherlands-office-2013-used-at-29pct-of-business-sites",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "29% of Dutch business sites with 50 or more employees used Office 2013 in 2017, as many as used the Office 365 subscription, Smart Profile found (Smart Profile, 2017).",
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      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2017-11-14",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Office 365, which appeared in mid-2011, is used in ca. 29% of the sites. We see Office 2013 in a larger group, namely, 29% of the sites.",
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      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
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      "notes": "Sites can run several versions at once, so shares overlap. Smart Profile is a Dutch B2B market-intelligence firm; the paper gives no sample size. Smart Profile calls the Office 2013 group 'larger' although both are given as 29% (rounding).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#smartprofile-2017-11-14-netherlands-office-2013-used-at-29pct-of-business-sites",
      "citation_text": "29% of Dutch business sites with 50 or more employees used Office 2013 in 2017, as many as used the Office 365 subscription, Smart Profile found (Smart Profile, 2017). Source: Smart Profile, \"Three Office versions on the business market with growth (Smart Profile analytics paper, the Netherlands)\" (https://smartprofile.io/analytics-papers/three-office-versions-on-the-business-market-with-growth/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#smartprofile-2017-11-14-netherlands-office-2013-used-at-29pct-of-business-sites."
    },
    {
      "id": "smartprofile-2017-11-14-netherlands-office-365-used-at-about-29pct-of-business-sites",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "About 29% of Dutch business sites with 50 or more employees used the Office 365 subscription in 2017, against 38% still on Office 2010, Smart Profile found (Smart Profile, 2017).",
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      "value": 29,
      "unit": "% of Dutch business sites with 50 or more employees using the version (Smart Profile)",
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      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Netherlands",
      "period": "2017-11",
      "population": "Business sites (establishments) in the Netherlands with 50 or more employees in Smart Profile's market database",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Smart Profile",
      "source_title": "Three Office versions on the business market with growth (Smart Profile analytics paper, the Netherlands)",
      "source_url": "https://smartprofile.io/analytics-papers/three-office-versions-on-the-business-market-with-growth/",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2017-11-14",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Office 365, which appeared in mid-2011, is used in ca. 29% of the sites.",
      "locator": "Second paragraph of the paper",
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      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Sites can run several versions at once, so shares overlap. Smart Profile is a Dutch B2B market-intelligence firm; the paper gives no sample size. Office 365 was most widely used in educational institutions; Office 2010 persisted most in government, healthcare and construction.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#smartprofile-2017-11-14-netherlands-office-365-used-at-about-29pct-of-business-sites",
      "citation_text": "About 29% of Dutch business sites with 50 or more employees used the Office 365 subscription in 2017, against 38% still on Office 2010, Smart Profile found (Smart Profile, 2017). Source: Smart Profile, \"Three Office versions on the business market with growth (Smart Profile analytics paper, the Netherlands)\" (https://smartprofile.io/analytics-papers/three-office-versions-on-the-business-market-with-growth/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#smartprofile-2017-11-14-netherlands-office-365-used-at-about-29pct-of-business-sites."
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    {
      "id": "smartprofile-2017-11-14-netherlands-office-2016-at-nearly-one-in-seven-business-sites",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "Nearly one in seven (about 14%) Dutch business sites with 50 or more employees used Office 2016 in 2017, two years after its release, ranging from about 16% at sites with 50 to 100 staff to 5% at sites with over 1,000 (Smart Profile, 2017).",
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      "value": 14,
      "unit": "% of Dutch business sites with 50 or more employees using the version (Smart Profile)",
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      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
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      "period": "2017-11",
      "population": "Business sites (establishments) in the Netherlands with 50 or more employees in Smart Profile's market database",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Smart Profile",
      "source_title": "Three Office versions on the business market with growth (Smart Profile analytics paper, the Netherlands)",
      "source_url": "https://smartprofile.io/analytics-papers/three-office-versions-on-the-business-market-with-growth/",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2017-11-14",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Office 2016 has in the meantime been on the market for two years. At present, we see this version in use in nearly one out of seven sites.",
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      "formula": "'nearly one out of seven' = 1/7 = 14.3%, rounded down to 14",
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Sites can run several versions at once, so shares overlap. Smart Profile is a Dutch B2B market-intelligence firm; the paper gives no sample size. Third paragraph: 'Office 2016 is in use in ca. 16% of sites with 50 to 100 employees ... Only a small 5% of 1000+ sites indicate that they use Office 2016 at present.'",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#smartprofile-2017-11-14-netherlands-office-2016-at-nearly-one-in-seven-business-sites",
      "citation_text": "Nearly one in seven (about 14%) Dutch business sites with 50 or more employees used Office 2016 in 2017, two years after its release, ranging from about 16% at sites with 50 to 100 staff to 5% at sites with over 1,000 (Smart Profile, 2017). Source: Smart Profile, \"Three Office versions on the business market with growth (Smart Profile analytics paper, the Netherlands)\" (https://smartprofile.io/analytics-papers/three-office-versions-on-the-business-market-with-growth/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#smartprofile-2017-11-14-netherlands-office-2016-at-nearly-one-in-seven-business-sites."
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    {
      "id": "avast-2019-01-22-pc-trends-15pct-of-users-have-office-2007-enterprise-installed",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "15% of users worldwide still had the Enterprise edition of Office 2007 installed in 2018, more than a year after its end of support, in Avast's PC Trends Report 2019 drawn from 163 million devices running Avast and AVG software (Avast, 2019).",
      "short_statement": "**15%** of Avast and AVG users still had Office 2007 Enterprise installed in 2018, after its support ended.",
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      "value": 15,
      "unit": "% of users with Office 2007 Enterprise installed (Avast and AVG installed base)",
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      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2018",
      "population": "PCs running Avast or AVG security software with the Automatic Software Updater feature (163 million devices)",
      "sample_n": 163000000,
      "publisher": "Avast Software",
      "source_title": "Avast PC Trends Report 2019 reveals over half of PC software is out of date, putting users at risk (press release, Gen Digital newsroom)",
      "source_url": "https://newsroom.gendigital.com/2019-01-22-Avast-PC-Trends-Report-2019-reveals-over-half-of-PC-software-is-out-of-date,-putting-users-at-risk",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2019-01-22",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Although the fourth most used application worldwide is Microsoft Office, this is also one of the most out-of-date apps. Globally, 15% of users still have the Enterprise 2007 version installed",
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      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "The release does not say whether the 15% base is all users or Office users; the same paragraph puts Microsoft Office on 45% of PCs (that installed-share figure belongs to the pc-installed-software family). Same release and device base as page 1's reused Avast records (avast-2019-01-22-pc-trends-55pct-of-pc-applications-out-of-date).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#avast-2019-01-22-pc-trends-15pct-of-users-have-office-2007-enterprise-installed",
      "citation_text": "15% of users worldwide still had the Enterprise edition of Office 2007 installed in 2018, more than a year after its end of support, in Avast's PC Trends Report 2019 drawn from 163 million devices running Avast and AVG software (Avast, 2019). Source: Avast Software, \"Avast PC Trends Report 2019 reveals over half of PC software is out of date, putting users at risk (press release, Gen Digital newsroom)\" (https://newsroom.gendigital.com/2019-01-22-Avast-PC-Trends-Report-2019-reveals-over-half-of-PC-software-is-out-of-date,-putting-users-at-risk). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#avast-2019-01-22-pc-trends-15pct-of-users-have-office-2007-enterprise-installed."
    },
    {
      "id": "infoworld-2009-09-09-exo-performance-network-office-2007-on-nearly-35pct-of-windows-pcs",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "Nearly 35% of Windows PCs ran some variant of Office 2007 in September 2009, in the exo.performance.network sample of about 10,000 monitored PCs reported by InfoWorld (InfoWorld, 2009).",
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      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 35,
      "unit": "% of monitored Windows PCs running Office 2007 (exo.performance.network)",
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      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2009-09",
      "population": "About 10,000 Windows PCs worldwide running Devil Mountain Software's exo.performance.network monitoring tool, a quarter of them in larger business environments",
      "sample_n": 10000,
      "publisher": "InfoWorld (data: exo.performance.network, Devil Mountain Software)",
      "source_title": "The truth about Windows users (InfoWorld, Galen Gruman)",
      "source_url": "https://www.infoworld.com/article/2237339/the-truth-about-windows-users-2.html",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2009-09-09",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Office 2007 is now the dominant productivity suite for enterprise Windows users ... nearly 35 percent of Windows PCs now run some variant of Office 2007.",
      "locator": "List 'Other surprising findings from the exo.performance.network'",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "A small, opt-in sample of enthusiast and business PCs; historical context only. The same list puts OpenOffice.org on nearly 13% of sampled Windows PCs (that figure belongs to the office-suites-and-alternatives family).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#infoworld-2009-09-09-exo-performance-network-office-2007-on-nearly-35pct-of-windows-pcs",
      "citation_text": "Nearly 35% of Windows PCs ran some variant of Office 2007 in September 2009, in the exo.performance.network sample of about 10,000 monitored PCs reported by InfoWorld (InfoWorld, 2009). Source: InfoWorld (data: exo.performance.network, Devil Mountain Software), \"The truth about Windows users (InfoWorld, Galen Gruman)\" (https://www.infoworld.com/article/2237339/the-truth-about-windows-users-2.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#infoworld-2009-09-09-exo-performance-network-office-2007-on-nearly-35pct-of-windows-pcs."
    },
    {
      "id": "techrepublic-2017-11-07-restates-spiceworks-83pct-as-enterprises-using-microsoft-office",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "83% of enterprises 'use a version of Microsoft Office', TechRepublic wrote in November 2017, restating Spiceworks' finding that 83% of organisations ran Office 2010 somewhere on their networks (TechRepublic, 2017).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 83,
      "unit": "% of polled enterprises using a version of Microsoft Office (as restated)",
      "display_value": "83%",
      "display_label": "",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2017-09",
      "population": "Spiceworks' surveyed and inventoried organisations (as restated)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "TechRepublic",
      "source_title": "83% of enterprises use Microsoft Office, but danger lurks in that huge number (TechRepublic)",
      "source_url": "https://www.techrepublic.com/article/83-of-enterprises-use-microsoft-office-but-there-is-danger-lurking-in-that-huge-number/",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2017-11-07",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "according to the latest survey from Spiceworks , some 83% of the polled enterprises are using a version of Microsoft Office in their businesses.",
      "locator": "Opening paragraph and headline",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Drift: in Spiceworks' data 83% is the share of organisations with Office 2010 installed somewhere (deployment data), while the survey figure for on-premises Office use was 82%; TechRepublic turned the Office 2010 penetration rate into a headline about Office use overall. Traces to spiceworks-2017-11-06-deployment-data-office-2010-at-83pct-of-organizations.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#techrepublic-2017-11-07-restates-spiceworks-83pct-as-enterprises-using-microsoft-office",
      "citation_text": "83% of enterprises 'use a version of Microsoft Office', TechRepublic wrote in November 2017, restating Spiceworks' finding that 83% of organisations ran Office 2010 somewhere on their networks (TechRepublic, 2017). Source: TechRepublic, \"83% of enterprises use Microsoft Office, but danger lurks in that huge number (TechRepublic)\" (https://www.techrepublic.com/article/83-of-enterprises-use-microsoft-office-but-there-is-danger-lurking-in-that-huge-number/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#techrepublic-2017-11-07-restates-spiceworks-83pct-as-enterprises-using-microsoft-office."
    },
    {
      "id": "virtualizationreview-2017-11-07-restates-spiceworks-deployment-data-as-survey-results",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "83% of IT pros' organisations used Office 2010, 68% Office 2007 and 46% Office 2003 'per that survey', Virtualization Review reported in 2017, attributing Spiceworks' network-inventory figures to its survey of 1,168 IT pros in the US and Canada (Virtualization Review, 2017).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 83,
      "unit": "% of organisations using Office 2010 (as restated)",
      "display_value": "83%",
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      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2017-09",
      "population": "Spiceworks survey respondents (as restated)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Virtualization Review",
      "source_title": "Most Microsoft Office Implementations Remain On Premises (Virtualization Review)",
      "source_url": "https://virtualizationreview.com/articles/2017/11/07/most-microsoft-office-implementations-remain-on-premesis.aspx",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2017-11-07",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Per that survey, Office 2010 was the most used edition at 83 percent, followed by Office 2007 (68 percent) and Office 2003 (46 percent).",
      "locator": "Second paragraph",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Drift: the version figures came from Spiceworks' anonymised deployment data (organisations with at least one installation), not from the survey; the survey also covered the UK, which the article omits. Spiceworks also reported Office 2013 at 46%, which some summaries confuse with the Office 2003 figure.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#virtualizationreview-2017-11-07-restates-spiceworks-deployment-data-as-survey-results",
      "citation_text": "83% of IT pros' organisations used Office 2010, 68% Office 2007 and 46% Office 2003 'per that survey', Virtualization Review reported in 2017, attributing Spiceworks' network-inventory figures to its survey of 1,168 IT pros in the US and Canada (Virtualization Review, 2017). Source: Virtualization Review, \"Most Microsoft Office Implementations Remain On Premises (Virtualization Review)\" (https://virtualizationreview.com/articles/2017/11/07/most-microsoft-office-implementations-remain-on-premesis.aspx). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#virtualizationreview-2017-11-07-restates-spiceworks-deployment-data-as-survey-results."
    },
    {
      "id": "heise-2025-10-14-restates-intra2net-77pct-small-businesses-without-office-security-updates",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "77% of small German businesses would no longer receive security updates for their Office suite after 14 October 2025, heise reported the same day from Intra2net's SME study (heise online, 2025).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 77,
      "unit": "% of small businesses (as restated)",
      "display_value": "77%",
      "display_label": "",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Germany",
      "period": "2025-09",
      "population": "PC workstations with on-premises Microsoft Office at German companies with 10 to 49 employees without Microsoft 365 (Intra2net SME survey, as restated)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "heise online",
      "source_title": "77 percent affected: Small businesses now without MS Office support (heise online, English edition)",
      "source_url": "https://www.heise.de/en/news/77-percent-affected-Small-businesses-now-without-MS-Office-support-10755432.html",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2025-10-14",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "According to the latest SME study by groupware and security provider Intra2net, 77 percent of these companies will no longer receive security updates for their Office suite.",
      "locator": "Opening paragraph",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Faithful restatement: heise gives the sample (1,567 PCs, 104 companies, 10 to 49 employees) and the exclusion of Microsoft 365 users. Traces to intra2net-2025-10-14-sme-77pct-office-without-security-updates-after-office-2016-2019-eos.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#heise-2025-10-14-restates-intra2net-77pct-small-businesses-without-office-security-updates",
      "citation_text": "77% of small German businesses would no longer receive security updates for their Office suite after 14 October 2025, heise reported the same day from Intra2net's SME study (heise online, 2025). Source: heise online, \"77 percent affected: Small businesses now without MS Office support (heise online, English edition)\" (https://www.heise.de/en/news/77-percent-affected-Small-businesses-now-without-MS-Office-support-10755432.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#heise-2025-10-14-restates-intra2net-77pct-small-businesses-without-office-security-updates."
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    {
      "id": "computerwoche-2025-10-14-restates-intra2net-77pct-against-89pct-prior-year",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "77% of small German firms still ran old Office packages against '**89 percent**' a year earlier, Computerwoche reported from Intra2net's study, although Intra2net's own 2024 figures add up to 86% for the same versions (Computerwoche, 2025).",
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      "value": 89,
      "unit": "% of small businesses using old Office packages a year earlier (as restated)",
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      "period": "2024-09",
      "population": "PC workstations with on-premises Microsoft Office at German companies with 10 to 49 employees without Microsoft 365 (Intra2net SME survey, as restated)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Computerwoche",
      "source_title": "Drei Viertel der Kleinunternehmen ohne Office-Support (Computerwoche)",
      "source_url": "https://www.computerwoche.de/article/4072159/drei-viertel-der-kleinunternehmen-ohne-office-support.html",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2025-10-14",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Insgesamt haben demnach 77 Prozent noch immer alte Office-Pakete im Einsatz. Verglichen mit dem Vorjahreswert von 89 Prozent hat sich demnach trotz nahender Deadline relativ wenig getan.",
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      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Translation: 'In total, 77 percent still have old Office packages in use. Compared with the previous year's value of 89 percent, relatively little has changed.' Drift: Intra2net's September 2024 shares for Office 2010, 2013, 2016 and 2019 add up to 86% (7 + 9 + 37 + 33) and its release said 'more than 80%'; no 89% appears in Intra2net's 2024 release or chart. The article also misspells the firm as 'Infra2net'. The same article also turns Intra2net's PC shares into shares of firms ('im September noch 29 Prozent der Firmen Office 2019 im Einsatz, 36 Prozent nutzen Office 2016'), although the chart counts workstations.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#computerwoche-2025-10-14-restates-intra2net-77pct-against-89pct-prior-year",
      "citation_text": "77% of small German firms still ran old Office packages against '**89 percent**' a year earlier, Computerwoche reported from Intra2net's study, although Intra2net's own 2024 figures add up to 86% for the same versions (Computerwoche, 2025). Source: Computerwoche, \"Drei Viertel der Kleinunternehmen ohne Office-Support (Computerwoche)\" (https://www.computerwoche.de/article/4072159/drei-viertel-der-kleinunternehmen-ohne-office-support.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#computerwoche-2025-10-14-restates-intra2net-77pct-against-89pct-prior-year."
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    {
      "id": "heise-2026-04-15-restates-intra2net-65pct-office-2016-2019-installation-rate",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "65% was the installation rate of Office 2016 and 2019 as 'the dominant on-premises packages' in October 2025, heise recalled in April 2026, a figure from Intra2net's survey of small German firms without Microsoft 365 (heise online, 2026).",
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      "unit": "% installation rate of Office 2016 and 2019 (as restated)",
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      "publisher_short": null,
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      "population": "PC workstations with on-premises Microsoft Office at German companies with 10 to 49 employees without Microsoft 365 (Intra2net SME survey, as restated)",
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      "publisher": "heise online",
      "source_title": "Microsoft Office 2021: Support ends October 13, 2026 (heise online, English edition)",
      "source_url": "https://www.heise.de/en/news/Microsoft-Office-2021-Support-ends-October-13-2026-11258302.html",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-04-15",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "The versions were the dominant on-premises packages in mid-October 2025, with an installation rate of 65 percent.",
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      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Mild drift: the sentence keeps 'smaller companies' in the preceding line but drops the source, the German scope and the exclusion of Microsoft 365 users, so it can read as a general figure. Traces to Intra2net's 2025 study (Office 2016 36% + Office 2019 29%).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#heise-2026-04-15-restates-intra2net-65pct-office-2016-2019-installation-rate",
      "citation_text": "65% was the installation rate of Office 2016 and 2019 as 'the dominant on-premises packages' in October 2025, heise recalled in April 2026, a figure from Intra2net's survey of small German firms without Microsoft 365 (heise online, 2026). Source: heise online, \"Microsoft Office 2021: Support ends October 13, 2026 (heise online, English edition)\" (https://www.heise.de/en/news/Microsoft-Office-2021-Support-ends-October-13-2026-11258302.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#heise-2026-04-15-restates-intra2net-65pct-office-2016-2019-installation-rate."
    },
    {
      "id": "computerwoche-2024-11-07-restates-intra2net-more-than-80pct-as-80pct",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "80% of smaller German companies used Office packages needing an update in 2025, Computerwoche reported in November 2024, rounding down Intra2net's 'more than 80%' (Computerwoche, 2024).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 80,
      "unit": "% of smaller companies (as restated)",
      "display_value": "80%",
      "display_label": "",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Germany",
      "period": "2024-09",
      "population": "PC workstations with on-premises Microsoft Office at German companies with 10 to 49 employees without Microsoft 365 (Intra2net SME survey, as restated)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Computerwoche",
      "source_title": "KMUs droht 2025 eine Office-Migrationswelle (Computerwoche)",
      "source_url": "https://www.computerwoche.de/article/3600832/kmus-droht-2025-eine-office-migrationswelle.html",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2024-11-07",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Einer aktuellen Studie zufolge nutzen 80 Prozent der kleineren Unternehmen hierzulande Microsoft-Office-Pakete, die kommendes Jahr aktualisiert werden müss(t)en.",
      "locator": "Standfirst",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Translation: 'According to a current study, 80 percent of smaller companies in this country use Microsoft Office packages that would have to be updated next year.' Intra2net said 'more than 80%'; its shares sum to 86%. Traces to intra2net-2024-11-06-sme-over-80pct-need-to-update-office-in-2025.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#computerwoche-2024-11-07-restates-intra2net-more-than-80pct-as-80pct",
      "citation_text": "80% of smaller German companies used Office packages needing an update in 2025, Computerwoche reported in November 2024, rounding down Intra2net's 'more than 80%' (Computerwoche, 2024). Source: Computerwoche, \"KMUs droht 2025 eine Office-Migrationswelle (Computerwoche)\" (https://www.computerwoche.de/article/3600832/kmus-droht-2025-eine-office-migrationswelle.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#computerwoche-2024-11-07-restates-intra2net-more-than-80pct-as-80pct."
    },
    {
      "id": "datanyze-2024-10-restates-office-2016-used-by-more-than-620-companies",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "More than **620** companies use Microsoft Office 2016, a market share under 0.01%, the technographics vendor Datanyze claimed in October 2024, a web-detection count with no published method that says nothing about how many people use Office 2016 (Datanyze, 2024).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 620,
      "unit": "companies detected using Office 2016 (technographics claim)",
      "display_value": "more than 620 companies",
      "display_label": "",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2024-10",
      "population": "Companies in Datanyze's technographics database",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Datanyze",
      "source_title": "Microsoft Office 2016 Market Share and Competitor Report (Datanyze)",
      "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20241015215359/https://www.datanyze.com/market-share/office-suites--370/microsoft-office-2016-market-share",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2024-10-15",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Microsoft Office 2016 market share is <0.01% with more than 620 companies using this software",
      "locator": "Page header; Wayback Machine capture of 15 October 2024 (the live page returned HTTP 403 to automated requests)",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Technographics restatement only, never a finding: Datanyze publishes no method. A search-engine snippet of the live page in October 2026 read 'more than 383 companies' (not verified: page blocked), and Landbase claims 673, so the counts move with each vendor's detection, not with usage.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#datanyze-2024-10-restates-office-2016-used-by-more-than-620-companies",
      "citation_text": "More than **620** companies use Microsoft Office 2016, a market share under 0.01%, the technographics vendor Datanyze claimed in October 2024, a web-detection count with no published method that says nothing about how many people use Office 2016 (Datanyze, 2024). Source: Datanyze, \"Microsoft Office 2016 Market Share and Competitor Report (Datanyze)\" (https://web.archive.org/web/20241015215359/https://www.datanyze.com/market-share/office-suites--370/microsoft-office-2016-market-share). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#datanyze-2024-10-restates-office-2016-used-by-more-than-620-companies."
    },
    {
      "id": "landbase-2025-08-17-restates-office-2016-used-by-673-verified-companies",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "673 'verified companies' use Microsoft Office 2016, the technographics vendor Landbase claims on a page titled for 2026 but last updated in August 2025, with no published method (Landbase, 2025).",
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      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 673,
      "unit": "companies detected using Office 2016 (technographics claim)",
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      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2025-08",
      "population": "Companies in Landbase's technographics database",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Landbase",
      "source_title": "Companies using Microsoft Office 2016 in 2026 (Landbase)",
      "source_url": "https://data.landbase.com/technology/microsoft-office-2016/",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2025-08-17",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "As of 2026, 673 verified companies use Microsoft Office 2016 – across industries, company sizes, and geographies.",
      "locator": "Page header; 'Last updated date August 17, 2025'",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Technographics restatement only, never a finding. Compare Datanyze's 'more than 620' (October 2024). Neither count is comparable with Intra2net's or Spiceworks' samples, which measure installations.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#landbase-2025-08-17-restates-office-2016-used-by-673-verified-companies",
      "citation_text": "673 'verified companies' use Microsoft Office 2016, the technographics vendor Landbase claims on a page titled for 2026 but last updated in August 2025, with no published method (Landbase, 2025). Source: Landbase, \"Companies using Microsoft Office 2016 in 2026 (Landbase)\" (https://data.landbase.com/technology/microsoft-office-2016/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#landbase-2025-08-17-restates-office-2016-used-by-673-verified-companies."
    },
    {
      "id": "finding-2026-10-14-no-published-count-of-office-2021-users-closest-proxy-intra2net",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "No count of how many people use Office 2021 or Office LTSC 2021 has been published by Microsoft or any tracker; the closest labelled sample, Intra2net's, found Office 2021 on 15% of on-premises Office PCs at small German firms in September 2026 (Intra2net, 2026).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": null,
      "unit": "finding: no published count (closest labelled proxy named)",
      "display_value": "no published count",
      "display_label": "Intra2net SME survey, Germany, September 2026",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2026-10-14",
      "population": "Office 2021 and Office LTSC 2021 users worldwide (no count); proxy: PCs with on-premises Office at 103 German firms with 10 to 49 staff without Microsoft 365",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Intra2net AG",
      "source_title": "Statistik Microsoft Office Upgrade 2026 (chart image with Intra2net's 13 October 2026 press release)",
      "source_url": "https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/download/Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Upgrade-2026.png",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-10-13",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Office 2021 15% Ende des Supports 13. Oktober 2026",
      "locator": "Donut chart 'Welche Microsoft Office-Version setzen Sie aktuell On-Premises ein?' (n=1,592 PCs, 103 companies)",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Searched (to 14 October 2026): Microsoft lifecycle, Learn and support pages, Microsoft 365 and Outlook blogs, Microsoft 10-K and 10-Q filings and FY2017 to FY2026 earnings transcripts, Lansweeper, ControlUp, Nexthink, Flexera, Spiceworks, Avast, Kaspersky, patch-management vendors, Japanese and German trade press, The Register, Computerworld, BleepingComputer, heise. Microsoft collected a count of out-of-support Office users in 2023 (KB5021751, for Office 2007 to 2013) and has never published it; it discloses no perpetual-Office user or unit figures in its filings. The page answer: no one publishes the number; the only regular sample is small, German and excludes Microsoft 365 users.  Re-checked for page 5 on 2026-10-15: also searched Forrester's 2009-2013 surveys (via Redmond, ZDNet, PCWorld), Gartner quotes (InfoWorld, eWeek, Computerworld), Litmus Outlook-version opens (no split after Outlook 2016 because 2016 and later share one identifier), Avast PC Trends 2019, 6sense, Japanese surveys (Mynavi News, Nikkei ITpro, Keyman's Net) and Japanese and German 2025 deadline coverage; StatCounter and NetMarketShare have never tracked Office versions; WhatDoTheyKnow (UK FOI) blocks automated searches and no FOI answer with an Office version count was found.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#finding-2026-10-14-no-published-count-of-office-2021-users-closest-proxy-intra2net",
      "citation_text": "No count of how many people use Office 2021 or Office LTSC 2021 has been published by Microsoft or any tracker; the closest labelled sample, Intra2net's, found Office 2021 on 15% of on-premises Office PCs at small German firms in September 2026 (Intra2net, 2026). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Statistik Microsoft Office Upgrade 2026 (chart image with Intra2net's 13 October 2026 press release)\" (https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/download/Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Upgrade-2026.png). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#finding-2026-10-14-no-published-count-of-office-2021-users-closest-proxy-intra2net."
    },
    {
      "id": "finding-2026-10-14-no-published-count-of-office-2016-2019-users-closest-proxy-intra2net",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "No count of how many people still use Office 2016 or Office 2019 has been published since their October 2025 end of support; the closest labelled sample, Intra2net's, found them on 60% of on-premises Office PCs at small German firms in September 2026 (Intra2net, 2026).",
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      "short_refs": null,
      "value": null,
      "unit": "finding: no published count (closest labelled proxy named)",
      "display_value": "no published count",
      "display_label": "",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2026-10-14",
      "population": "Office 2016 and Office 2019 users worldwide (no count); proxy: PCs with on-premises Office at 103 German firms with 10 to 49 staff without Microsoft 365",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Intra2net AG",
      "source_title": "Press release 2026-10-13: 82% of small businesses no longer receive security updates for their Office suite (Intra2net)",
      "source_url": "https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=64.html",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-10-13",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Older versions, such as Office 2016 and 2019, still account for a combined installation rate of 60%.",
      "locator": "Section 'Market shares for the legacy Office 2016 and 2019 systems remain stable'",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Searched (to 14 October 2026): Microsoft lifecycle, Learn and support pages, Microsoft 365 and Outlook blogs, Microsoft 10-K and 10-Q filings and FY2017 to FY2026 earnings transcripts, Lansweeper, ControlUp, Nexthink, Flexera, Spiceworks, Avast, Kaspersky, patch-management vendors, Japanese and German trade press, The Register, Computerworld, BleepingComputer, heise. Lansweeper, which published Windows end-of-life fleet shares (page 1), offers customers an Office end-of-life audit of their own networks but has published no aggregate Office figures. The last non-Intra2net version-mix sample found is Spiceworks' 2017 deployment data (Office 2016 on 17% of organisations).  Re-checked for page 5 on 2026-10-15: also searched Forrester's 2009-2013 surveys (via Redmond, ZDNet, PCWorld), Gartner quotes (InfoWorld, eWeek, Computerworld), Litmus Outlook-version opens (no split after Outlook 2016 because 2016 and later share one identifier), Avast PC Trends 2019, 6sense, Japanese surveys (Mynavi News, Nikkei ITpro, Keyman's Net) and Japanese and German 2025 deadline coverage; StatCounter and NetMarketShare have never tracked Office versions; WhatDoTheyKnow (UK FOI) blocks automated searches and no FOI answer with an Office version count was found.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#finding-2026-10-14-no-published-count-of-office-2016-2019-users-closest-proxy-intra2net",
      "citation_text": "No count of how many people still use Office 2016 or Office 2019 has been published since their October 2025 end of support; the closest labelled sample, Intra2net's, found them on 60% of on-premises Office PCs at small German firms in September 2026 (Intra2net, 2026). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Press release 2026-10-13: 82% of small businesses no longer receive security updates for their Office suite (Intra2net)\" (https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=64.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#finding-2026-10-14-no-published-count-of-office-2016-2019-users-closest-proxy-intra2net."
    },
    {
      "id": "finding-2026-10-14-no-published-count-of-office-2024-users-closest-proxy-intra2net",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "No count of Office 2024 or Office LTSC 2024 users has been published; Microsoft says only that Office 2024 one-time purchases lifted its on-premises revenue, and Intra2net found Office 2024 on 18% of on-premises Office PCs at small German firms in September 2026 (Intra2net, 2026).",
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      "short_refs": null,
      "value": null,
      "unit": "finding: no published count (closest labelled proxy named)",
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      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2026-10-14",
      "population": "Office 2024 and Office LTSC 2024 users worldwide (no count); proxy as named",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Intra2net AG",
      "source_title": "Press release 2026-10-13: 82% of small businesses no longer receive security updates for their Office suite (Intra2net)",
      "source_url": "https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=64.html",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-10-13",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "The software suite increased its on-premises market share from 8% to 18% compared to 2025.",
      "locator": "Section 'Office 2024 is being better received'",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Searched (to 14 October 2026): Microsoft lifecycle, Learn and support pages, Microsoft 365 and Outlook blogs, Microsoft 10-K and 10-Q filings and FY2017 to FY2026 earnings transcripts, Lansweeper, ControlUp, Nexthink, Flexera, Spiceworks, Avast, Kaspersky, patch-management vendors, Japanese and German trade press, The Register, Computerworld, BleepingComputer, heise. Microsoft's FY2025 and FY2026 filings credit 'an increase in Office 2024 transactional purchasing' for growth in Microsoft 365 Commercial products revenue (see the microsoft-...-m365-commercial-products-revenue records), with no units.  Re-checked for page 5 on 2026-10-15: also searched Forrester's 2009-2013 surveys (via Redmond, ZDNet, PCWorld), Gartner quotes (InfoWorld, eWeek, Computerworld), Litmus Outlook-version opens (no split after Outlook 2016 because 2016 and later share one identifier), Avast PC Trends 2019, 6sense, Japanese surveys (Mynavi News, Nikkei ITpro, Keyman's Net) and Japanese and German 2025 deadline coverage; StatCounter and NetMarketShare have never tracked Office versions; WhatDoTheyKnow (UK FOI) blocks automated searches and no FOI answer with an Office version count was found.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#finding-2026-10-14-no-published-count-of-office-2024-users-closest-proxy-intra2net",
      "citation_text": "No count of Office 2024 or Office LTSC 2024 users has been published; Microsoft says only that Office 2024 one-time purchases lifted its on-premises revenue, and Intra2net found Office 2024 on 18% of on-premises Office PCs at small German firms in September 2026 (Intra2net, 2026). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Press release 2026-10-13: 82% of small businesses no longer receive security updates for their Office suite (Intra2net)\" (https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=64.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#finding-2026-10-14-no-published-count-of-office-2024-users-closest-proxy-intra2net."
    },
    {
      "id": "finding-2026-10-14-no-published-count-of-office-ltsc-users-microsoft-says-subset-of-devices",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "No count of Office LTSC (volume-licensed perpetual Office) users has been published; Microsoft says only that many customers deploy Office LTSC on a subset of their devices alongside Microsoft 365 Apps (Microsoft, 2024).",
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      "short_refs": null,
      "value": null,
      "unit": "finding: no published count (closest labelled proxy named)",
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      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2024-03-15",
      "population": "Office LTSC 2021 and Office LTSC 2024 (volume-licensed) users",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Microsoft",
      "source_title": "Upcoming preview of Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 (Microsoft 365 Blog, Microsoft Tech Community)",
      "source_url": "https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft_365blog/upcoming-preview-of-microsoft-office-ltsc-2024/4082963",
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      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2024-03-15",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "And because we know that many customers deploy Office LTSC on only a subset of their devices, we will continue to support the deployment of both Office LTSC and Microsoft 365 Apps",
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      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
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      "history": [],
      "notes": "Searched (to 14 October 2026): Microsoft lifecycle, Learn and support pages, Microsoft 365 and Outlook blogs, Microsoft 10-K and 10-Q filings and FY2017 to FY2026 earnings transcripts, Lansweeper, ControlUp, Nexthink, Flexera, Spiceworks, Avast, Kaspersky, patch-management vendors, Japanese and German trade press, The Register, Computerworld, BleepingComputer, heise. Intra2net's survey does not separate LTSC from retail editions.  Re-checked for page 5 on 2026-10-15: also searched Forrester's 2009-2013 surveys (via Redmond, ZDNet, PCWorld), Gartner quotes (InfoWorld, eWeek, Computerworld), Litmus Outlook-version opens (no split after Outlook 2016 because 2016 and later share one identifier), Avast PC Trends 2019, 6sense, Japanese surveys (Mynavi News, Nikkei ITpro, Keyman's Net) and Japanese and German 2025 deadline coverage; StatCounter and NetMarketShare have never tracked Office versions; WhatDoTheyKnow (UK FOI) blocks automated searches and no FOI answer with an Office version count was found.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#finding-2026-10-14-no-published-count-of-office-ltsc-users-microsoft-says-subset-of-devices",
      "citation_text": "No count of Office LTSC (volume-licensed perpetual Office) users has been published; Microsoft says only that many customers deploy Office LTSC on a subset of their devices alongside Microsoft 365 Apps (Microsoft, 2024). Source: Microsoft, \"Upcoming preview of Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 (Microsoft 365 Blog, Microsoft Tech Community)\" (https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft_365blog/upcoming-preview-of-microsoft-office-ltsc-2024/4082963). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#finding-2026-10-14-no-published-count-of-office-ltsc-users-microsoft-says-subset-of-devices."
    },
    {
      "id": "finding-2026-10-14-lansweeper-offers-office-eol-audit-but-publishes-no-aggregate",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "Lansweeper offers customers an Office end-of-life audit of their own networks but has published no aggregate share of Office versions across its customer base, unlike its Windows end-of-life figures (Lansweeper, 2026).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": null,
      "unit": "finding: no published count (closest labelled proxy named)",
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      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
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      "period": "2026-10-02",
      "population": "Lansweeper customer networks (no aggregate published)",
      "sample_n": null,
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      "source_title": "Microsoft Office End of Life (Lansweeper blog)",
      "source_url": "https://www.lansweeper.com/blog/eol/microsoft-office-end-of-life/",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2026-10-02",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Our experts have created an audit report that will provide you with an overview of all Microsoft Office installations in your network as well as their end-of-life dates.",
      "locator": "Section 'Run the End-of-Life Audit' (published 9 September 2025, modified 2 October 2026)",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "The same page says 'Office 2021 and 2024 follow the Modern Lifecycle Policy. Products under this policy receive continuous updates and support', which is misleading: both have fixed retirement dates (13 October 2026 and 9 October 2029). Lansweeper's Windows figure on page 1: lansweeper-2026-07-eol-os-share-18-7pct.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#finding-2026-10-14-lansweeper-offers-office-eol-audit-but-publishes-no-aggregate",
      "citation_text": "Lansweeper offers customers an Office end-of-life audit of their own networks but has published no aggregate share of Office versions across its customer base, unlike its Windows end-of-life figures (Lansweeper, 2026). Source: Lansweeper, \"Microsoft Office End of Life (Lansweeper blog)\" (https://www.lansweeper.com/blog/eol/microsoft-office-end-of-life/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#finding-2026-10-14-lansweeper-offers-office-eol-audit-but-publishes-no-aggregate."
    },
    {
      "id": "intra2net-2019-02-18-sme-47pct-office-2007-or-2010-before-office-2010-eos",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "47% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2010 or Office 2007 in January 2019, versions already out of support or due to lose it by October 2020, Intra2net found (Intra2net, 2019).",
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      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 47,
      "unit": "% of PC workstations with on-premises Microsoft Office on Office 2010 or 2007 (Intra2net SME sample)",
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      "period": "2019-01",
      "population": "PC workstations running on-premises Microsoft Office at German companies with 10 to 49 employees that use neither Hosted Exchange nor Microsoft 365 / Office 365 (Intra2net SME survey)",
      "sample_n": 1274,
      "publisher": "Intra2net AG",
      "source_title": "Die Uhr tickt: Über 50 % der kleinen Unternehmen müssen 2019 ihre Windows-Version aktualisieren (Intra2net press release, 18 February 2019)",
      "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20190716020313/https://www.intra2net.com/de/company/press/press-release.php_id=45.html",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2019-02-18",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Für 47 % der PCs gilt dies zudem für das Office-Paket.",
      "locator": "Opening paragraph (Wayback Machine capture of 16 July 2019 of the German release, press-release.php_id=45); the chart reads 'Für 47 % der Office-Installationen endet der erweiterte Support spätestens am 13.10.2020'",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "intra2net-sme-germany-share-needing-update",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey: Intra2net sells on-premises groupware and security appliances to small businesses. The sample deliberately excludes companies using Microsoft 365 or hosted Exchange, so the shares describe the on-premises (one-time purchase) Office base of small German firms only, not all Office users. Translation: 'For 47% of the PCs this also applies to the Office package' (that is, it must be updated in 2019). Sum of Office 2010 (40%) and Office 2007 (7%) on the chart. The same release also words it as companies ('Von den untersuchten Unternehmen nutzen 47 % derzeit noch Microsoft Office 2007 oder 2010'), a slip between PCs and companies that recurs in later Intra2net releases; the chart counts installations. Release mainly about Windows (56% of PCs needing a Windows update in 2019).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2019-02-18-sme-47pct-office-2007-or-2010-before-office-2010-eos",
      "citation_text": "47% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2010 or Office 2007 in January 2019, versions already out of support or due to lose it by October 2020, Intra2net found (Intra2net, 2019). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Die Uhr tickt: Über 50 % der kleinen Unternehmen müssen 2019 ihre Windows-Version aktualisieren (Intra2net press release, 18 February 2019)\" (https://web.archive.org/web/20190716020313/https://www.intra2net.com/de/company/press/press-release.php_id=45.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2019-02-18-sme-47pct-office-2007-or-2010-before-office-2010-eos."
    },
    {
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      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "40% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2010 in January 2019, the most used version, twenty months before its end of support, in Intra2net's survey of 1,274 workstations at 103 firms without Office 365 (Intra2net, 2019).",
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      "unit": "% of PC workstations with on-premises Microsoft Office (Intra2net SME sample)",
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      "population": "PC workstations running on-premises Microsoft Office at German companies with 10 to 49 employees that use neither Hosted Exchange nor Microsoft 365 / Office 365 (Intra2net SME survey)",
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      "publisher": "Intra2net AG",
      "source_title": "Statistik Microsoft Office Marktanteile (chart image 'Umfrage Microsoft Office Marktanteile' with Intra2net's 18 February 2019 press release)",
      "source_url": "https://www.intra2net.com/de/company/press/download/Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile.png",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
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      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Office 2010 40 %",
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      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey: Intra2net sells on-premises groupware and security appliances to small businesses. The sample deliberately excludes companies using Microsoft 365 or hosted Exchange, so the shares describe the on-premises (one-time purchase) Office base of small German firms only, not all Office users. First edition of the survey's Office question: chart from the 18 February 2019 release (German site, press-release.php_id=45, found in the Wayback Machine; page 4 had not found it). The chart file still sits on Intra2net's server at the year-less URL; the copy saved in raw/ was fetched 2026-10-15. Chart total: Office 2010 40%, Office 2016 27%, Office 2013 24%, Office 2007 7%, Office 2019 2%.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2019-01-sme-office-2010-share-40pct",
      "citation_text": "40% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2010 in January 2019, the most used version, twenty months before its end of support, in Intra2net's survey of 1,274 workstations at 103 firms without Office 365 (Intra2net, 2019). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Statistik Microsoft Office Marktanteile (chart image 'Umfrage Microsoft Office Marktanteile' with Intra2net's 18 February 2019 press release)\" (https://www.intra2net.com/de/company/press/download/Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile.png). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2019-01-sme-office-2010-share-40pct."
    },
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      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "27% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2016 in January 2019, in Intra2net's survey of 1,274 workstations at 103 firms without Office 365 (Intra2net, 2019).",
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      "source_title": "Statistik Microsoft Office Marktanteile (chart image 'Umfrage Microsoft Office Marktanteile' with Intra2net's 18 February 2019 press release)",
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      "source_type": "manufacturer",
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      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Office 2016 27 %",
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      "derived": false,
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      "series": "intra2net-sme-germany-office-2016-share",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey: Intra2net sells on-premises groupware and security appliances to small businesses. The sample deliberately excludes companies using Microsoft 365 or hosted Exchange, so the shares describe the on-premises (one-time purchase) Office base of small German firms only, not all Office users. First edition of the survey's Office question: chart from the 18 February 2019 release (German site, press-release.php_id=45, found in the Wayback Machine; page 4 had not found it). The chart file still sits on Intra2net's server at the year-less URL; the copy saved in raw/ was fetched 2026-10-15. Chart total: Office 2010 40%, Office 2016 27%, Office 2013 24%, Office 2007 7%, Office 2019 2%.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2019-01-sme-office-2016-share-27pct",
      "citation_text": "27% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2016 in January 2019, in Intra2net's survey of 1,274 workstations at 103 firms without Office 365 (Intra2net, 2019). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Statistik Microsoft Office Marktanteile (chart image 'Umfrage Microsoft Office Marktanteile' with Intra2net's 18 February 2019 press release)\" (https://www.intra2net.com/de/company/press/download/Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile.png). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2019-01-sme-office-2016-share-27pct."
    },
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      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "24% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2013 in January 2019, in Intra2net's survey of 1,274 workstations at 103 firms without Office 365 (Intra2net, 2019).",
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      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 24,
      "unit": "% of PC workstations with on-premises Microsoft Office (Intra2net SME sample)",
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      "geography": "Germany",
      "period": "2019-01",
      "population": "PC workstations running on-premises Microsoft Office at German companies with 10 to 49 employees that use neither Hosted Exchange nor Microsoft 365 / Office 365 (Intra2net SME survey)",
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      "source_title": "Statistik Microsoft Office Marktanteile (chart image 'Umfrage Microsoft Office Marktanteile' with Intra2net's 18 February 2019 press release)",
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      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2019-02-18",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Office 2013 24 %",
      "locator": "Bar chart 'Welche Microsoft Office Version setzen Sie aktuell ein?' in Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile.png; footer 'Basis: Kleine Unternehmen mit 10 bis 49 Mitarbeitern (n=103) und Microsoft Office (n=1.274). Quelle: Intra2net Umfrage im Januar 2019 in Deutschland'",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "intra2net-sme-germany-office-2013-share",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey: Intra2net sells on-premises groupware and security appliances to small businesses. The sample deliberately excludes companies using Microsoft 365 or hosted Exchange, so the shares describe the on-premises (one-time purchase) Office base of small German firms only, not all Office users. First edition of the survey's Office question: chart from the 18 February 2019 release (German site, press-release.php_id=45, found in the Wayback Machine; page 4 had not found it). The chart file still sits on Intra2net's server at the year-less URL; the copy saved in raw/ was fetched 2026-10-15. Chart total: Office 2010 40%, Office 2016 27%, Office 2013 24%, Office 2007 7%, Office 2019 2%.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2019-01-sme-office-2013-share-24pct",
      "citation_text": "24% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2013 in January 2019, in Intra2net's survey of 1,274 workstations at 103 firms without Office 365 (Intra2net, 2019). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Statistik Microsoft Office Marktanteile (chart image 'Umfrage Microsoft Office Marktanteile' with Intra2net's 18 February 2019 press release)\" (https://www.intra2net.com/de/company/press/download/Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile.png). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2019-01-sme-office-2013-share-24pct."
    },
    {
      "id": "intra2net-2019-01-sme-office-2007-share-7pct",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "7% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2007 in January 2019, fifteen months after its end of support, in Intra2net's survey of 1,274 workstations at 103 firms without Office 365 (Intra2net, 2019).",
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      "short_refs": null,
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      "unit": "% of PC workstations with on-premises Microsoft Office (Intra2net SME sample)",
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      "publisher_short": null,
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      "population": "PC workstations running on-premises Microsoft Office at German companies with 10 to 49 employees that use neither Hosted Exchange nor Microsoft 365 / Office 365 (Intra2net SME survey)",
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      "publisher": "Intra2net AG",
      "source_title": "Statistik Microsoft Office Marktanteile (chart image 'Umfrage Microsoft Office Marktanteile' with Intra2net's 18 February 2019 press release)",
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      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2019-02-18",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Office 2007 7 %",
      "locator": "Bar chart 'Welche Microsoft Office Version setzen Sie aktuell ein?' in Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile.png; footer 'Basis: Kleine Unternehmen mit 10 bis 49 Mitarbeitern (n=103) und Microsoft Office (n=1.274). Quelle: Intra2net Umfrage im Januar 2019 in Deutschland'",
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      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "intra2net-sme-germany-office-2007-share",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey: Intra2net sells on-premises groupware and security appliances to small businesses. The sample deliberately excludes companies using Microsoft 365 or hosted Exchange, so the shares describe the on-premises (one-time purchase) Office base of small German firms only, not all Office users. First edition of the survey's Office question: chart from the 18 February 2019 release (German site, press-release.php_id=45, found in the Wayback Machine; page 4 had not found it). The chart file still sits on Intra2net's server at the year-less URL; the copy saved in raw/ was fetched 2026-10-15. Chart total: Office 2010 40%, Office 2016 27%, Office 2013 24%, Office 2007 7%, Office 2019 2%.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2019-01-sme-office-2007-share-7pct",
      "citation_text": "7% of the PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at small German businesses ran Office 2007 in January 2019, fifteen months after its end of support, in Intra2net's survey of 1,274 workstations at 103 firms without Office 365 (Intra2net, 2019). Source: Intra2net AG, \"Statistik Microsoft Office Marktanteile (chart image 'Umfrage Microsoft Office Marktanteile' with Intra2net's 18 February 2019 press release)\" (https://www.intra2net.com/de/company/press/download/Statistik-Microsoft-Office-Marktanteile.png). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2019-01-sme-office-2007-share-7pct."
    },
    {
      "id": "spiceworks-2017-11-06-deployment-data-office-xp-at-15pct-of-organizations",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "15% of organisations in Spiceworks' deployment data still ran at least one copy of Office XP on their networks in 2017, six years after its July 2011 end of support (Spiceworks, 2017).",
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      "short_refs": null,
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      "unit": "% of organisations running at least one installation of the version (Spiceworks deployment data)",
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      "population": "Organisations whose IT staff inventory their networks with Spiceworks' free software (anonymised, aggregated deployment data from hundreds of thousands of IT professionals worldwide)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Spiceworks",
      "source_title": "Spiceworks Study Examines the State of Productivity Suites in the Workplace (press release, GlobeNewswire)",
      "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20180426162802/https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/11/06/1174988/0/en/Spiceworks-Study-Examines-the-State-of-Productivity-Suites-in-the-Workplace.html",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2017-11-06",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "15 percent are running Office XP",
      "locator": "Third paragraph of the release (Wayback Machine capture of 26 April 2018)",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Penetration rate, not a share of PCs: an organisation counts once if any device runs the version, so versions overlap and the figures add up to far more than 100%. Spiceworks' press release of 6 November 2017 (GlobeNewswire; the live page refuses automated requests, quoted from the Wayback Machine capture of 26 April 2018). Same data set as spiceworks-2017-11-06-deployment-data-office-2003-at-46pct-of-organizations, which page 4 recorded with Office 2000 and XP folded into its statement; split out here so each version has its own record. Office XP's extended support ended on 12 July 2011 (date belongs to the office-lifecycle-dates family).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#spiceworks-2017-11-06-deployment-data-office-xp-at-15pct-of-organizations",
      "citation_text": "15% of organisations in Spiceworks' deployment data still ran at least one copy of Office XP on their networks in 2017, six years after its July 2011 end of support (Spiceworks, 2017). Source: Spiceworks, \"Spiceworks Study Examines the State of Productivity Suites in the Workplace (press release, GlobeNewswire)\" (https://web.archive.org/web/20180426162802/https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/11/06/1174988/0/en/Spiceworks-Study-Examines-the-State-of-Productivity-Suites-in-the-Workplace.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#spiceworks-2017-11-06-deployment-data-office-xp-at-15pct-of-organizations."
    },
    {
      "id": "spiceworks-2017-11-06-deployment-data-office-2000-at-21pct-of-organizations",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "21% of organisations in Spiceworks' deployment data still ran at least one copy of Office 2000 on their networks in 2017, eight years after its July 2009 end of support (Spiceworks, 2017).",
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      "series": "",
      "history": [],
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#spiceworks-2017-11-06-deployment-data-office-2000-at-21pct-of-organizations",
      "citation_text": "21% of organisations in Spiceworks' deployment data still ran at least one copy of Office 2000 on their networks in 2017, eight years after its July 2009 end of support (Spiceworks, 2017). Source: Spiceworks, \"Spiceworks Study Examines the State of Productivity Suites in the Workplace (press release, GlobeNewswire)\" (https://web.archive.org/web/20180426162802/https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/11/06/1174988/0/en/Spiceworks-Study-Examines-the-State-of-Productivity-Suites-in-the-Workplace.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#spiceworks-2017-11-06-deployment-data-office-2000-at-21pct-of-organizations."
    },
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      "id": "spiceworks-2017-11-06-deployment-data-office-97-at-3pct-of-organizations",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "3% of organisations in Spiceworks' deployment data still ran at least one copy of Office 97 on their networks in 2017, twenty years after its release (Spiceworks, 2017).",
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      "series": "",
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      "notes": "Penetration rate, not a share of PCs: an organisation counts once if any device runs the version, so versions overlap and the figures add up to far more than 100%. Spiceworks' press release of 6 November 2017 (GlobeNewswire; the live page refuses automated requests, quoted from the Wayback Machine capture of 26 April 2018). Same data set as spiceworks-2017-11-06-deployment-data-office-2003-at-46pct-of-organizations, which page 4 recorded with Office 2000 and XP folded into its statement; split out here so each version has its own record. The oldest Office version for which any later in-use figure was found.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#spiceworks-2017-11-06-deployment-data-office-97-at-3pct-of-organizations",
      "citation_text": "3% of organisations in Spiceworks' deployment data still ran at least one copy of Office 97 on their networks in 2017, twenty years after its release (Spiceworks, 2017). Source: Spiceworks, \"Spiceworks Study Examines the State of Productivity Suites in the Workplace (press release, GlobeNewswire)\" (https://web.archive.org/web/20180426162802/https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/11/06/1174988/0/en/Spiceworks-Study-Examines-the-State-of-Productivity-Suites-in-the-Workplace.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#spiceworks-2017-11-06-deployment-data-office-97-at-3pct-of-organizations."
    },
    {
      "id": "pcworld-2013-10-21-forrester-office-2010-in-85pct-of-surveyed-companies",
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      "statement": "85% of the companies in Forrester's 2013 survey of 155 clients had Office 2010 in use, the most widely used version, PCWorld reported from the analyst firm's report (Forrester via PCWorld, 2013).",
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      "notes": "Analyst survey reported by the trade press: Forrester's report ('Market Update: Office 2013 And Productivity Suite Alternatives', Philipp Karcher) is paywalled; PCWorld (IDG News Service) reported the version figures on 21 October 2013. Share of surveyed companies where the version is present (versions overlap), not a share of PCs. Forrester's own blog says the sample of 155 clients 'does not fully represent the market'.",
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      "citation_text": "85% of the companies in Forrester's 2013 survey of 155 clients had Office 2010 in use, the most widely used version, PCWorld reported from the analyst firm's report (Forrester via PCWorld, 2013). Source: PCWorld (data: Forrester Research), \"Study: Despite bright, shiny rivals, good old Office still rules at work (PCWorld, IDG News Service)\" (https://www.pcworld.com/article/448229/study-despite-bright-shiny-rivals-good-old-office-still-rules-at-work.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#pcworld-2013-10-21-forrester-office-2010-in-85pct-of-surveyed-companies."
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#pcworld-2013-10-21-forrester-office-2003-in-28pct-of-surveyed-companies",
      "citation_text": "28% of the companies in Forrester's 2013 survey of 155 clients had Office 2003 in use, six months before its April 2014 end of support, PCWorld reported from the analyst firm's report (Forrester via PCWorld, 2013). Source: PCWorld (data: Forrester Research), \"Study: Despite bright, shiny rivals, good old Office still rules at work (PCWorld, IDG News Service)\" (https://www.pcworld.com/article/448229/study-despite-bright-shiny-rivals-good-old-office-still-rules-at-work.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#pcworld-2013-10-21-forrester-office-2003-in-28pct-of-surveyed-companies."
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      "citation_text": "17% of the companies in Forrester's 2013 survey of 155 clients had Office for Mac 2011 in use, PCWorld reported from the analyst firm's report (Forrester via PCWorld, 2013). Source: PCWorld (data: Forrester Research), \"Study: Despite bright, shiny rivals, good old Office still rules at work (PCWorld, IDG News Service)\" (https://www.pcworld.com/article/448229/study-despite-bright-shiny-rivals-good-old-office-still-rules-at-work.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#pcworld-2013-10-21-forrester-office-for-mac-2011-in-17pct-of-surveyed-companies."
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    {
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      "statement": "22% of the companies in Forrester's 2013 survey of 155 clients were on Office 2013 within a year of its release, with another 36% planning to move to it, Forrester said (Forrester, 2013).",
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      "source_title": "Office Productivity Software Is No Closer To Becoming A Commodity (Forrester blog, Philipp Karcher)",
      "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20131023172419/http://blogs.forrester.com:80/philipp_karcher/13-10-17-office_productivity_software_is_no_closer_to_becoming_a_commodity",
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      "quote": "Just 22% of respondents are on Office 2013. Another 36% have plans to be on it.",
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      "notes": "Forrester's own summary of its paywalled report. Office 2013 reached volume-licence customers in December 2012 and retail on 29 January 2013. Forrester says uptake would be slower than Office 2010's because fewer firms were pairing it with a Windows 8 rollout; CMSWire quoted Forrester's comparison that 52% were already on Office 2010 six months after its release. Launch-speed comparisons belong to the office-launches-and-adoption family; this record is the version mix in 2013.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#forrester-2013-10-17-office-2013-on-22pct-of-surveyed-firms",
      "citation_text": "22% of the companies in Forrester's 2013 survey of 155 clients were on Office 2013 within a year of its release, with another 36% planning to move to it, Forrester said (Forrester, 2013). Source: Forrester Research, \"Office Productivity Software Is No Closer To Becoming A Commodity (Forrester blog, Philipp Karcher)\" (https://web.archive.org/web/20131023172419/http://blogs.forrester.com:80/philipp_karcher/13-10-17-office_productivity_software_is_no_closer_to_becoming_a_commodity). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#forrester-2013-10-17-office-2013-on-22pct-of-surveyed-firms."
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    {
      "id": "networkworld-2013-10-22-restates-forrester-office-2003-28pct-as-office-2003-or-earlier",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "28% 'were using Office 2003 or earlier (presumably XP)', Network World wrote in October 2013, widening Forrester's 28% for Office 2003 to cover older versions too (Network World, 2013).",
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      "source_title": "Office 2003 is a bigger threat to Microsoft than Google Docs (Network World, Andy Patrizio)",
      "source_url": "https://www.networkworld.com/article/746802/microsoft-subnet-office-2003-is-a-bigger-threat-to-microsoft-than-google-docs.html",
      "source_type": "secondary",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#networkworld-2013-10-22-restates-forrester-office-2003-28pct-as-office-2003-or-earlier",
      "citation_text": "28% 'were using Office 2003 or earlier (presumably XP)', Network World wrote in October 2013, widening Forrester's 28% for Office 2003 to cover older versions too (Network World, 2013). Source: Network World, \"Office 2003 is a bigger threat to Microsoft than Google Docs (Network World, Andy Patrizio)\" (https://www.networkworld.com/article/746802/microsoft-subnet-office-2003-is-a-bigger-threat-to-microsoft-than-google-docs.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#networkworld-2013-10-22-restates-forrester-office-2003-28pct-as-office-2003-or-earlier."
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      "notes": "Analyst survey reported by the trade press (Forrester report paywalled). Shares of respondents, overlapping (a firm can run several versions). Network World later summarised the same 152-respondent survey as '92 percent were supporting either Office 2007 or Office 2003 or earlier' (networkworld-2010-01-19-forrester-92pct-support-office-2007-or-2003-or-earlier).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#redmondmag-2009-06-09-forrester-80pct-use-office-2003-or-earlier",
      "citation_text": "80% of the IT professionals in Forrester's March 2009 survey of 152 used Office 2003 or earlier versions, two years after Office 2007's release, Redmond magazine reported (Forrester via Redmond, 2009). Source: Redmond magazine (data: Forrester Research), \"IT May Wait for Office 2010, Survey Suggests (Redmond magazine, Kurt Mackie)\" (https://redmondmag.com/articles/2009/06/09/it-may-wait-for-office-2010-survey.aspx). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#redmondmag-2009-06-09-forrester-80pct-use-office-2003-or-earlier."
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      "id": "redmondmag-2009-06-09-forrester-57pct-use-office-2007",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#redmondmag-2009-06-09-forrester-57pct-use-office-2007",
      "citation_text": "57% of the IT professionals in Forrester's March 2009 survey of 152 used Office 2007, against 80% still on Office 2003 or earlier, Redmond magazine reported (Forrester via Redmond, 2009). Source: Redmond magazine (data: Forrester Research), \"IT May Wait for Office 2010, Survey Suggests (Redmond magazine, Kurt Mackie)\" (https://redmondmag.com/articles/2009/06/09/it-may-wait-for-office-2010-survey.aspx). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#redmondmag-2009-06-09-forrester-57pct-use-office-2007."
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      "id": "networkworld-2010-01-19-forrester-92pct-support-office-2007-or-2003-or-earlier",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "92% of the IT decision-makers in Forrester's 2009 survey of 152 were supporting Office 2007 or Office 2003 or earlier, Network World reported in January 2010 (Forrester via Network World, 2010).",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#networkworld-2010-01-19-forrester-92pct-support-office-2007-or-2003-or-earlier",
      "citation_text": "92% of the IT decision-makers in Forrester's 2009 survey of 152 were supporting Office 2007 or Office 2003 or earlier, Network World reported in January 2010 (Forrester via Network World, 2010). Source: Network World (data: Forrester Research), \"Microsoft Office 2010: Three Upgrade Tips for Enterprises (Network World, Shane O'Neill)\" (https://www.networkworld.com/article/771339/applications-microsoft-office-2010-three-upgrade-tips-for-enterprises.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#networkworld-2010-01-19-forrester-92pct-support-office-2007-or-2003-or-earlier."
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    {
      "id": "zdnet-2010-05-11-forrester-81pct-of-enterprises-run-office-2007",
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      "statement": "81% of the enterprises in Forrester's 2010 survey of 115 North American and European firms were running Office 2007, as Office 2010 reached business customers, ZDNet reported (Forrester via ZDNet, 2010).",
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      "source_title": "Forrester: Google still a distant Office competitor (ZDNet, All About Microsoft, Mary Jo Foley)",
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      "source_type": "secondary",
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      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "New Forrester data, released on May 11, claims that 81% of the enterprises it surveyed are running Office 2007 and 78% supporting SharePoint, compared to only 4% using Google Apps.",
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      "notes": "Analyst survey (paywalled) reported by ZDNet. Office 2010 reached business customers on 12 May 2010 and retail on 15 June 2010. One third of respondents planned to move to Office 2010 within 12 months; 54% of those not upgrading said they had recently moved, or were still moving, to Office 2007.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#zdnet-2010-05-11-forrester-81pct-of-enterprises-run-office-2007",
      "citation_text": "81% of the enterprises in Forrester's 2010 survey of 115 North American and European firms were running Office 2007, as Office 2010 reached business customers, ZDNet reported (Forrester via ZDNet, 2010). Source: ZDNet (data: Forrester Research), \"Forrester: Google still a distant Office competitor (ZDNet, All About Microsoft, Mary Jo Foley)\" (https://web.archive.org/web/20100514133139/http://www.zdnet.com:80/blog/microsoft/forrester-google-still-a-distant-office-competitor/6168). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#zdnet-2010-05-11-forrester-81pct-of-enterprises-run-office-2007."
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      "id": "register-2005-07-21-office-2003-on-15pct-of-pcs-two-years-after-launch",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "15% of PCs ran Office 2003 in mid-2005, two years after its launch, against Microsoft's aim of two thirds of its Office base by the next release, The Register reported from Microsoft's internal figures (The Register, 2005).",
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      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 15,
      "unit": "% of PCs running Office 2003 (Microsoft internal figure as reported)",
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      "period": "2005-07",
      "population": "PCs in Microsoft Office's installed base (Microsoft internal figures, as reported; method not given)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "The Register",
      "source_title": "Window closing on Office 2003 (The Register, Gavin Clarke)",
      "source_url": "https://www.theregister.com/2005/07/21/microsoft_office_2003/",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2005-07-21",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Just 15% of PCs are running Office 2003, two years into its life, with Office 12 - the next edition of Microsoft's ubiquitous suite - now on the horizon.",
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      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "The Register attributes the figure to 'Microsoft's own internal figures and guidelines'; Microsoft did not publish it. Historical context: the slow uptake of a version that later became the long-lived holdout. Microsoft 'traditionally expects between 50% and two thirds of customers to be running the previous version of Office when the new copy ships'. Linux.com repeated the paragraph the same day with a link to The Register.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#register-2005-07-21-office-2003-on-15pct-of-pcs-two-years-after-launch",
      "citation_text": "15% of PCs ran Office 2003 in mid-2005, two years after its launch, against Microsoft's aim of two thirds of its Office base by the next release, The Register reported from Microsoft's internal figures (The Register, 2005). Source: The Register, \"Window closing on Office 2003 (The Register, Gavin Clarke)\" (https://www.theregister.com/2005/07/21/microsoft_office_2003/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#register-2005-07-21-office-2003-on-15pct-of-pcs-two-years-after-launch."
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    {
      "id": "register-2005-07-21-microsoft-office-installed-base-400-million",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "**400 million** was the size of Microsoft Office's installed base in July 2005, The Register reported, with Microsoft expecting two thirds of it to run Office 2003 by the time Office 12, released as Office 2007, shipped (The Register, 2005).",
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      "value": 400000000,
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      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "The Register",
      "source_title": "Window closing on Office 2003 (The Register, Gavin Clarke)",
      "source_url": "https://www.theregister.com/2005/07/21/microsoft_office_2003/",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2005-07-21",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Microsoft is holding firm on these numbers, and expects two thirds of the 400m Office installation base will be running Office 2003 at the time when Office 12 ships.",
      "locator": "Third paragraph (press roundtable with Chris Capossela, Microsoft vice president, Information Worker product management)",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Installations, not people. Recorded here as the denominator of the 2005 version mix; Microsoft's later 'users' totals (the 1.2 billion of 2015-2016) belong to the microsoft-365-subscriptions-and-revenue family and measure something different. Whether '400m' was Capossela's figure or the reporter's is not clear from the text.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#register-2005-07-21-microsoft-office-installed-base-400-million",
      "citation_text": "**400 million** was the size of Microsoft Office's installed base in July 2005, The Register reported, with Microsoft expecting two thirds of it to run Office 2003 by the time Office 12, released as Office 2007, shipped (The Register, 2005). Source: The Register, \"Window closing on Office 2003 (The Register, Gavin Clarke)\" (https://www.theregister.com/2005/07/21/microsoft_office_2003/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#register-2005-07-21-microsoft-office-installed-base-400-million."
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    {
      "id": "mynavi-2014-03-24-japan-17-6pct-still-use-office-2003-pc-at-home",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "17.6% of Japanese Mynavi News readers still actively used a home or family PC with Office 2003 in March 2014, two weeks before its end of support, in a poll of 500 members (Mynavi News, 2014).",
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      "value": 17.6,
      "unit": "% of respondents actively using a home PC with Office 2003 (Mynavi News poll)",
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      "population": "500 members of Mynavi News (Japanese tech news site), asked about PCs owned by themselves or their family, excluding work and school PCs",
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      "source_title": "サポート終了間近、Office 2003の現役稼働率は? - マイナビニュース調査 (Mynavi News)",
      "source_url": "https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20140324-office01/",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2014-03-24",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "「個人や家族で、Microsoft Office 2003搭載パソコンを現役で使用していますか？」と聞いたところ、「はい」の回答は17.6%(88人)",
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      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Online poll of 500 Mynavi News members in Japan, published 24 March 2014, two weeks before Office 2003's end of support (9 April 2014 Japan time). Consumer and family PCs only; company and school PCs were excluded by design. Self-selected tech-news readers, so not representative of Japan. Translation by the collector. Translation: asked 'Do you or your family actively use a PC with Microsoft Office 2003?', 17.6% (88 people) said yes. In the same poll 34.6% still used a Windows XP PC.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#mynavi-2014-03-24-japan-17-6pct-still-use-office-2003-pc-at-home",
      "citation_text": "17.6% of Japanese Mynavi News readers still actively used a home or family PC with Office 2003 in March 2014, two weeks before its end of support, in a poll of 500 members (Mynavi News, 2014). Source: Mynavi News, \"サポート終了間近、Office 2003の現役稼働率は? - マイナビニュース調査 (Mynavi News)\" (https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20140324-office01/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#mynavi-2014-03-24-japan-17-6pct-still-use-office-2003-pc-at-home."
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    {
      "id": "mynavi-2014-03-24-japan-office-2003-used-by-12-6pct-office-2010-by-41pct-at-home",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "12.6% of Japanese Mynavi News readers named Office 2003 among the Office versions on their home PCs in March 2014, against 41.0% for Office 2010 and 15.4% for Office 2013 (Mynavi News, 2014).",
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      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 12.6,
      "unit": "% of respondents with the version on a home PC (multiple answers, Mynavi News poll)",
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      "publisher_short": null,
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      "period": "2014-03",
      "population": "500 members of Mynavi News (Japanese tech news site), asked about PCs owned by themselves or their family, excluding work and school PCs",
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      "source_title": "サポート終了間近、Office 2003の現役稼働率は? - マイナビニュース調査 (Mynavi News)",
      "source_url": "https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20140324-office01/",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2014-03-24",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Office 2003の使用率が12.6%(63人)に下がっている。もっとも多く使用されているのはOffice 2010で41.0%(205人)だった。",
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      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Online poll of 500 Mynavi News members in Japan, published 24 March 2014, two weeks before Office 2003's end of support (9 April 2014 Japan time). Consumer and family PCs only; company and school PCs were excluded by design. Self-selected tech-news readers, so not representative of Japan. Translation by the collector. Translation: 'Office 2003's usage falls to 12.6% (63 people). The most used is Office 2010 at 41.0% (205 people).' The same paragraph gives Office 2013 at 15.4% (77 people).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#mynavi-2014-03-24-japan-office-2003-used-by-12-6pct-office-2010-by-41pct-at-home",
      "citation_text": "12.6% of Japanese Mynavi News readers named Office 2003 among the Office versions on their home PCs in March 2014, against 41.0% for Office 2010 and 15.4% for Office 2013 (Mynavi News, 2014). Source: Mynavi News, \"サポート終了間近、Office 2003の現役稼働率は? - マイナビニュース調査 (Mynavi News)\" (https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20140324-office01/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#mynavi-2014-03-24-japan-office-2003-used-by-12-6pct-office-2010-by-41pct-at-home."
    },
    {
      "id": "nikkei-itpro-2009-07-09-japan-more-than-half-of-office-users-on-office-2003",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "More than half of the Microsoft Office users in Nikkei ITpro's 2009 reader survey used Office 2003 at work rather than the newer Office 2007, two and a half years after its release (Nikkei ITpro, 2009).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": null,
      "unit": "share of respondents using Microsoft Office at work who use Office 2003 (more than half; exact figure behind paywall)",
      "display_value": "more than half",
      "display_label": "",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Japan",
      "period": "2009",
      "population": "Respondents to a Nikkei ITpro (Nikkei BP) survey on the office software they use at work",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Nikkei ITpro (Nikkei BP)",
      "source_title": "OpenOffice.orgを業務で使っているのは19.2％，Microsoft Officeは半数以上が2003 (Nikkei ITpro, now Nikkei xTECH)",
      "source_url": "https://xtech.nikkei.com/it/article/Research/20090708/333446/",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "paywalled",
      "published_at": "2009-07-09",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Microsoft Officeのユーザーは半数以上が，最新版のOffice 2007ではなくOffice 2003を使っている。",
      "locator": "Headline and article summary (meta description); the body and the exact figures require registration",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Translation: 'More than half of Microsoft Office users use Office 2003, not the latest Office 2007.' The same headline gives OpenOffice.org at 19.2% of respondents for work use (office-competitors family). Sample size and the exact Office 2003 share sit behind Nikkei's registration wall and were not read.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#nikkei-itpro-2009-07-09-japan-more-than-half-of-office-users-on-office-2003",
      "citation_text": "More than half of the Microsoft Office users in Nikkei ITpro's 2009 reader survey used Office 2003 at work rather than the newer Office 2007, two and a half years after its release (Nikkei ITpro, 2009). Source: Nikkei ITpro (Nikkei BP), \"OpenOffice.orgを業務で使っているのは19.2％，Microsoft Officeは半数以上が2003 (Nikkei ITpro, now Nikkei xTECH)\" (https://xtech.nikkei.com/it/article/Research/20090708/333446/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#nikkei-itpro-2009-07-09-japan-more-than-half-of-office-users-on-office-2003."
    },
    {
      "id": "avast-pc-trends-2019-office-2010-installed-on-3pct-of-pcs",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "3% of PCs worldwide running Avast and AVG software had Office 2010 installed in 2018, Avast's PC Trends Report 2019 said, two years before its end of support (Avast, 2019).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 3,
      "unit": "% of PCs with Office 2010 installed (Avast and AVG telemetry)",
      "display_value": "3%",
      "display_label": "",
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      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2018",
      "population": "PCs running Avast and AVG security software worldwide (163 million devices; mostly consumer PCs)",
      "sample_n": 163000000,
      "publisher": "Avast",
      "source_title": "Avast PC Trends Report 2019 (PDF)",
      "source_url": "https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/486579/Avast_PC_Trends_Report_2019.pdf",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2019-01-22",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "The same will happen soon for Office 2010, as its lifecycle will end in 2020, although it's only installed on 3% of PCs worldwide.",
      "locator": "Page 10, 'Out-of-Date Office programs: 15% of Office 2007 and 2010 users at risk'",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor telemetry from a mostly consumer user base; Avast sells security software and reports on out-of-date apps it can update. The report's Office chart ('Most Out-of-Date Office Programs') lists MS Office Enterprise 2007 15%, Office Professional Plus 2013 10%, Office 365 8%, Professional Plus 2016 5%, Professional Plus 2007 3% and an 'MS Office 2017' at 3% (no such product exists), all labelled 'TOTAL INSTALLS' without saying of what, so only the figures stated in the text are recorded. Contrast with business samples of the same period (Intra2net: Office 2010 on 40% of small German firms' Office PCs in January 2019): a consumer base and a business base give very different pictures.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#avast-pc-trends-2019-office-2010-installed-on-3pct-of-pcs",
      "citation_text": "3% of PCs worldwide running Avast and AVG software had Office 2010 installed in 2018, Avast's PC Trends Report 2019 said, two years before its end of support (Avast, 2019). Source: Avast, \"Avast PC Trends Report 2019 (PDF)\" (https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/486579/Avast_PC_Trends_Report_2019.pdf). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#avast-pc-trends-2019-office-2010-installed-on-3pct-of-pcs."
    },
    {
      "id": "avast-pc-trends-2019-microsoft-office-installed-on-45pct-of-computers",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "45% of PCs worldwide running Avast and AVG software had some version of Microsoft Office installed in 2018, from Office 2007 to Office 2016 and Office 365, Avast said (Avast, 2019).",
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      "short_refs": null,
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      "unit": "% of PCs with any Microsoft Office version installed (Avast and AVG telemetry)",
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      "display_label": "",
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      "published_at": "2019-01-22",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Microsoft Office appears to be the most popular as it is installed on 45% of computers. The versions installed range from Office 2007 to Office 2016 and Office 365.",
      "locator": "Page 4, 'PC Insights & Analysis - Software'",
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      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Vendor telemetry from a mostly consumer user base; Avast sells security software and reports on out-of-date apps it can update. The report's Office chart ('Most Out-of-Date Office Programs') lists MS Office Enterprise 2007 15%, Office Professional Plus 2013 10%, Office 365 8%, Professional Plus 2016 5%, Professional Plus 2007 3% and an 'MS Office 2017' at 3% (no such product exists), all labelled 'TOTAL INSTALLS' without saying of what, so only the figures stated in the text are recorded. The press release ranks Office fourth among the most installed apps (after Chrome, Adobe Reader and WinRAR). Installations on consumer-heavy PCs, not users.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#avast-pc-trends-2019-microsoft-office-installed-on-45pct-of-computers",
      "citation_text": "45% of PCs worldwide running Avast and AVG software had some version of Microsoft Office installed in 2018, from Office 2007 to Office 2016 and Office 365, Avast said (Avast, 2019). Source: Avast, \"Avast PC Trends Report 2019 (PDF)\" (https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/486579/Avast_PC_Trends_Report_2019.pdf). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#avast-pc-trends-2019-microsoft-office-installed-on-45pct-of-computers."
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      "id": "litmus-2018-01-25-outlook-2016-38pct-of-outlook-desktop-opens-2017",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "38% of the email opens in desktop Outlook tracked by Litmus in 2017 came from Outlook 2016, replacing Outlook 2010 as the most used version (Litmus, 2018).",
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      "sample_n": null,
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      "source_title": "The 2017 Email Client Market Share [Infographic] (Litmus blog)",
      "source_url": "https://www.litmus.com/blog/the-2017-email-client-market-share-infographic",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2018-01-25",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Outlook 2016 — 38%",
      "locator": "Section 'Is Outlook back on the rise?', list 'Most popular Outlook versions: As a percentage of all Outlook opens'",
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      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "litmus-outlook-desktop-opens-share-outlook-2016",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "A proxy for the Office version mix, not a count of installations: Outlook is part of Office, and Litmus identifies the Outlook version from each open of a tracked marketing email, so heavy email readers weigh more than light ones and image blocking hides some opens. Litmus stopped splitting the versions once Outlook 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024 and Microsoft 365 began sharing one identifier (see litmus-2026-outlook-2016-and-newer-cannot-be-told-apart). The post's text says '37% of all emails opened on an Outlook desktop client now being opened on Outlook 2016' while its chart says 38%; the chart figure is recorded.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#litmus-2018-01-25-outlook-2016-38pct-of-outlook-desktop-opens-2017",
      "citation_text": "38% of the email opens in desktop Outlook tracked by Litmus in 2017 came from Outlook 2016, replacing Outlook 2010 as the most used version (Litmus, 2018). Source: Litmus, \"The 2017 Email Client Market Share [Infographic] (Litmus blog)\" (https://www.litmus.com/blog/the-2017-email-client-market-share-infographic). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#litmus-2018-01-25-outlook-2016-38pct-of-outlook-desktop-opens-2017."
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      "id": "litmus-2018-01-25-outlook-2010-23pct-of-outlook-desktop-opens-2017",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "23% of the email opens in desktop Outlook tracked by Litmus in 2017 came from Outlook 2010, down from 35% in February 2016 (Litmus, 2018).",
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      "short_refs": null,
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      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2018-01-25",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Outlook 2010 — 23%",
      "locator": "Section 'Is Outlook back on the rise?', list 'Most popular Outlook versions: As a percentage of all Outlook opens'",
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      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "litmus-outlook-desktop-opens-share-outlook-2010",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "A proxy for the Office version mix, not a count of installations: Outlook is part of Office, and Litmus identifies the Outlook version from each open of a tracked marketing email, so heavy email readers weigh more than light ones and image blocking hides some opens. Litmus stopped splitting the versions once Outlook 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024 and Microsoft 365 began sharing one identifier (see litmus-2026-outlook-2016-and-newer-cannot-be-told-apart).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#litmus-2018-01-25-outlook-2010-23pct-of-outlook-desktop-opens-2017",
      "citation_text": "23% of the email opens in desktop Outlook tracked by Litmus in 2017 came from Outlook 2010, down from 35% in February 2016 (Litmus, 2018). Source: Litmus, \"The 2017 Email Client Market Share [Infographic] (Litmus blog)\" (https://www.litmus.com/blog/the-2017-email-client-market-share-infographic). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#litmus-2018-01-25-outlook-2010-23pct-of-outlook-desktop-opens-2017."
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      "id": "litmus-2018-01-25-outlook-2013-21pct-of-outlook-desktop-opens-2017",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "21% of the email opens in desktop Outlook tracked by Litmus in 2017 came from Outlook 2013 (Litmus, 2018).",
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      "short_refs": null,
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      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2018-01-25",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Outlook 2013 — 21%",
      "locator": "Section 'Is Outlook back on the rise?', list 'Most popular Outlook versions: As a percentage of all Outlook opens'",
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      "citation_text": "7% of the email opens in desktop Outlook tracked by Litmus in 2017 came from Outlook 2000 to 2003, more than three years after Office 2003's end of support (Litmus, 2018). Source: Litmus, \"The 2017 Email Client Market Share [Infographic] (Litmus blog)\" (https://www.litmus.com/blog/the-2017-email-client-market-share-infographic). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#litmus-2018-01-25-outlook-2000-2003-7pct-of-outlook-desktop-opens-2017."
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      "citation_text": "35% of the email opens in desktop Outlook tracked by Litmus in February 2016 came from Outlook 2010, still the most used version (Litmus, 2016). Source: Litmus, \"Mobile Dominates March Market Share As Trends Continue (Litmus blog)\" (https://www.litmus.com/blog/mobile-dominates-march-market-share-as-trends-continue). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#litmus-2016-04-06-outlook-2010-35pct-of-outlook-opens-february-2016."
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      "citation_text": "26% of the email opens in desktop Outlook tracked by Litmus in February 2016 came from Outlook 2013 (Litmus, 2016). Source: Litmus, \"Mobile Dominates March Market Share As Trends Continue (Litmus blog)\" (https://www.litmus.com/blog/mobile-dominates-march-market-share-as-trends-continue). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#litmus-2016-04-06-outlook-2013-26pct-of-outlook-opens-february-2016."
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      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "despite debuting only this past September, Outlook 2016 is gaining traction with 9% of Outlook opens.",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#litmus-2016-04-06-outlook-2016-9pct-of-outlook-opens-february-2016",
      "citation_text": "9% of the email opens in desktop Outlook tracked by Litmus in February 2016 came from Outlook 2016, five months after its release (Litmus, 2016). Source: Litmus, \"Mobile Dominates March Market Share As Trends Continue (Litmus blog)\" (https://www.litmus.com/blog/mobile-dominates-march-market-share-as-trends-continue). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#litmus-2016-04-06-outlook-2016-9pct-of-outlook-opens-february-2016."
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      "id": "litmus-2016-03-01-outlook-2016-over-5pct-of-outlook-opens-2015",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "Over 5% of the email opens in desktop Outlook tracked by Litmus in 2015 came from Outlook 2016 within months of its September 2015 release, while Outlook 2003 opens fell 35% over the year (Litmus, 2016).",
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      "quote": "Outlook 2016 for Windows was released in September 2015 and has already seen some adoption, picking up over 5% of Outlook opens. Outlook 2013 also saw a 50% gain over the year, whereas Outlook 2003 dropped 35%.",
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      "series": "litmus-outlook-desktop-opens-share-outlook-2016",
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      "notes": "A proxy for the Office version mix, not a count of installations: Outlook is part of Office, and Litmus identifies the Outlook version from each open of a tracked marketing email, so heavy email readers weigh more than light ones and image blocking hides some opens. Litmus stopped splitting the versions once Outlook 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024 and Microsoft 365 began sharing one identifier (see litmus-2026-outlook-2016-and-newer-cannot-be-told-apart). 13 billion opens tracked in 2015. 'Over 5%' recorded as 5.",
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      "citation_text": "Over 5% of the email opens in desktop Outlook tracked by Litmus in 2015 came from Outlook 2016 within months of its September 2015 release, while Outlook 2003 opens fell 35% over the year (Litmus, 2016). Source: Litmus, \"We Analyzed 13 Billion Opens to Discover Where Subscribers Read Email [Infographic] (Litmus blog)\" (https://www.litmus.com/blog/we-analyzed-13-billion-opens-to-discover-where-subscribers-read-email-infographic). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#litmus-2016-03-01-outlook-2016-over-5pct-of-outlook-opens-2015."
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      "quote": "The majority of these opens are Outlook 2016 and newer, which all have the same identifiers so we are not able to distinguish between them.",
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      "notes": "Explains why the Litmus version series stops after 2017: Microsoft kept the Office 2016 version number (16.0) for Office 2019, 2021, 2024 and Microsoft 365 Apps, so neither email trackers nor inventory tools reading the version number can tell them apart without the product name. The same note lists the older versions still seen ('Outlook 2016 Pro, Outlook 2013, Outlook 2010, Outlook 2007, Outlook 2000-2003') without shares. published_at set to 2026-01-01 (page updated monthly; year only).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#litmus-2026-outlook-2016-and-newer-cannot-be-told-apart",
      "citation_text": "No tracker can split Outlook 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024 and Microsoft 365 opens: Litmus says in 2026 that most desktop Outlook opens come from 'Outlook 2016 and newer', which all share one identifier (Litmus, 2026). Source: Litmus, \"Email Client Market Share: Trends & Statistics 2026 (Litmus)\" (https://www.litmus.com/email-client-market-share). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#litmus-2026-outlook-2016-and-newer-cannot-be-told-apart."
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      "statement": "'Businesses Still Prefer Office 2007', Tom's Hardware headlined in November 2017, turning Spiceworks' finding that 68% of organisations ran at least one copy of Office 2007 into a preference, although Office 2010 led at 83% (Tom's Hardware, 2017).",
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      "notes": "Restatement drift: Spiceworks' 68% is a penetration rate from network inventory data (an organisation counts if any device runs Office 2007), not businesses 'quizzed' and not a preference; Office 2010 (83%) was the most deployed version in the same data. Original: spiceworks-2017-11-06-deployment-data-office-2007-at-68pct-of-organizations-after-eos.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#tomshardware-2017-11-07-restates-spiceworks-office-2007-68pct-as-businesses-prefer-office-2007",
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      "source_type": "secondary",
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      "quote": "Selbst alte Microsoft Office Versionen (45%) werden noch sehr häufig eingesetzt.",
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      "notes": "Translation: 'Even old Microsoft Office versions (45%) are still used very often.' Avast's report says Office 'is installed on 45% of computers' (all versions, Office 2007 to Office 365). Original: avast-pc-trends-2019-microsoft-office-installed-on-45pct-of-computers.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#deskmodder-2019-01-22-restates-avast-45pct-office-installed-as-old-office-versions",
      "citation_text": "'Old Microsoft Office versions (45%)' were still widely used, Deskmodder wrote in January 2019, misreading Avast's figure that 45% of PCs had any version of Office installed (Deskmodder, 2019). Source: Deskmodder, \"55% der installierten Software ist veraltet laut Avast PC Trend Report 2019 (Deskmodder)\" (https://www.deskmodder.de/blog/2019/01/22/55-der-installierten-software-ist-veraltet-laut-avast-pc-trend-report-2019/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#deskmodder-2019-01-22-restates-avast-45pct-office-installed-as-old-office-versions."
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      "notes": "Untraceable: no estimator or method is named, and no published sample supports it (Intra2net found Office 2013 on 9% of small German firms' on-premises Office PCs in 2024). A 'numbers we will not publish' case: a per-version count of this size has never been published by Microsoft or any tracker.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#woodstockit-2022-06-17-restates-office-2013-on-1-billion-devices-untraced",
      "citation_text": "About 1 billion devices worldwide ran Office 2013, an IT services firm's blog claimed in June 2022 without a source, apparently stretching Microsoft's 1.2 billion Office users (all versions) to a single version (Woodstock IT, 2022). Source: Woodstock IT Services, \"Microsoft Office 2013 End Of Life (Woodstock IT blog)\" (https://www.woodstockit.co.uk/blog/microsoft-office-2013-end-of-life/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#woodstockit-2022-06-17-restates-office-2013-on-1-billion-devices-untraced."
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      "id": "itsolutions-2020-10-22-restates-office-2010-250-million-users-as-hypothetical",
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      "statement": "250 million users 'may be operating with no security' after Office 2010's end of support, an IT services firm wrote in October 2020, a hypothetical quarter of a 'nearly one billion' Office 2010 user base it did not source (IT Solutions, 2020).",
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      "quote": "If even a quarter of the original Office 2010 user base is still running any of these apps after support ended for Office 2010 on October 13, 250 Million users may be operating with no security.",
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      "notes": "The same page says 'There is no current figure for how many organizations still use Office 2010' and that 'At one point, the user base was estimated to be nearly one billion', without saying who estimated it. A scenario, not a measurement; a 'numbers we will not publish' case. Page modified 3 July 2026.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#itsolutions-2020-10-22-restates-office-2010-250-million-users-as-hypothetical",
      "citation_text": "250 million users 'may be operating with no security' after Office 2010's end of support, an IT services firm wrote in October 2020, a hypothetical quarter of a 'nearly one billion' Office 2010 user base it did not source (IT Solutions, 2020). Source: IT Solutions Consulting, \"Still Running Microsoft Office 2010? It's Time to Upgrade Your Features and Security with Microsoft 365 (IT Solutions blog)\" (https://www.itsolutions-inc.com/articles/still-running-microsoft-office-2010-its-time-to-upgrade-your-features-and-security-with-microsoft-365/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#itsolutions-2020-10-22-restates-office-2010-250-million-users-as-hypothetical."
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      "id": "6sense-2026-restates-office-2013-used-by-5429-customers",
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      "quote": "Microsoft Office has 417373 customer(s), while Microsoft Office 2013 has 5429 customer(s).",
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      "notes": "Technographics restatement, recorded only to show what such pages claim: the counts move between crawls (a search-engine snippet of a 6sense page showed 3,004 customers and 0.13%), and 6sense also credits 'Microsoft Office' with 417,373 customers and a 16.39% category share. No date on the page; published_at set to the fetch date. Fetched with WebFetch because curl met a Cloudflare challenge; the returned sentences are saved in raw/. Compare the Datanyze and Landbase records for Office 2016.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#6sense-2026-restates-office-2013-used-by-5429-customers",
      "citation_text": "**5,429** 'customers' use Microsoft Office 2013, a 0.21% share of the office suites category, the technographics vendor 6sense claimed in October 2026, a web-detection count with no published method that says nothing about how many people use Office 2013 (6sense, 2026). Source: 6sense, \"Microsoft Office Vs Microsoft Office 2013: In-Depth Comparison (6sense technographics page)\" (https://www.6sense.com/tech/office-suites/microsoftoffice2013-vs-microsoftoffice). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#6sense-2026-restates-office-2013-used-by-5429-customers."
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      "id": "computerworld-2014-02-12-gartner-office-2003-probably-30-to-40pct",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "**30% to 40%** was Gartner analyst Michael Silver's estimate of how prevalent Office 2003 still was in business in February 2014, eight weeks before its end of support, an estimate rather than a measured share (Computerworld, 2014).",
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      "source_title": "Windows XP isn't the only software getting the knife in 8 weeks (Computerworld, Gregg Keizer)",
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      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "But Silver pegged the prevalence of Office 2003 as more than the pockets Miller portrayed. “It’s probably in the 30% to 40% range,” Silver said.",
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      "notes": "An analyst's spoken estimate, not a survey: the base (users, PCs or organisations) is not stated. It is the closest figure to the 8 April 2014 deadline found; the last measured one is Forrester's 28% of 155 surveyed companies in 2013. Directions on Microsoft's Wes Miller described only 'pockets' of Office 2003 in the same article. TechCentral.ie reprinted the article unchanged on 10 April 2014 (saved in raw/). Silver explained the holdout: 'Because of Vista, because of the timing, because of the costs, a lot of organizations skipped Office 2007.'",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#computerworld-2014-02-12-gartner-office-2003-probably-30-to-40pct",
      "citation_text": "**30% to 40%** was Gartner analyst Michael Silver's estimate of how prevalent Office 2003 still was in business in February 2014, eight weeks before its end of support, an estimate rather than a measured share (Computerworld, 2014). Source: Computerworld (Gartner analyst quoted), \"Windows XP isn't the only software getting the knife in 8 weeks (Computerworld, Gregg Keizer)\" (https://www.computerworld.com/article/1609787/windows-xp-isn-t-the-only-software-getting-the-knife-in-8-weeks.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#computerworld-2014-02-12-gartner-office-2003-probably-30-to-40pct."
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    {
      "id": "infoworld-2004-10-12-gartner-office-xp-50pct-of-office-base",
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      "statement": "50% of Microsoft Office's market was on Office XP in October 2004, the most used version three years after its release, InfoWorld reported from Gartner (Gartner via InfoWorld, 2004).",
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      "source_title": "Microsoft fights itself (InfoWorld, Jack McCarthy)",
      "source_url": "https://www.infoworld.com/article/2323134/microsoft-fights-itself.html",
      "source_type": "secondary",
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      "published_at": "2004-10-12",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "According to Gartner, Office XP, introduced in May, 2001, still accounts for 50 per cent of market share with Office 2000 not far behind with 45 per cent.",
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      "notes": "Gartner figures as reported by InfoWorld (Jack McCarthy), with no method given; they add up to 100% and read as shares of Office's business customer base. A month later Gartner's Michael Silver gave eWeek different numbers (about 45% of larger enterprises on Office 2000, under 10% on Office 2003, and about 15% of customers at a Gartner conference reporting Office 97), so treat both as rough.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#infoworld-2004-10-12-gartner-office-xp-50pct-of-office-base",
      "citation_text": "50% of Microsoft Office's market was on Office XP in October 2004, the most used version three years after its release, InfoWorld reported from Gartner (Gartner via InfoWorld, 2004). Source: InfoWorld (data: Gartner), \"Microsoft fights itself (InfoWorld, Jack McCarthy)\" (https://www.infoworld.com/article/2323134/microsoft-fights-itself.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#infoworld-2004-10-12-gartner-office-xp-50pct-of-office-base."
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      "id": "infoworld-2004-10-12-gartner-office-2000-45pct-of-office-base",
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      "statement": "45% of Microsoft Office's market was on Office 2000 in October 2004, InfoWorld reported from Gartner (Gartner via InfoWorld, 2004).",
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      "notes": "Gartner figures as reported by InfoWorld (Jack McCarthy), with no method given; they add up to 100% and read as shares of Office's business customer base. A month later Gartner's Michael Silver gave eWeek different numbers (about 45% of larger enterprises on Office 2000, under 10% on Office 2003, and about 15% of customers at a Gartner conference reporting Office 97), so treat both as rough.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#infoworld-2004-10-12-gartner-office-2000-45pct-of-office-base",
      "citation_text": "45% of Microsoft Office's market was on Office 2000 in October 2004, InfoWorld reported from Gartner (Gartner via InfoWorld, 2004). Source: InfoWorld (data: Gartner), \"Microsoft fights itself (InfoWorld, Jack McCarthy)\" (https://www.infoworld.com/article/2323134/microsoft-fights-itself.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#infoworld-2004-10-12-gartner-office-2000-45pct-of-office-base."
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      "id": "infoworld-2004-10-12-gartner-office-97-4pct-of-office-base",
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      "statement": "4% of Microsoft Office's market was on Office 97 in October 2004, months after Microsoft stopped supporting it, InfoWorld reported from Gartner (Gartner via InfoWorld, 2004).",
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      "quote": "Even Office 97, now relatively ancient (Microsoft stopped supporting the product early this year) has a four percent market share.",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#infoworld-2004-10-12-gartner-office-97-4pct-of-office-base",
      "citation_text": "4% of Microsoft Office's market was on Office 97 in October 2004, months after Microsoft stopped supporting it, InfoWorld reported from Gartner (Gartner via InfoWorld, 2004). Source: InfoWorld (data: Gartner), \"Microsoft fights itself (InfoWorld, Jack McCarthy)\" (https://www.infoworld.com/article/2323134/microsoft-fights-itself.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#infoworld-2004-10-12-gartner-office-97-4pct-of-office-base."
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      "id": "infoworld-2004-10-12-gartner-office-2003-1pct-of-office-base",
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      "statement": "1% was the share of Microsoft Office's market that Gartner projected Office 2003 would hold in late 2004, a year after its launch, far behind Office XP and Office 2000, InfoWorld reported (Gartner via InfoWorld, 2004).",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#infoworld-2004-10-12-gartner-office-2003-1pct-of-office-base",
      "citation_text": "1% was the share of Microsoft Office's market that Gartner projected Office 2003 would hold in late 2004, a year after its launch, far behind Office XP and Office 2000, InfoWorld reported (Gartner via InfoWorld, 2004). Source: InfoWorld (data: Gartner), \"Microsoft fights itself (InfoWorld, Jack McCarthy)\" (https://www.infoworld.com/article/2323134/microsoft-fights-itself.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#infoworld-2004-10-12-gartner-office-2003-1pct-of-office-base."
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      "id": "eweek-2004-11-04-gartner-office-2000-at-45pct-of-larger-enterprises",
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      "statement": "About 45% of larger enterprises still used Office 2000 in late 2004 and fewer than 10% the then-current Office 2003, Gartner analyst Michael Silver told eWeek (Gartner via eWeek, 2004).",
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      "source_title": "MS Office 12's Competition: Its Older Versions and Linux Suites (eWeek)",
      "source_url": "https://www.eweek.com/de/news/ms-office-12s-competition-its-older-versions-and-linux-suites/",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#eweek-2004-11-04-gartner-office-2000-at-45pct-of-larger-enterprises",
      "citation_text": "About 45% of larger enterprises still used Office 2000 in late 2004 and fewer than 10% the then-current Office 2003, Gartner analyst Michael Silver told eWeek (Gartner via eWeek, 2004). Source: eWeek (Gartner analyst quoted), \"MS Office 12's Competition: Its Older Versions and Linux Suites (eWeek)\" (https://www.eweek.com/de/news/ms-office-12s-competition-its-older-versions-and-linux-suites/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#eweek-2004-11-04-gartner-office-2000-at-45pct-of-larger-enterprises."
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      "quote": "he pointed to an ad hoc survey taken at a recent Gartner conference, where about 15 percent of enterprise customers reported using Office 97",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#eweek-2004-11-04-gartner-conference-poll-15pct-still-on-office-97",
      "citation_text": "About 15% of enterprise customers polled at a 2004 Gartner conference still used Office 97, months after Microsoft stopped supporting it, Gartner's Michael Silver told eWeek (Gartner via eWeek, 2004). Source: eWeek (Gartner analyst quoted), \"MS Office 12's Competition: Its Older Versions and Linux Suites (eWeek)\" (https://www.eweek.com/de/news/ms-office-12s-competition-its-older-versions-and-linux-suites/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#eweek-2004-11-04-gartner-conference-poll-15pct-still-on-office-97."
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      "source_title": "Study: Despite bright, shiny rivals, good old Office still rules at work (PCWorld, IDG News Service)",
      "source_url": "https://www.pcworld.com/article/448229/study-despite-bright-shiny-rivals-good-old-office-still-rules-at-work.html",
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      "published_at": "2013-10-21",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Office for Mac 2011 is in 17 percent of the surveyed companies",
      "locator": "Section 'Welcome to 2010'",
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      "notes": "Replaces page 4's finding-2026-10-14-no-published-usage-figure-for-any-office-for-mac-version, which said no figure existed for any Mac version including 2011; Forrester's 2013 survey (reported by PCWorld) is one. Nothing found for Office 2008 for Mac either. Searched to 15 October 2026: Microsoft lifecycle, support and Mac blog pages, Microsoft's Spanish release of 19 July 2016 on Office 2016 for Mac's first year (company-wide '1.200 millones' Office users only), Litmus (groups 'Outlook for macOS' without a share), Intra2net (Windows PCs only), Spiceworks, Forrester, Avast, technographics pages. Microsoft forced older Mac versions into read-only mode in 2026 (office-lifecycle-dates family).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#finding-2026-10-15-no-office-for-mac-usage-figure-since-2013",
      "citation_text": "No usage figure for Office 2016, 2019, 2021 or 2024 for Mac has been published by Microsoft or any tracker; the last found is from Forrester's 2013 survey, in which 17% of 155 client companies had Office for Mac 2011 (Forrester via PCWorld, 2013). Source: PCWorld (data: Forrester Research), \"Study: Despite bright, shiny rivals, good old Office still rules at work (PCWorld, IDG News Service)\" (https://www.pcworld.com/article/448229/study-despite-bright-shiny-rivals-good-old-office-still-rules-at-work.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#finding-2026-10-15-no-office-for-mac-usage-figure-since-2013."
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      "published_at": "2005-12-09",
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      "quote": "Office 2003: 45%",
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      "notes": "Self-selected reader poll of an Office newsletter, so it leans to keen Office users; useful as a period snapshot, not a market share. Home answers were close: Office 2003 43%, Office 2000 22%, Office XP 20%, Office 97 6%. The rest to 100% were other choices (including OpenOffice 2). Compare Microsoft's internal figure of 15% of PCs on Office 2003, reported by The Register five months earlier: enthusiasts upgrade faster than the installed base.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#officewatch-2005-12-09-reader-survey-office-2003-45pct-at-work",
      "citation_text": "45% of Office Watch newsletter readers used Office 2003 at work in late 2005, two years after its launch and still short of a majority, in a reader poll with over 9,500 responses (Office Watch, 2005). Source: Office Watch, \"Which version of Office: survey results (Office Watch)\" (https://office-watch.com/2005/which-version-of-office-survey-results/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#officewatch-2005-12-09-reader-survey-office-2003-45pct-at-work."
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      "id": "officewatch-2005-12-09-reader-survey-office-2000-23pct-at-work",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "23% of Office Watch newsletter readers used Office 2000 at work in late 2005, ahead of the newer Office XP, in a reader poll with over 9,500 responses (Office Watch, 2005).",
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      "quote": "Office 2000: 23%",
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      "notes": "Self-selected reader poll of an Office newsletter, so it leans to keen Office users; useful as a period snapshot, not a market share. Home answers were close: Office 2003 43%, Office 2000 22%, Office XP 20%, Office 97 6%. The rest to 100% were other choices (including OpenOffice 2).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#officewatch-2005-12-09-reader-survey-office-2000-23pct-at-work",
      "citation_text": "23% of Office Watch newsletter readers used Office 2000 at work in late 2005, ahead of the newer Office XP, in a reader poll with over 9,500 responses (Office Watch, 2005). Source: Office Watch, \"Which version of Office: survey results (Office Watch)\" (https://office-watch.com/2005/which-version-of-office-survey-results/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#officewatch-2005-12-09-reader-survey-office-2000-23pct-at-work."
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      "id": "officewatch-2005-12-09-reader-survey-office-xp-19pct-at-work",
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      "statement": "19% of Office Watch newsletter readers used Office XP at work in late 2005, in a reader poll with over 9,500 responses (Office Watch, 2005).",
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      "quote": "Office XP: 19%",
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      "notes": "Self-selected reader poll of an Office newsletter, so it leans to keen Office users; useful as a period snapshot, not a market share. Home answers were close: Office 2003 43%, Office 2000 22%, Office XP 20%, Office 97 6%. The rest to 100% were other choices (including OpenOffice 2).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#officewatch-2005-12-09-reader-survey-office-xp-19pct-at-work",
      "citation_text": "19% of Office Watch newsletter readers used Office XP at work in late 2005, in a reader poll with over 9,500 responses (Office Watch, 2005). Source: Office Watch, \"Which version of Office: survey results (Office Watch)\" (https://office-watch.com/2005/which-version-of-office-survey-results/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#officewatch-2005-12-09-reader-survey-office-xp-19pct-at-work."
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      "id": "officewatch-2005-12-09-reader-survey-office-97-5pct-at-work",
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      "statement": "5% of Office Watch newsletter readers used Office 97 at work in late 2005, nearly two years after its support ended, in a reader poll with over 9,500 responses (Office Watch, 2005).",
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      "quote": "Office 97: 5%",
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      "derived": false,
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      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#officewatch-2005-12-09-reader-survey-office-97-5pct-at-work",
      "citation_text": "5% of Office Watch newsletter readers used Office 97 at work in late 2005, nearly two years after its support ended, in a reader poll with over 9,500 responses (Office Watch, 2005). Source: Office Watch, \"Which version of Office: survey results (Office Watch)\" (https://office-watch.com/2005/which-version-of-office-survey-results/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#officewatch-2005-12-09-reader-survey-office-97-5pct-at-work."
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    {
      "id": "officewatch-2019-03-19-reader-poll-office-2016-17pct",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "17% of Office Watch readers in a small 2019 poll were sticking with Office 2016, while 'well over half' used Office 365 and very few Office 2019 (Office Watch, 2019).",
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      "population": "Readers of the Office Watch newsletter who answered a sample Microsoft Forms poll ('a few hundred, self-selected respondents')",
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      "source_title": "Who is using which MS Office? Office Watch survey results (Office Watch)",
      "source_url": "https://office-watch.com/2019/who-is-using-which-ms-office-office-watch-survey-results/",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2019-03-19",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "17% of respondents are sticking with Office 2016 which suggests that people are staying with that single-payment version of Office",
      "locator": "Section 'Which Office do you use?'",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Very small self-selected poll of Office enthusiasts; Office Watch itself says 'We're taking all these results lightly'. 'Well over half' of respondents used Office 365. Useful only as colour beside the measured samples (Intra2net, Litmus).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#officewatch-2019-03-19-reader-poll-office-2016-17pct",
      "citation_text": "17% of Office Watch readers in a small 2019 poll were sticking with Office 2016, while 'well over half' used Office 365 and very few Office 2019 (Office Watch, 2019). Source: Office Watch, \"Who is using which MS Office? Office Watch survey results (Office Watch)\" (https://office-watch.com/2019/who-is-using-which-ms-office-office-watch-survey-results/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#officewatch-2019-03-19-reader-poll-office-2016-17pct."
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    {
      "id": "officewatch-2019-03-19-reader-poll-office-2010-13pct-office-2013-7pct",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "13% of Office Watch readers in a small 2019 poll still used Office 2010, more than the 7% on the newer Office 2013 (Office Watch, 2019).",
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      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "More people reported using Office 2010 than Office 2013 (13% vs 7%) which was a little surprising.",
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      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Very small self-selected poll of Office enthusiasts; Office Watch itself says 'We're taking all these results lightly'. 'Well over half' of respondents used Office 365. Useful only as colour beside the measured samples (Intra2net, Litmus). The same pattern (Office 2010 ahead of Office 2013) appears in Intra2net's January 2019 business sample (40% against 24%).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#officewatch-2019-03-19-reader-poll-office-2010-13pct-office-2013-7pct",
      "citation_text": "13% of Office Watch readers in a small 2019 poll still used Office 2010, more than the 7% on the newer Office 2013 (Office Watch, 2019). Source: Office Watch, \"Who is using which MS Office? Office Watch survey results (Office Watch)\" (https://office-watch.com/2019/who-is-using-which-ms-office-office-watch-survey-results/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#officewatch-2019-03-19-reader-poll-office-2010-13pct-office-2013-7pct."
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    {
      "id": "cpatrendlines-2018-06-06-cpafma-23pct-of-cpa-firms-standardised-on-office-2010",
      "family": "office-version-install-base",
      "statement": "23% of US accounting firms in the CPA Firm Management Association's 2018 IT survey had standardised on Office 2010, eight years after its release, against 31% on Office 2013 (CPA Trendlines, 2018).",
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      "unit": "% of responding accounting firms standardised on the version (CPAFMA IT survey)",
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      "source_title": "Microsoft Office 201x vs. Office 365 (CPA Trendlines, Roman H. Kepczyk)",
      "source_url": "https://cpatrendlines.com/2018/06/06/microsoft-office-201x-vs-office-365/",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2018-06-06",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "The CPAFMA 2018 IT Survey found that 45 percent of responding firms had standardized on Office 2016 (including Office 365 users), 31 percent had standardized on Office 2013 and 23 percent on Office 2010.",
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      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Sector survey of US accounting firms, reported by consultant Roman H. Kepczyk in CPA Trendlines (the rest of the article is for paying members; the figures are in the open lead). Shares of firms by the version they standardised on, which add up to 99%. Sample size not given in the open text. Kepczyk notes accounting firms lag because audit software vendors certify new Office versions late.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#cpatrendlines-2018-06-06-cpafma-23pct-of-cpa-firms-standardised-on-office-2010",
      "citation_text": "23% of US accounting firms in the CPA Firm Management Association's 2018 IT survey had standardised on Office 2010, eight years after its release, against 31% on Office 2013 (CPA Trendlines, 2018). Source: CPA Trendlines (data: CPA Firm Management Association), \"Microsoft Office 201x vs. Office 365 (CPA Trendlines, Roman H. Kepczyk)\" (https://cpatrendlines.com/2018/06/06/microsoft-office-201x-vs-office-365/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#cpatrendlines-2018-06-06-cpafma-23pct-of-cpa-firms-standardised-on-office-2010."
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#cpatrendlines-2018-06-06-cpafma-45pct-of-cpa-firms-standardised-on-office-2016-or-365",
      "citation_text": "45% of US accounting firms in the CPA Firm Management Association's 2018 IT survey had standardised on Office 2016, a figure that counts Office 365 users with it (CPA Trendlines, 2018). Source: CPA Trendlines (data: CPA Firm Management Association), \"Microsoft Office 201x vs. Office 365 (CPA Trendlines, Roman H. Kepczyk)\" (https://cpatrendlines.com/2018/06/06/microsoft-office-201x-vs-office-365/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#cpatrendlines-2018-06-06-cpafma-45pct-of-cpa-firms-standardised-on-office-2016-or-365."
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-2006-11-06-office-2007-rtm-3-5-million-beta-2-downloads",
      "citation_text": "More than 3.5 million people downloaded the second beta of the 2007 Microsoft Office system, the largest Office beta programme to that date, Microsoft said when the code was finished in November 2006 (Microsoft, 2006). Source: Microsoft, \"2007 Microsoft Office System Is Golden\" (https://news.microsoft.com/source/2006/11/06/2007-microsoft-office-system-is-golden/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-2006-11-06-office-2007-rtm-3-5-million-beta-2-downloads."
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      "citation_text": "Twice as many Office consumer licences were sold in Europe, the Middle East and Africa with the Office 2007 launch, driven by the Home and Student edition, Microsoft said in July 2007 (Microsoft, 2007). Source: Microsoft, \"Financial Analyst Meeting 2007: Jeff Raikes, President, Microsoft Business Division (transcript)\" (https://www.microsoft.com/msft/speech/FY07/RaikesFAM2007.mspx). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-fam-2007-07-27-office-2007-doubled-consumer-licence-sales-emea."
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      "statement": "120 million Office licences were sold between the launch of Office 2007 in November 2006 and July 2008, Stephen Elop told analysts in July 2008 (Microsoft, 2008).",
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      "quote": "There have been 120 million Office licenses sold since the launch of Office 2007, which is just a great result.",
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      "notes": "Licences of Office sold since the Office 2007 launch, as Elop worded it; some press reports at the time headlined it as 120 million copies of Office 2007 (for example winfuture.de, seen in search results; not fetched). Licences, not users or PCs.",
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      "citation_text": "120 million Office licences were sold between the launch of Office 2007 in November 2006 and July 2008, Stephen Elop told analysts in July 2008 (Microsoft, 2008). Source: Microsoft, \"Financial Analyst Meeting 2008: Stephen Elop, President, Microsoft Business Division (transcript)\" (https://www.microsoft.com/msft/speech/FY08/ElopFAM2008.mspx). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-fam-2008-07-24-office-2007-120-million-licences-sold-since-launch."
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      "citation_text": "Office 2007 was deployed slightly faster than Office 2003 over the same time from launch, as a share of the installed base of business PCs, despite its new interface, Microsoft said in July 2008 (Microsoft, 2008). Source: Microsoft, \"Financial Analyst Meeting 2008: Stephen Elop, President, Microsoft Business Division (transcript)\" (https://www.microsoft.com/msft/speech/FY08/ElopFAM2008.mspx). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-fam-2008-07-24-office-2007-deployment-slightly-ahead-of-office-2003."
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      "id": "microsoft-fam-2008-07-24-90pct-of-larger-businesses-expected-on-office-2007-by-summer-2009",
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      "statement": "90% of larger businesses would have deployed Office 2007 by the summer of 2009, two and a half years after its launch, Microsoft's own research projected in July 2008 (Microsoft, 2008).",
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      "population": "Microsoft's larger business customers, projection for summer 2009 (method and sample not given)",
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      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Our research indicates, amongst our larger customers as well, that 90 percent of businesses will have deployed Office 2007 by the summer of 2009.",
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      "notes": "A vendor projection of 'deployed' (at least started deploying), not a measured share of PCs. Independent samples at the time were lower: see the exo.performance.network figure of nearly 35% of Windows PCs running Office 2007 in September 2009 (page 4 id infoworld-2009-09-09-exo-performance-network-office-2007-on-nearly-35pct-of-windows-pcs, office-version-install-base family).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-fam-2008-07-24-90pct-of-larger-businesses-expected-on-office-2007-by-summer-2009",
      "citation_text": "90% of larger businesses would have deployed Office 2007 by the summer of 2009, two and a half years after its launch, Microsoft's own research projected in July 2008 (Microsoft, 2008). Source: Microsoft, \"Financial Analyst Meeting 2008: Stephen Elop, President, Microsoft Business Division (transcript)\" (https://www.microsoft.com/msft/speech/FY08/ElopFAM2008.mspx). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-fam-2008-07-24-90pct-of-larger-businesses-expected-on-office-2007-by-summer-2009."
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    {
      "id": "microsoft-austria-2007-12-03-office-2007-first-six-months-250-million-dollars-more-than-office-2003",
      "family": "office-launches-and-adoption",
      "statement": "US$250 million more revenue came from the 2007 Office system in its first six months on sale than from Office 2003 in the same period, Microsoft Austria said in December 2007 (Microsoft, 2007).",
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      "population": "Office revenue in the first six months after launch, Office 2007 versus Office 2003 (scope not stated; Microsoft Austria press release)",
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      "source_title": "Windows Vista und 2007 Microsoft Office System ein Jahr erfolgreich am Markt",
      "source_url": "https://www.pressetext.com/news/windows-vista-und-2007-microsoft-office-system-ein-jahr-erfolgreich-am-markt.html",
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      "quote": "So wurden in den ersten sechs Monaten nach Verkaufsstart 250 Millionen US-Dollar mehr umgesetzt als bei Office 2003 im gleichen Zeitraum.",
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      "notes": "German-language release by Microsoft Österreich distributed on pressetext (Vienna, 3 December 2007). The same paragraph says Office 2007 was about twice as successful as Office 2003 in the same period according to an NPD Group study of the first six months. Whether the US$250 million is worldwide or US retail is not stated.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-austria-2007-12-03-office-2007-first-six-months-250-million-dollars-more-than-office-2003",
      "citation_text": "US$250 million more revenue came from the 2007 Office system in its first six months on sale than from Office 2003 in the same period, Microsoft Austria said in December 2007 (Microsoft, 2007). Source: Microsoft Austria (via pressetext), \"Windows Vista und 2007 Microsoft Office System ein Jahr erfolgreich am Markt\" (https://www.pressetext.com/news/windows-vista-und-2007-microsoft-office-system-ein-jahr-erfolgreich-am-markt.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-austria-2007-12-03-office-2007-first-six-months-250-million-dollars-more-than-office-2003."
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    {
      "id": "microsoft-austria-2007-12-03-office-2007-trial-over-10-million-downloads-by-november-2007",
      "family": "office-launches-and-adoption",
      "statement": "More than 10 million downloads of the Office 2007 trial were made by November 2007, about one million a month, Microsoft Austria said (Microsoft, 2007).",
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      "quote": "Sie wurde bis November 2007 mehr als 10 Millionen Mal heruntergeladen, das entspricht etwa einer Million pro Monat.",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-austria-2007-12-03-office-2007-trial-over-10-million-downloads-by-november-2007",
      "citation_text": "More than 10 million downloads of the Office 2007 trial were made by November 2007, about one million a month, Microsoft Austria said (Microsoft, 2007). Source: Microsoft Austria (via pressetext), \"Windows Vista und 2007 Microsoft Office System ein Jahr erfolgreich am Markt\" (https://www.pressetext.com/news/windows-vista-und-2007-microsoft-office-system-ein-jahr-erfolgreich-am-markt.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-austria-2007-12-03-office-2007-trial-over-10-million-downloads-by-november-2007."
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      "family": "office-launches-and-adoption",
      "statement": "70 million copies of Office 2007 sold, a figure attributed to Microsoft France in September 2007, was wrong: Microsoft's own statement was more than 71 million licences of all Office versions in its fiscal year to June 2007, Neowin reported (Neowin, 2007).",
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      "notes": "Drift: a total for all Office licences in a fiscal year (71 million, Microsoft) became a count of Office 2007 copies. The same article quotes Jacob Jaffe, Director of Microsoft Office: 'Microsoft Office having sold more than 71 million licenses in just the last Microsoft fiscal year'. See microsoft-fam-2007-07-27-71-million-office-licences-fiscal-2007.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#neowin-2007-09-19-restates-70-million-copies-of-office-2007-sold",
      "citation_text": "70 million copies of Office 2007 sold, a figure attributed to Microsoft France in September 2007, was wrong: Microsoft's own statement was more than 71 million licences of all Office versions in its fiscal year to June 2007, Neowin reported (Neowin, 2007). Source: Neowin, \"Office 2007: 70 million not served\" (https://www.neowin.net/news/office-2007-70-million-not-served/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#neowin-2007-09-19-restates-70-million-copies-of-office-2007-sold."
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      "statement": "12 May 2010 was the business launch of Microsoft Office 2010, made available worldwide with SharePoint 2010, Visio 2010 and Project 2010 to what Microsoft counted as more than 90 million businesses (Microsoft, 2010).",
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      "quote": "Today, Microsoft Corp. announced the worldwide availability of Microsoft Office 2010 and Microsoft SharePoint 2010, as well as Microsoft Visio 2010 and Microsoft Project 2010, for business customers worldwide.",
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      "notes": "Volume licence customers with Software Assurance could download the final code a few weeks earlier (Forrester, 13 May 2010). Microsoft's lifecycle pages start Office 2010 support on 15 July 2010 (office-lifecycle-dates family). Retail availability followed on 15 June 2010.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-2010-05-12-office-2010-business-launch-12-may-2010",
      "citation_text": "12 May 2010 was the business launch of Microsoft Office 2010, made available worldwide with SharePoint 2010, Visio 2010 and Project 2010 to what Microsoft counted as more than 90 million businesses (Microsoft, 2010). Source: Microsoft, \"Microsoft Delivers the Future of Productivity With Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010\" (https://news.microsoft.com/source/2010/05/12/microsoft-delivers-the-future-of-productivity-with-office-2010-and-sharepoint-2010/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-2010-05-12-office-2010-business-launch-12-may-2010."
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#forrester-2009-06-04-38pct-say-economy-delayed-office-upgrade-plans",
      "citation_text": "38.2% of IT decision-makers surveyed by Forrester in 2009 said the economic downturn had delayed their Office upgrade plans and 5.3% said it had halted them (Forrester, 2009). Source: Forrester Research (reported by CIO), \"Forrester: MS Office Still Sitting Pretty in the Enterprise\" (https://www.cio.com/article/278394/infrastructure-forrester-ms-office-still-sitting-pretty-in-the-enterprise.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#forrester-2009-06-04-38pct-say-economy-delayed-office-upgrade-plans."
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      "id": "forrester-2010-05-13-one-third-of-firms-plan-office-2010-upgrade-within-a-year",
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      "quote": "One-third of firms Forrester surveyed last month said they plan to upgrade to Office 2010 within the next year, primarily because it's part of their license agreement. Two-thirds of firms plan to upgrade within the next two to three years",
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      "notes": "Value stored as 33 for the stated 'one-third'. Those not planning to upgrade mostly said they had just finished rolling out Office 2007; only 3% said they were moving off Office. The same post says 80% of firms surveyed supported Office 2007; ZDNet reported the same Forrester data as 81% of 115 enterprises (office-version-install-base family id zdnet-2010-05-11-forrester-81pct-of-enterprises-run-office-2007).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#forrester-2010-05-13-one-third-of-firms-plan-office-2010-upgrade-within-a-year",
      "citation_text": "One third of firms surveyed by Forrester in April 2010 planned to upgrade to Office 2010 within a year, mainly because their licence agreement covered it, and two thirds within two to three years (Forrester, 2010). Source: Forrester Research, \"Who's Ready For Office 2010?\" (https://www.forrester.com/blogs/whos-ready-for-office-2010/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#forrester-2010-05-13-one-third-of-firms-plan-office-2010-upgrade-within-a-year."
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      "quote": "Only 3% say they are moving off of Office. For most it's still not a decision of if, but when.",
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      "notes": "The same post: only 4% of enterprises surveyed used Google Premier Apps (office-competitors family).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#forrester-2010-05-13-3pct-of-firms-moving-off-office",
      "citation_text": "3% of firms surveyed by Forrester in April 2010 said they were moving off Microsoft Office rather than upgrading to Office 2010 (Forrester, 2010). Source: Forrester Research, \"Who's Ready For Office 2010?\" (https://www.forrester.com/blogs/whos-ready-for-office-2010/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#forrester-2010-05-13-3pct-of-firms-moving-off-office."
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      "family": "office-launches-and-adoption",
      "statement": "63% of 111 productivity professionals surveyed by Forrester in early 2010 planned to upgrade to Office 2010, and half of those without plans were still moving to Office 2007 (Forrester, 2010).",
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      "source_title": "Upgrading to Office 2010 has its 'pitfalls,' report finds",
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      "quote": "An earlier first-quarter 2010 survey by Forrester found that 63 percent of 111 productivity professionals planned to upgrade to Office 2010. Half of the respondents without such plans said they were in the process of upgrading to Office 2007.",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#forrester-q1-2010-63pct-of-productivity-professionals-plan-office-2010-upgrade",
      "citation_text": "63% of 111 productivity professionals surveyed by Forrester in early 2010 planned to upgrade to Office 2010, and half of those without plans were still moving to Office 2007 (Forrester, 2010). Source: Forrester Research (reported by Nextgov/FCW), \"Upgrading to Office 2010 has its 'pitfalls,' report finds\" (https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2011/01/upgrading-to-office-2010-has-its-pitfalls-report-finds/231827/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#forrester-q1-2010-63pct-of-productivity-professionals-plan-office-2010-upgrade."
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      "statement": "28 June 2011 was the launch of Office 365 for businesses in 40 markets, after more than 200,000 organisations signed up to test it in beta, Microsoft said (Microsoft, 2011).",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-2011-06-28-office-365-launch-40-markets-200000-beta-organisations",
      "citation_text": "28 June 2011 was the launch of Office 365 for businesses in 40 markets, after more than 200,000 organisations signed up to test it in beta, Microsoft said (Microsoft, 2011). Source: Microsoft, \"Microsoft Launches Office 365 Globally\" (https://news.microsoft.com/source/2011/06/28/microsoft-launches-office-365-globally/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-2011-06-28-office-365-launch-40-markets-200000-beta-organisations."
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      "statement": "One in five of Microsoft's enterprise customers had the paid Office 365 service in February 2013, 18 months after its launch and up from one in seven a year earlier, Microsoft said (Microsoft, 2013).",
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      "citation_text": "One in five of Microsoft's enterprise customers had the paid Office 365 service in February 2013, 18 months after its launch and up from one in seven a year earlier, Microsoft said (Microsoft, 2013). Source: Microsoft, \"Microsoft Releases Next-Generation Office 365 for Business\" (https://news.microsoft.com/source/2013/02/27/microsoft-releases-next-generation-office-365-for-business-2/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-2013-02-27-one-in-five-enterprise-customers-have-office-365-up-from-one-in-seven."
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-fy13-q3-2013-04-18-one-in-four-enterprise-customers-have-office-365",
      "citation_text": "One in four of Microsoft's enterprise customers had Office 365 in April 2013, with net seat additions five times higher than a year earlier, Microsoft said on its earnings call (Microsoft, 2013). Source: Microsoft, \"Microsoft Third Quarter 2013 Prepared Remarks (earnings call, 18 April 2013)\" (https://www.microsoft.com/global/Investor/RenderingAssets/Downloads/FY13/Q3/Microsoft_Q3_2013_PreparedRemarks.docx). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-fy13-q3-2013-04-18-one-in-four-enterprise-customers-have-office-365."
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      "citation_text": "29 January 2013 was the launch of Office 365 Home Premium, Microsoft's first consumer Office subscription (US$99.99 a year for up to five devices), in 162 markets and 21 languages, alongside the Office 2013 suites (Microsoft, 2013). Source: Microsoft, \"Microsoft Releases Office 365 Home Premium\" (https://news.microsoft.com/source/2013/01/29/microsoft-releases-office-365-home-premium-2/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-2013-01-29-office-365-home-premium-launch-29-january-2013-162-markets."
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      "citation_text": "More than 10 million Office licences in 120 days was PCWorld's arithmetic from Microsoft's 'more than one sold every second' claim for Office 2013 and Office 365 in May 2013, a derived figure Microsoft never stated (PCWorld, 2013). Source: PCWorld, \"Microsoft signs up 1 million Office 365 home subscribers\" (https://www.pcworld.com/article/452112/microsoft-signs-up-1-million-office-365-home-subscribers.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#pcworld-2013-05-29-restates-one-per-second-as-over-10-million-office-licences."
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      "id": "microsoft-fy13-q4-2013-07-18-office-365-home-premium-over-1-million-subscribers",
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      "citation_text": "Office 365 Home Premium had more than **1 million** subscribers at the end of June 2013, five months after launch, Microsoft said on its July 2013 earnings call (Microsoft, 2013). Source: Microsoft, \"Microsoft Fourth Quarter 2013 Prepared Remarks (earnings call, 18 July 2013)\" (https://www.microsoft.com/global/Investor/RenderingAssets/Downloads/FY13/Q4/Microsoft_Q4_2013_PreparedRemarks.docx). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-fy13-q4-2013-07-18-office-365-home-premium-over-1-million-subscribers."
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      "notes": "Downloads, not users; each app counts separately, so one person installing Word, Excel and PowerPoint counts three times. Page 4 holds the Build 2016 restatement (petri-2016-03-31-restates-microsoft-build-1-2-billion-office-users).",
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      "citation_text": "Office 2016 generated more deal volume than Microsoft expected in its first year, giving better than expected transactional revenue in April to June 2016, Microsoft said in July 2016 (Microsoft, 2016). Source: Microsoft, \"Microsoft FY16 Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call (19 July 2016, transcript)\" (https://cdn-dynmedia-1.microsoft.com/is/content/microsoftcorp/TranscriptFY16Q4.docx). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-fy16-q4-2016-07-19-office-2016-drove-better-than-expected-transactional-revenue."
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      "notes": "This collection's finding, from Microsoft's call transcripts FY14 Q4 to FY26 Q1 hosted on its CDN (FY25 Q4 is not hosted there; page 4's copies of FY25 Q4, FY26 Q2 and FY26 Q3 do not mention Office 2021 either): Office 2016, 2019 and 2024 are each named as uptake drivers, Office 2021 never. The only published sample of Office 2021's take-up is Intra2net's: 3% of on-premises Office PCs at small German firms a year after release (page 4 id intra2net-2022-09-sme-office-2021-share-3pct, office-version-install-base family).",
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      "quote": "Office LTSC 2024 is available to existing commercial and government volume-licensed customers today, along with new on-premises versions of Project and Visio. These products will be generally available to all customers on October 1.",
      "locator": "Blog post, availability paragraph; raw copy raw/office-launches-and-adoption/ms-techcommunity-2024-09-16-office-ltsc-2024-available.txt",
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      "notes": "Supported for five years under the Fixed Lifecycle Policy (to 9 October 2029; office-lifecycle-dates family). The post urged Office 2016 and 2019 users to move to a Microsoft 365 subscription before 14 October 2025.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-techcommunity-2024-09-16-office-ltsc-2024-general-availability-all-customers-1-october",
      "citation_text": "16 September 2024 was the release of Office LTSC 2024 to existing commercial and government volume licence customers, with general availability to all customers, including the consumer Office 2024, from 1 October 2024 (Microsoft, 2024). Source: Microsoft, \"Office LTSC 2024 is now available\" (https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft_365blog/office-ltsc-2024-is-now-available/4244953). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-techcommunity-2024-09-16-office-ltsc-2024-general-availability-all-customers-1-october."
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    {
      "id": "microsoft-blog-2020-03-30-office-365-consumer-becomes-microsoft-365-on-21-april-2020",
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      "statement": "21 April 2020 was the day consumer Office 365 became Microsoft 365 (Personal and Family), Microsoft announced in March 2020, ending the Office 365 brand for home users seven years after Office 365 Home Premium launched (Microsoft, 2020).",
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      "source_url": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2020/03/30/introducing-new-microsoft-365-personal-family-subscriptions/",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
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      "published_at": "2020-03-30",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Today, we are delighted to announce that on April 21st, Office 365 will become Microsoft 365, the subscription for your life",
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      "headline": false,
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      "notes": "Consumer plans only in this post. The business suite Office 365 ProPlus was renamed Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise in the same 2020 rebrand (page 4 id microsoft-lifecycle-2026-microsoft-365-apps-in-support-since-2015-no-end-date, office-lifecycle-dates family). The post also says 'more than 38 million people subscribe to Office 365' (consumer; Microsoft's quarterly count was 39.6 million subscribers at the end of March 2020, microsoft-365-subscriptions-and-revenue family) and that free Office apps are 'used by more than a half billion people'.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-blog-2020-03-30-office-365-consumer-becomes-microsoft-365-on-21-april-2020",
      "citation_text": "21 April 2020 was the day consumer Office 365 became Microsoft 365 (Personal and Family), Microsoft announced in March 2020, ending the Office 365 brand for home users seven years after Office 365 Home Premium launched (Microsoft, 2020). Source: Microsoft, \"Introducing the new Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscriptions\" (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2020/03/30/introducing-new-microsoft-365-personal-family-subscriptions/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-blog-2020-03-30-office-365-consumer-becomes-microsoft-365-on-21-april-2020."
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    {
      "id": "npd-2010-07-13-office-2010-us-retail-launch-weeks-below-office-2007",
      "family": "office-launches-and-adoption",
      "statement": "Fewer Office 2010 units and dollars were sold at US retail in its first two weeks in June 2010 than Office 2007 in its first two weeks, a start NPD called 'a bit disappointing' (NPD Group, 2010).",
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      "unit": "comparison of US retail units and dollars, first two weeks, Office 2010 versus Office 2007 (no figures published)",
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      "population": "US retail (store and online) sales tracked by NPD's Weekly Tracking Service, first two weeks after the 15 June 2010 consumer launch",
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      "source_type": "secondary",
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      "quote": "Units and dollars are down from Office 2007's initial two weeks of sales but are in line, and in fact slightly ahead of, sales trends of Office 2007 so far this year.",
      "locator": "Blog post, first paragraph; Wayback snapshot https://web.archive.org/web/20100717100844/http://www.npdgroupblog.com/2010/07/fighting-the-installed-base-battle/; raw copy raw/office-launches-and-adoption/wb-npd-blog-2010-07-fighting-the-installed-base-battle.txt",
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      "notes": "Contradicts the spirit of Microsoft's claim six months later that Office 2010 was 'the fastest-selling consumer version of Office in history' (microsoft-fy11-q2-earnings-2011-01-27-...): NPD measured US retail boxes only, while Microsoft counted all consumer licences including PC preloads activated with key cards. PCWorld's write-up (14 July 2010) garbled the finding as 'sales of Office 2010 were greater than those of Office 2007'.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#npd-2010-07-13-office-2010-us-retail-launch-weeks-below-office-2007",
      "citation_text": "Fewer Office 2010 units and dollars were sold at US retail in its first two weeks in June 2010 than Office 2007 in its first two weeks, a start NPD called 'a bit disappointing' (NPD Group, 2010). Source: NPD Group (blog, Stephen Baker), \"Fighting the Installed Base Battle\" (http://www.npdgroupblog.com/2010/07/fighting-the-installed-base-battle/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#npd-2010-07-13-office-2010-us-retail-launch-weeks-below-office-2007."
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    {
      "id": "npd-2010-07-13-office-2007-lifetime-us-retail-sales-over-1-5-billion-about-10-million-copies",
      "family": "office-launches-and-adoption",
      "statement": "Over US$1.5 billion of Office 2007 was sold at US retail in the three and a half years it was on the shelf, about 10 million new copies on top of copies preinstalled on PCs, NPD estimated in 2010 (NPD Group, 2010).",
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      "value": 1500000000,
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      "source_url": "http://www.npdgroupblog.com/2010/07/fighting-the-installed-base-battle/",
      "source_type": "secondary",
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      "published_at": "2010-07-13",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Lifetime sales for Office 2007 at retail exceeded $1.5 billion for the 3.5 years it was on the shelf. A sales level that equated to approximately 10 million new copies of Office",
      "locator": "Blog post, second paragraph; Wayback snapshot https://web.archive.org/web/20100717100844/http://www.npdgroupblog.com/2010/07/fighting-the-installed-base-battle/; raw copy raw/office-launches-and-adoption/wb-npd-blog-2010-07-fighting-the-installed-base-battle.txt",
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      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
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      "notes": "US retail only: a small slice of the 120 million Office licences Microsoft said it sold worldwide in Office 2007's first 20 months (all channels, all versions). Betanews (Joe Wilcox, 14 July 2010) worked out about US$150 a copy, the price of Home and Student, which covered three PCs.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#npd-2010-07-13-office-2007-lifetime-us-retail-sales-over-1-5-billion-about-10-million-copies",
      "citation_text": "Over US$1.5 billion of Office 2007 was sold at US retail in the three and a half years it was on the shelf, about 10 million new copies on top of copies preinstalled on PCs, NPD estimated in 2010 (NPD Group, 2010). Source: NPD Group (blog, Stephen Baker), \"Fighting the Installed Base Battle\" (http://www.npdgroupblog.com/2010/07/fighting-the-installed-base-battle/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#npd-2010-07-13-office-2007-lifetime-us-retail-sales-over-1-5-billion-about-10-million-copies."
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    {
      "id": "microsoft-2008-01-15-office-2008-for-mac-launch-macworld",
      "family": "office-launches-and-adoption",
      "statement": "15 January 2008 was the launch of Office 2008 for Mac at Macworld in San Francisco, the Mac counterpart of Office 2007 sharing its Open XML file formats (Microsoft, 2008).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": null,
      "unit": "date (availability of Office 2008 for Mac)",
      "display_value": "15 January 2008",
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      "period": "2008-01-15",
      "population": "Office 2008 for Mac retail availability",
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      "publisher": "Microsoft",
      "source_title": "Start Simplifying Your Work: Office 2008 for Mac Hits Shelves Today",
      "source_url": "https://news.microsoft.com/source/2008/01/15/start-simplifying-your-work-office-2008-for-mac-hits-shelves-today/",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2008-01-15",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Microsoft Corp.'s Macintosh Business Unit (Mac BU) today announced the official availability of Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac at the Macworld Conference & Expo 2008.",
      "locator": "Press release, first paragraph (SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15, 2008); raw copy raw/office-launches-and-adoption/ms-pr-2008-01-15-office-2008-for-mac.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Support for Office 2008 for Mac ended on 9 April 2013 (page 4 id microsoft-lifecycle-2026-office-2008-for-mac-support-ended-9-april-2013).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-2008-01-15-office-2008-for-mac-launch-macworld",
      "citation_text": "15 January 2008 was the launch of Office 2008 for Mac at Macworld in San Francisco, the Mac counterpart of Office 2007 sharing its Open XML file formats (Microsoft, 2008). Source: Microsoft, \"Start Simplifying Your Work: Office 2008 for Mac Hits Shelves Today\" (https://news.microsoft.com/source/2008/01/15/start-simplifying-your-work-office-2008-for-mac-hits-shelves-today/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-2008-01-15-office-2008-for-mac-launch-macworld."
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    {
      "id": "microsoft-2008-05-13-office-2008-for-mac-sales-nearly-three-times-office-2004-pace",
      "family": "office-launches-and-adoption",
      "statement": "**Nearly three times** the sales pace of Office 2004 for Mac after its launch was reached by Office 2008 for Mac in its first four months, the fastest-selling Office for Mac in 19 years, Microsoft's Mac unit said in May 2008 (Microsoft, 2008).",
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      "value": 3,
      "unit": "multiple of Office 2004 for Mac's post-launch sales velocity (Microsoft's claim)",
      "display_value": "nearly three times",
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      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
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      "population": "Office 2008 for Mac sales from January to May 2008 versus Office 2004 for Mac over the equivalent period (units or revenue not stated)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Microsoft",
      "source_title": "Microsoft Mac BU Delivers Strongest Launch in History of Office for Mac",
      "source_url": "https://news.microsoft.com/source/2008/05/13/microsoft-mac-bu-delivers-strongest-launch-in-history-of-office-for-mac/",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
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      "published_at": "2008-05-13",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "since we launched in January, the velocity of sales for Office 2008 is nearly three times what we saw after the launch of Office 2004",
      "locator": "Press release, Craig Eisler quote in the second paragraph; raw copy raw/office-launches-and-adoption/ms-pr-2008-05-13-office-2008-mac-strongest-launch.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "A vendor velocity comparison with no unit count; the long gap since Office 2004 for Mac (July 2004) may inflate the multiple. No Microsoft sales or user figure was found for Office for Mac 2011 (launched 26 October 2010) or any later Mac version; see also page 4's finding-2026-10-14-no-published-usage-figure-for-any-office-for-mac-version.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-2008-05-13-office-2008-for-mac-sales-nearly-three-times-office-2004-pace",
      "citation_text": "**Nearly three times** the sales pace of Office 2004 for Mac after its launch was reached by Office 2008 for Mac in its first four months, the fastest-selling Office for Mac in 19 years, Microsoft's Mac unit said in May 2008 (Microsoft, 2008). Source: Microsoft, \"Microsoft Mac BU Delivers Strongest Launch in History of Office for Mac\" (https://news.microsoft.com/source/2008/05/13/microsoft-mac-bu-delivers-strongest-launch-in-history-of-office-for-mac/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-2008-05-13-office-2008-for-mac-sales-nearly-three-times-office-2004-pace."
    },
    {
      "id": "geekwire-2014-04-04-office-for-ipad-12-million-downloads-first-week",
      "family": "office-launches-and-adoption",
      "statement": "12 million downloads of the Office apps for iPad were made in the first week after their launch in late March 2014, Microsoft said, as GeekWire reported (GeekWire, 2014).",
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      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 12000000,
      "unit": "downloads of Office for iPad apps in the first week (Microsoft's count as reported)",
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      "population": "Downloads of Word, Excel and PowerPoint for iPad (and, per other reports, OneNote) from the App Store in the week after launch, worldwide",
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      "source_title": "Office for iPad gets 12M downloads in first week",
      "source_url": "https://www.geekwire.com/2014/office-ipad-gets-12-million-downloads-first-week/",
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      "published_at": "2014-04-04",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "A week after launching Office for iPad, Microsoft says there have been 12 million downloads of the apps.",
      "locator": "Article, first paragraph (Blair Hanley Frank, 4 April 2014); raw copy raw/office-launches-and-adoption/geekwire-2014-04-office-ipad-12-million.txt",
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      "series": "",
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      "notes": "Microsoft gave the figure on its @Office Twitter account; the tweet was not fetched. Downloads, not users, and each app counts separately; the apps were free for reading, and editing needed an Office 365 subscription, so 'it's not clear how many of the 12 million app downloads are backed by a paid' subscription (GeekWire).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#geekwire-2014-04-04-office-for-ipad-12-million-downloads-first-week",
      "citation_text": "12 million downloads of the Office apps for iPad were made in the first week after their launch in late March 2014, Microsoft said, as GeekWire reported (GeekWire, 2014). Source: GeekWire (reporting Microsoft), \"Office for iPad gets 12M downloads in first week\" (https://www.geekwire.com/2014/office-ipad-gets-12-million-downloads-first-week/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#geekwire-2014-04-04-office-for-ipad-12-million-downloads-first-week."
    },
    {
      "id": "microsoft-2010-10-26-office-for-mac-2011-launch-26-october-2010",
      "family": "office-launches-and-adoption",
      "statement": "26 October 2010 was the release of Office for Mac 2011, the first Mac Office with Outlook, in 13 languages and more than 45 countries by November 2010 (Microsoft, 2010).",
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      "short_refs": null,
      "value": null,
      "unit": "date (availability of Office for Mac 2011)",
      "display_value": "26 October 2010",
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      "source_title": "Mac Meets PC With New Office Release",
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      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Today the relationship takes another step forward as Microsoft releases Office for Mac 2011, the company's productivity software suite tailored for the Mac operating system.",
      "locator": "Feature story, sixth paragraph; Wayback snapshot https://web.archive.org/web/2016/https://news.microsoft.com/2010/10/26/mac-meets-pc-with-new-office-release/; raw copy raw/office-launches-and-adoption/wb-ms-news-2010-10-26-office-for-mac-2011.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
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      "notes": "No sales figure for Office for Mac 2011 was found from Microsoft or NPD.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-2010-10-26-office-for-mac-2011-launch-26-october-2010",
      "citation_text": "26 October 2010 was the release of Office for Mac 2011, the first Mac Office with Outlook, in 13 languages and more than 45 countries by November 2010 (Microsoft, 2010). Source: Microsoft, \"Mac Meets PC With New Office Release\" (https://news.microsoft.com/2010/10/26/mac-meets-pc-with-new-office-release/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-2010-10-26-office-for-mac-2011-launch-26-october-2010."
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    {
      "id": "microsoft-2010-10-26-three-quarters-of-mac-users-have-office-installed",
      "family": "office-launches-and-adoption",
      "statement": "Three quarters of all Mac users had Microsoft Office installed, Microsoft's Office for Mac general manager Eric Wilfrid said at the October 2010 launch of Office for Mac 2011, a vendor claim with no stated source (Microsoft, 2010).",
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      "quote": "According to Wilfrid, three-quarters of all Mac users have Office installed on their machines.",
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      "derived": false,
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      "notes": "Installed, any version, not licensed or in use; Microsoft gave no source. The only Mac user share found from Microsoft. NPD in December 2007 put Apple iWork at 16% of Mac office-suite retail sales, Office taking the rest (Macworld, 3 December 2007; office-competitors family).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-2010-10-26-three-quarters-of-mac-users-have-office-installed",
      "citation_text": "Three quarters of all Mac users had Microsoft Office installed, Microsoft's Office for Mac general manager Eric Wilfrid said at the October 2010 launch of Office for Mac 2011, a vendor claim with no stated source (Microsoft, 2010). Source: Microsoft, \"Mac Meets PC With New Office Release\" (https://news.microsoft.com/2010/10/26/mac-meets-pc-with-new-office-release/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-2010-10-26-three-quarters-of-mac-users-have-office-installed."
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      "id": "pcworld-2010-07-14-restates-npd-as-office-2010-outselling-office-2007",
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      "statement": "Office 2010's first two weeks of sales were 'greater than those of Office 2007', PCWorld wrote in July 2010, misreading NPD, whose own post said units and dollars were down from Office 2007's first two weeks (PCWorld, 2010).",
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      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2010-07-14",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "In its first two weeks, sales of Office 2010 were greater than those of Office 2007, but its predecessor had a stronger debut in both units and dollars three years ago.",
      "locator": "Article, second paragraph; raw copy raw/office-launches-and-adoption/pcworld-2010-07-office-2010-sales-lagging-npd.txt",
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      "notes": "Drift: NPD compared Office 2010's first two weeks with Office 2007's first two weeks (down) and with Office 2007's 2010 sales trend (slightly ahead); PCWorld merged the two into a self-contradicting sentence. Cite NPD's post (npd-2010-07-13-office-2010-us-retail-launch-weeks-below-office-2007).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#pcworld-2010-07-14-restates-npd-as-office-2010-outselling-office-2007",
      "citation_text": "Office 2010's first two weeks of sales were 'greater than those of Office 2007', PCWorld wrote in July 2010, misreading NPD, whose own post said units and dollars were down from Office 2007's first two weeks (PCWorld, 2010). Source: PCWorld, \"Office 2010 Sales Are Lagging, Says NPD\" (https://www.pcworld.com/article/507845/office_2010_sales_are_lagging_says_npd.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#pcworld-2010-07-14-restates-npd-as-office-2010-outselling-office-2007."
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      "notes": "Using and planning combined, among Gartner's own clients, so not a market share. The 2014 study implied about 65% (78 minus 13). Gartner's full report '2016 Office 365 Survey Results' is for clients.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#gartner-2016-04-14-78pct-of-organizations-using-or-planning-office-365",
      "citation_text": "78% of IT decision-makers in a Gartner survey of January 2016 said their organisations used or planned to use Office 365, 13 points more than in Gartner's 2014 survey (Gartner, 2016). Source: Gartner (reported by Redmond Channel Partner), \"Survey: Businesses Keen on Office 365 Despite Some Qualms\" (https://rcpmag.com/articles/2016/04/15/office-365-business-adoption.aspx). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#gartner-2016-04-14-78pct-of-organizations-using-or-planning-office-365."
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      "id": "forrester-2013-10-17-36pct-of-firms-plan-to-move-to-office-2013",
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      "statement": "36% of firms surveyed by Forrester in mid-2013 planned to move to Office 2013, on top of the 22% already on it six months after launch, and Forrester expected slower uptake than for Office 2010 (Forrester, 2013).",
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      "population": "155 Forrester clients responsible for office productivity investments, surveyed in July 2013 (report 'Market Update: Office 2013 And Productivity Suite Alternatives', Philipp Karcher)",
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      "source_title": "Office Productivity Software Is No Closer To Becoming A Commodity",
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      "quote": "Just 22% of respondents are on Office 2013. Another 36% have plans to be on it. Office 2013's uptake will be slower than Office 2010 because fewer firms plan to combine the rollout of Office 2013 with Windows 8",
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      "notes": "Plans, not deployments. The 22% already on Office 2013 is the office-version-install-base family's forrester-2013-10-17-office-2013-on-22pct-of-surveyed-firms, and 85% on Office 2010 is its pcworld-2013-10-21-forrester-office-2010-in-85pct-of-surveyed-companies. Forrester's reason for the slower uptake: fewer firms paired Office 2013 with Windows 8 than had paired Office 2010 with Windows 7. Sample 'does not fully represent the market'.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#forrester-2013-10-17-36pct-of-firms-plan-to-move-to-office-2013",
      "citation_text": "36% of firms surveyed by Forrester in mid-2013 planned to move to Office 2013, on top of the 22% already on it six months after launch, and Forrester expected slower uptake than for Office 2010 (Forrester, 2013). Source: Forrester Research, \"Office Productivity Software Is No Closer To Becoming A Commodity\" (https://www.forrester.com/blogs/13-10-17-office_productivity_software_is_no_closer_to_becoming_a_commodity/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#forrester-2013-10-17-36pct-of-firms-plan-to-move-to-office-2013."
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      "id": "microsoft-fam-2002-office-xp-about-half-of-170-million-licensed-office-users",
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      "statement": "About half of Microsoft Office's licensed base of some 170 million users were licensed for Office XP in 2002, about a year after its May 2001 launch, Jeff Raikes told analysts (Microsoft, 2002).",
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      "quote": "The overall license install base of Office at this point in time is probably about 170 million users, about half of which are now licensed for Office XP.",
      "locator": "Raikes opening remarks; Wayback snapshot https://web.archive.org/web/20031207022825/http://www.microsoft.com/msft/speech/FY02/RaikesFAM2002.mspx; raw copy raw/office-launches-and-adoption/wb-ms-fam-FY02-RaikesFAM2002.txt",
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      "notes": "published_at is year-only (the transcript page gives the event as the 2002 Financial Analyst Meeting without a day; Microsoft usually held these meetings in July). 'Licensed for' includes volume customers entitled to upgrade, not necessarily running Office XP. The 170 million is a licensed base, not all users (in November 2003 Raikes put total Office users at about 400 million, of whom 'a little more than half have paid us').",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-fam-2002-office-xp-about-half-of-170-million-licensed-office-users",
      "citation_text": "About half of Microsoft Office's licensed base of some 170 million users were licensed for Office XP in 2002, about a year after its May 2001 launch, Jeff Raikes told analysts (Microsoft, 2002). Source: Microsoft, \"2002 Microsoft Financial Analyst Meeting: Jeff Raikes, 'Realizing The Potential Of Information Work' (transcript)\" (https://www.microsoft.com/msft/speech/FY02/RaikesFAM2002.mspx). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-fam-2002-office-xp-about-half-of-170-million-licensed-office-users."
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      "id": "microsoft-comdex-2003-11-17-office-2003-launch-about-500-million-dollars-marketing",
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      "statement": "About US$500 million of sales and marketing went into the launch of Office 2003 (the Microsoft Office System), two to three times more than Microsoft had spent on any earlier Office launch, Jeff Raikes said in November 2003 (Microsoft, 2003).",
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      "quote": "We would tally up the sales and marketing activities specific to Office and the Office System launch as being fairly close to about $500 million—more than we've ever invested by probably at least a factor of two or three.",
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      "notes": "Raikes added it was 'the first time we've ever done television advertising for Microsoft Office'. In the same talk he put Office users at about 400 million, 'maybe just a little more than half have paid us' (Office user totals belong to the microsoft-365-subscriptions-and-revenue family).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-comdex-2003-11-17-office-2003-launch-about-500-million-dollars-marketing",
      "citation_text": "About US$500 million of sales and marketing went into the launch of Office 2003 (the Microsoft Office System), two to three times more than Microsoft had spent on any earlier Office launch, Jeff Raikes said in November 2003 (Microsoft, 2003). Source: Microsoft, \"Jeff Raikes at COMDEX Las Vegas 2003 (transcript, 17 November 2003)\" (https://www.microsoft.com/msft/speech/FY04/raikes1117comdex.mspx). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-comdex-2003-11-17-office-2003-launch-about-500-million-dollars-marketing."
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      "id": "microsoft-2003-10-21-office-2003-office-system-general-availability",
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      "statement": "21 October 2003 was the general availability of the Microsoft Office System, built around Office 2003, launched together with Exchange Server 2003, OneNote 2003 and InfoPath 2003 (Microsoft, 2003).",
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      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Microsoft Corp. today announced the general availability of the new Microsoft® Office System",
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      "history": [],
      "notes": "Office 2003 support ended on 8 April 2014 (page 4 id microsoft-lifecycle-2026-office-2003-support-ended-8-april-2014). The release cites a Microsoft-commissioned Navigant study (14 companies) claiming two hours a week saved per information worker.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-2003-10-21-office-2003-office-system-general-availability",
      "citation_text": "21 October 2003 was the general availability of the Microsoft Office System, built around Office 2003, launched together with Exchange Server 2003, OneNote 2003 and InfoPath 2003 (Microsoft, 2003). Source: Microsoft, \"Microsoft Office System press release (21 October 2003)\" (https://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2003/oct03/10-21MOSLaunchPR.asp). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-2003-10-21-office-2003-office-system-general-availability."
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    {
      "id": "microsoft-fam-2005-07-28-office-2003-deployment-ahead-of-office-xp-every-segment",
      "family": "office-launches-and-adoption",
      "statement": "Office 2003 was being deployed **faster than Office XP** in every segment of Microsoft's business, Jeff Raikes told analysts in July 2005, 21 months after its launch, without giving figures (Microsoft, 2005).",
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      "unit": "claim (deployment pace versus Office XP, no figure)",
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      "source_title": "Financial Analyst Meeting 2005: Jeff Raikes and Chris Capossela (transcript, 28 July 2005)",
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      "quote": "And if you look at deployment, deployment of Office 2003 is ahead of Office XP in every segment of our business.",
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      "notes": "Contradicted by outside figures: The Register reported in July 2005, from Microsoft's own figures, that 'just 15% of PCs are running Office 2003, two years into its life', and Gartner projected in October 2004 that Office 2003 would stay at about 1% of the Office base (office-version-install-base family ids register-2005-07-21-office-2003-on-15pct-of-pcs-two-years-after-launch and infoworld-2004-10-12-gartner-office-2003-1pct-of-office-base). Microsoft made the same kind of unquantified comparison for later versions: Office 2007 deployment slightly ahead of Office 2003 (July 2008), Office 2010 business deployment five times faster than Office 2007 (June 2011), Office 2016 adoption ahead of Office 2013 (January 2016).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-fam-2005-07-28-office-2003-deployment-ahead-of-office-xp-every-segment",
      "citation_text": "Office 2003 was being deployed **faster than Office XP** in every segment of Microsoft's business, Jeff Raikes told analysts in July 2005, 21 months after its launch, without giving figures (Microsoft, 2005). Source: Microsoft, \"Financial Analyst Meeting 2005: Jeff Raikes and Chris Capossela (transcript, 28 July 2005)\" (https://www.microsoft.com/msft/speech/FY05/Raikes_CaposselaFAM2005.mspx). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-fam-2005-07-28-office-2003-deployment-ahead-of-office-xp-every-segment."
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    {
      "id": "microsoft-fam-2005-07-28-63-million-new-and-renewed-office-licences-fiscal-2005",
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      "statement": "63 million new and renewed Office licences were sold by Microsoft in its fiscal year to June 2005, the second full year of Office 2003, Jeff Raikes told analysts (Microsoft, 2005).",
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      "notes": "Includes renewals of volume agreements, so it is not comparable one for one with launch-period counts. Fiscal 2007 (the Office 2007 launch year): 71 million Office licences, new and upgrades.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-fam-2005-07-28-63-million-new-and-renewed-office-licences-fiscal-2005",
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      "id": "microsoft-2011-06-15-numoto-office-2010-business-deployment-five-times-faster-than-office-2007",
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      "source_title": "Who needs a cloud? Microsoft sold 31 million copies of Office 2010",
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      "quote": "Business customers are deploying Office 2010 five times faster than they deployed Office 2007 [and] Office 2010 is also the fastest-selling consumer version of Office ever.",
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      "notes": "Microsoft's own blog post was not found in the Wayback Machine, so the quote is as InfoWorld printed it. This explains Kevin Turner's 'We are 5 times what we were at this same time when we launched Office 2007' (September 2011): the measure is business deployment, not sales. Compare Office 2007, deployed only 'slightly ahead' of Office 2003 (July 2008).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-2011-06-15-numoto-office-2010-business-deployment-five-times-faster-than-office-2007",
      "citation_text": "Five times faster deployment of Office 2010 than of Office 2007 was reported among business customers by Microsoft on Office 2010's first anniversary in June 2011, as quoted by InfoWorld (Microsoft, 2011). Source: Microsoft (Takeshi Numoto, quoted by InfoWorld), \"Who needs a cloud? Microsoft sold 31 million copies of Office 2010\" (https://www.infoworld.com/article/2266888/who-needs-a-cloud-microsoft-sold-31-million-copies-of-office-2010-2.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-2011-06-15-numoto-office-2010-business-deployment-five-times-faster-than-office-2007."
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      "notes": "Drift: a sales rate ('a copy of Office every second', scope not stated) became a total of copies; Microsoft's July 2011 earnings release gave 'over 100 million licenses sold' for Office 2010 across all channels, including volume licences, about three times InfoWorld's figure. Use the Microsoft licence count and attribute the 31.5 million arithmetic to InfoWorld. Network World syndicated the same article. Microsoft also told InfoWorld Office was used by 750 million people and installed on 1 billion PCs (user totals: microsoft-365-subscriptions-and-revenue family).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#infoworld-2011-06-16-restates-one-copy-per-second-as-31-5-million-office-2010-copies",
      "citation_text": "About 31.5 million copies of Office 2010 in its first year was InfoWorld's arithmetic in June 2011 from Microsoft's 'a copy of Office every second', a month before Microsoft itself reported over 100 million Office 2010 licences sold (InfoWorld, 2011). Source: InfoWorld, \"Who needs a cloud? Microsoft sold 31 million copies of Office 2010\" (https://www.infoworld.com/article/2266888/who-needs-a-cloud-microsoft-sold-31-million-copies-of-office-2010-2.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#infoworld-2011-06-16-restates-one-copy-per-second-as-31-5-million-office-2010-copies."
    },
    {
      "id": "microsoft-fy15-q4-2015-07-21-half-of-enterprise-agreement-renewals-for-office-365",
      "family": "office-launches-and-adoption",
      "statement": "Half of all Microsoft enterprise agreement renewals in April to June 2015 were for Office 365, two months before Office 2016 shipped, Microsoft said in July 2015 (Microsoft, 2015).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 50,
      "unit": "percent of enterprise agreement renewals that were for Office 365 (Microsoft)",
      "display_value": "half",
      "display_label": "Microsoft earnings call, July 2015",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2015-Q2",
      "population": "Microsoft enterprise agreement renewals, quarter to 30 June 2015",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Microsoft",
      "source_title": "Microsoft FY15 Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call (21 July 2015, transcript)",
      "source_url": "https://cdn-dynmedia-1.microsoft.com/is/content/microsoftcorp/TranscriptFY15Q4.docx",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2015-07-21",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "It is clear that we have success moving customers to the cloud given half of all enterprise agreement renewals were for Office 365 this quarter.",
      "locator": "Satya Nadella remarks, commercial cloud paragraph; raw copy raw/office-launches-and-adoption/ms-ir-transcript-FY15Q4.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "microsoft-office-ea-renewals-in-the-cloud",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Renewals of volume licence agreements choosing the subscription, a measure of the switch from perpetual Office. Earlier: 45% of Office renewal seats moved to the cloud in late 2014 (microsoft-365-subscriptions-and-revenue family). A year later: 70% of Office enterprise agreement renewals 'in the cloud' (July 2016).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-fy15-q4-2015-07-21-half-of-enterprise-agreement-renewals-for-office-365",
      "citation_text": "Half of all Microsoft enterprise agreement renewals in April to June 2015 were for Office 365, two months before Office 2016 shipped, Microsoft said in July 2015 (Microsoft, 2015). Source: Microsoft, \"Microsoft FY15 Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call (21 July 2015, transcript)\" (https://cdn-dynmedia-1.microsoft.com/is/content/microsoftcorp/TranscriptFY15Q4.docx). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-fy15-q4-2015-07-21-half-of-enterprise-agreement-renewals-for-office-365."
    },
    {
      "id": "intra2net-2022-09-26-two-thirds-of-sme-office-migrations-went-to-office-2019",
      "family": "office-launches-and-adoption",
      "statement": "More than two thirds of Office migrations at small German businesses in the year to September 2022 went to Office 2019, not the new Office 2021 launched in October 2021, Intra2net found (Intra2net, 2022).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 67,
      "unit": "percent (more than two thirds) of Office migrations whose target was Office 2019",
      "display_value": "more than two thirds",
      "display_label": "Intra2net SME study, September 2022",
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      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Germany",
      "period": "2022-09",
      "population": "Office migrations between Intra2net's 2021 and 2022 surveys at 105 German companies with 10 to 49 employees (1,617 PC workstations with Microsoft Office, September 2022)",
      "sample_n": 105,
      "publisher": "Intra2net",
      "source_title": "Intra2net study shows pent-up demand / Migration to Microsoft Office 2021 remains subdued in the SME segment (press release 2022-09-26)",
      "source_url": "https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=55.html",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2022-09-26",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "companies willing to switch are primarily opting to move to Office 2019. In fact, more than two-thirds of migrations since last year's Intra2net SME study had Office 2019 as a target.",
      "locator": "Press release, 'Small businesses prefer Office 2019' section; Wayback snapshot https://web.archive.org/web/20221207194226/https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=55.html; raw copy raw/office-launches-and-adoption/wb-intra2net-pr-55-2022.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Intra2net sells groupware to small businesses (vendor survey). Value stored as 67 for 'more than two-thirds'. Intra2net's CEO linked it to small firms being 'reserved about the licensing arrangements for Office 2021'. The version shares themselves are page 4 ids in the office-version-install-base family (Office 2019 32%, Office 2021 3%).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2022-09-26-two-thirds-of-sme-office-migrations-went-to-office-2019",
      "citation_text": "More than two thirds of Office migrations at small German businesses in the year to September 2022 went to Office 2019, not the new Office 2021 launched in October 2021, Intra2net found (Intra2net, 2022). Source: Intra2net, \"Intra2net study shows pent-up demand / Migration to Microsoft Office 2021 remains subdued in the SME segment (press release 2022-09-26)\" (https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=55.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2022-09-26-two-thirds-of-sme-office-migrations-went-to-office-2019."
    },
    {
      "id": "intra2net-2025-10-14-sme-switchers-go-straight-to-office-2024-office-2021-no-role",
      "family": "office-launches-and-adoption",
      "statement": "Small German businesses that upgraded Office in the year to September 2025 moved directly to Office 2024, mostly from Office 2019, while Office 2021 played 'virtually no role' in new migrations, Intra2net found (Intra2net, 2025).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": null,
      "unit": "finding (direction of migrations, no share given)",
      "display_value": "straight to Office 2024",
      "display_label": null,
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Germany",
      "period": "2025-09",
      "population": "Office migrations at 104 German companies with 10 to 49 employees (1,567 PC workstations running Microsoft Office), survey of September 2025",
      "sample_n": 104,
      "publisher": "Intra2net",
      "source_title": "Intra2net press release 2025-10-14 (end of support for Office 2016 and 2019)",
      "source_url": "https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=61.html",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2025-10-14",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "The latest figures also show that when companies switch, they move directly to Office 2024. The latest on-premises package currently has a market share of 8% among small businesses",
      "locator": "Press release, 'Switch to Office 2024 is slowly getting underway' section; raw copy raw/office-launches-and-adoption/intra2net-pr-61-2025.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Same section: 'The 2021 version, on the other hand, plays virtually no role in new migrations.' Intra2net's 8% share for Office 2024 is page 4 id intra2net-2025-09-sme-office-2024-share-8pct (office-version-install-base family).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2025-10-14-sme-switchers-go-straight-to-office-2024-office-2021-no-role",
      "citation_text": "Small German businesses that upgraded Office in the year to September 2025 moved directly to Office 2024, mostly from Office 2019, while Office 2021 played 'virtually no role' in new migrations, Intra2net found (Intra2net, 2025). Source: Intra2net, \"Intra2net press release 2025-10-14 (end of support for Office 2016 and 2019)\" (https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=61.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-2025-10-14-sme-switchers-go-straight-to-office-2024-office-2021-no-role."
    },
    {
      "id": "intra2net-derived-2025-office-2024-one-year-share-8pct-vs-office-2021-3pct",
      "family": "office-launches-and-adoption",
      "statement": "8% of on-premises Office PCs at small German businesses ran Office 2024 a year after its launch, against 3% for Office 2021 at the same age, in Intra2net's surveys of 2025 and 2022 (Intra2net, 2025).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": null,
      "unit": "comparison of the newest version's share of PCs with on-premises Office about a year after launch (two surveys)",
      "display_value": "8% vs 3%",
      "display_label": "Intra2net SME studies, 2022 and 2025",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Germany",
      "period": "2025-09",
      "population": "PCs with on-premises Microsoft Office at German companies with 10 to 49 employees: 1,567 PCs at 104 firms (September 2025) and 1,617 PCs at 105 firms (September 2022)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Intra2net",
      "source_title": "Intra2net press release 2025-10-14 (end of support for Office 2016 and 2019)",
      "source_url": "https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=61.html",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2025-10-14",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "The latest on-premises package currently has a market share of 8% among small businesses, with Office 2019 users in particular making the switch.",
      "locator": "2025 press release, 'Switch to Office 2024' section, raw copy raw/office-launches-and-adoption/intra2net-pr-61-2025.txt; 2022 figure from press release 2022-09-26 ('With a market share of 3%, the current Office 2021 currently still plays a subordinate role'), Wayback copy raw/office-launches-and-adoption/wb-intra2net-pr-55-2022.txt",
      "derived": true,
      "formula": "Juxtaposition of intra2net-2025-09-sme-office-2024-share-8pct (8%, September 2025, Office 2024 released 1 October 2024) and intra2net-2022-09-sme-office-2021-share-3pct (3%, September 2022, Office 2021 released 5 October 2021); both about 11-12 months after launch",
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Same survey method, different samples (about 105 firms each year). Vendor survey of small German firms only; not a national or worldwide share. Office 2019 (released 24 September 2018) had 2% in early 2019 and 8% in early 2020, about 16 months after launch (page 4 ids, April 2020 release), a slightly different age, so it is left out of the comparison. The 2024 jump likely reflects Office 2016 and 2019 losing support in October 2025. The two input shares are the office-version-install-base family's records; this record is only the launch-to-launch comparison.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-derived-2025-office-2024-one-year-share-8pct-vs-office-2021-3pct",
      "citation_text": "8% of on-premises Office PCs at small German businesses ran Office 2024 a year after its launch, against 3% for Office 2021 at the same age, in Intra2net's surveys of 2025 and 2022 (Intra2net, 2025). Source: Intra2net, \"Intra2net press release 2025-10-14 (end of support for Office 2016 and 2019)\" (https://www.intra2net.com/en/company/press/press-release.php_id=61.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#intra2net-derived-2025-office-2024-one-year-share-8pct-vs-office-2021-3pct."
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    {
      "id": "microsoft-2011-06-15-office-web-apps-50-million-unique-monthly-visitors",
      "family": "office-launches-and-adoption",
      "statement": "50 million unique monthly visitors were using the free Office Web Apps a year after their June 2010 launch with Office 2010, Microsoft's Takeshi Numoto told InfoWorld in June 2011 (Microsoft, 2011).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 50000000,
      "unit": "unique monthly visitors to Office Web Apps (Microsoft's count as reported)",
      "display_value": "50 million",
      "display_label": null,
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2011-06",
      "population": "Monthly unique visitors to the browser versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote, worldwide",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Microsoft (quoted by InfoWorld)",
      "source_title": "Who needs a cloud? Microsoft sold 31 million copies of Office 2010",
      "source_url": "https://www.infoworld.com/article/2266888/who-needs-a-cloud-microsoft-sold-31-million-copies-of-office-2010-2.html",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2011-06-16",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "The free Office Web Apps, which includes Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote, also launched a year ago and now has 50 million unique monthly visitors, Numoto says.",
      "locator": "Article, ninth paragraph; raw copy raw/office-launches-and-adoption/infoworld-2011-office-2010-31-million-copies.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Visitors, not active editors. InfoWorld set it against Google's 'tens of millions of active users' of Google Docs (seven-day actives), a different measure (office-competitors family).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-2011-06-15-office-web-apps-50-million-unique-monthly-visitors",
      "citation_text": "50 million unique monthly visitors were using the free Office Web Apps a year after their June 2010 launch with Office 2010, Microsoft's Takeshi Numoto told InfoWorld in June 2011 (Microsoft, 2011). Source: Microsoft (quoted by InfoWorld), \"Who needs a cloud? Microsoft sold 31 million copies of Office 2010\" (https://www.infoworld.com/article/2266888/who-needs-a-cloud-microsoft-sold-31-million-copies-of-office-2010-2.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-2011-06-15-office-web-apps-50-million-unique-monthly-visitors."
    },
    {
      "id": "forrester-2013-10-22-16pct-of-firms-plan-office-2013-within-a-year",
      "family": "office-launches-and-adoption",
      "statement": "**16%** of firms surveyed by Forrester in mid-2013 planned to roll out Office 2013 within a year, which with the 22% already using it would take it to 38% of firms by mid-2014, and 20% planned to do so later, Journal du Net reported (Forrester, 2013).",
      "short_statement": "Only **16%** of firms Forrester surveyed in mid-2013 planned to roll out Office 2013 within a year.",
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 16,
      "unit": "percent of surveyed firms planning to deploy Office 2013 within a year",
      "display_value": "16% within a year",
      "display_label": "Forrester survey via Journal du Net, October 2013",
      "display_hook": null,
      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2013-07",
      "population": "155 IT decision-makers (Forrester clients) surveyed in July 2013 for 'Market Update: Office 2013 And Productivity Suite Alternatives'",
      "sample_n": 155,
      "publisher": "Forrester Research (reported by Journal du Net)",
      "source_title": "Office 2013 : 32% des entreprises pas prêtes à s'équiper",
      "source_url": "https://www.journaldunet.com/cloud/1128747-office-2013-32-des-entreprises-pas-pretes-a-s-equiper/",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2013-10-22",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Concernant Office 2013, 16% des entreprises affirment vouloir implémenter la nouvelle version de la suite bureautique de Microsoft d'ici moins d'un an, portant à 38% la part des entreprises",
      "locator": "Article, fifth paragraph (22 October 2013); the next sentence gives the 20% planning to wait more than a year; raw copy raw/office-launches-and-adoption/journaldunet-2013-office-2013-32pct.txt",
      "derived": false,
      "formula": null,
      "headline": false,
      "series": "forrester-share-planning-upgrade-to-newest-office-within-a-year",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "French-language report of the paywalled Forrester study. The 38% is the outlet's sum of the 22% already on Office 2013 and the 16% planning within a year. The headline's '32% not ready' is not explained in the text. Same survey's 36% planning at any time is forrester-2013-10-17-36pct-of-firms-plan-to-move-to-office-2013.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#forrester-2013-10-22-16pct-of-firms-plan-office-2013-within-a-year",
      "citation_text": "**16%** of firms surveyed by Forrester in mid-2013 planned to roll out Office 2013 within a year, which with the 22% already using it would take it to 38% of firms by mid-2014, and 20% planned to do so later, Journal du Net reported (Forrester, 2013). Source: Forrester Research (reported by Journal du Net), \"Office 2013 : 32% des entreprises pas prêtes à s'équiper\" (https://www.journaldunet.com/cloud/1128747-office-2013-32-des-entreprises-pas-pretes-a-s-equiper/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#forrester-2013-10-22-16pct-of-firms-plan-office-2013-within-a-year."
    },
    {
      "id": "microsoft-2013-02-27-one-in-seven-enterprise-customers-had-office-365-in-early-2012",
      "family": "office-launches-and-adoption",
      "statement": "One in seven of Microsoft's enterprise customers had the paid Office 365 service in early 2012, about eight months after its launch, Microsoft said when it reported one in five a year later (Microsoft, 2013).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 14.3,
      "unit": "percent (one in seven) of Microsoft's enterprise customers with paid Office 365",
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      "display_label": null,
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      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
      "geography": "Worldwide",
      "period": "2012-02",
      "population": "Microsoft's enterprise customers (organisations) with any paid Office 365 subscription, about February 2012",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Microsoft",
      "source_title": "Microsoft Releases Next-Generation Office 365 for Business",
      "source_url": "https://news.microsoft.com/source/2013/02/27/microsoft-releases-next-generation-office-365-for-business-2/",
      "source_type": "manufacturer",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2013-02-27",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "After only 18 months, one in five of Microsoft's enterprise customers now has the paid service, up from one in seven a year ago.",
      "locator": "Press release, third paragraph; raw copy raw/office-launches-and-adoption/ms-pr-2013-02-27-office365-business-next-gen.txt",
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      "formula": "1 / 7 = 14.3% (conversion of Microsoft's 'one in seven')",
      "headline": false,
      "series": "microsoft-share-of-enterprise-customers-with-office-365",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Retrospective figure given in February 2013 for 'a year ago'; Microsoft did not publish it in 2012. Customers holding any Office 365 subscription, not a share of their seats.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-2013-02-27-one-in-seven-enterprise-customers-had-office-365-in-early-2012",
      "citation_text": "One in seven of Microsoft's enterprise customers had the paid Office 365 service in early 2012, about eight months after its launch, Microsoft said when it reported one in five a year later (Microsoft, 2013). Source: Microsoft, \"Microsoft Releases Next-Generation Office 365 for Business\" (https://news.microsoft.com/source/2013/02/27/microsoft-releases-next-generation-office-365-for-business-2/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#microsoft-2013-02-27-one-in-seven-enterprise-customers-had-office-365-in-early-2012."
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    {
      "id": "gartner-2016-04-14-derived-about-65pct-using-or-planning-office-365-in-2014",
      "family": "office-launches-and-adoption",
      "statement": "About 65% of organisations in Gartner's 2014 Office 365 survey were using or planning to use Office 365, derived from Gartner's 2016 figure of 78% and its 13-point rise (Gartner, 2016).",
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      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 65,
      "unit": "percent of surveyed organisations using or planning to use Office 365 (derived)",
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      "display_label": null,
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      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
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      "period": "2014",
      "population": "Gartner Research Circle members in Gartner's 2014 Office 365 study (sample not given in the source)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Gartner (reported by Redmond Channel Partner)",
      "source_title": "Survey: Businesses Keen on Office 365 Despite Some Qualms",
      "source_url": "https://rcpmag.com/articles/2016/04/15/office-365-business-adoption.aspx",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2016-04-15",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "That figure represents a 13 percentage-point increase from the results of Gartner's last Office 365 study, which was published back in 2014.",
      "locator": "Article, second paragraph; raw copy raw/office-launches-and-adoption/rcpmag-2016-04-15-gartner-office-365-adoption.txt",
      "derived": true,
      "formula": "78% (2016 survey) minus 13 percentage points = 65% (2014 survey)",
      "headline": false,
      "series": "gartner-office-365-using-or-planning",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "Derived; Gartner's 2014 report itself was not found. Different samples of Gartner clients in each year.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#gartner-2016-04-14-derived-about-65pct-using-or-planning-office-365-in-2014",
      "citation_text": "About 65% of organisations in Gartner's 2014 Office 365 survey were using or planning to use Office 365, derived from Gartner's 2016 figure of 78% and its 13-point rise (Gartner, 2016). Source: Gartner (reported by Redmond Channel Partner), \"Survey: Businesses Keen on Office 365 Despite Some Qualms\" (https://rcpmag.com/articles/2016/04/15/office-365-business-adoption.aspx). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#gartner-2016-04-14-derived-about-65pct-using-or-planning-office-365-in-2014."
    },
    {
      "id": "computerworld-2022-10-13-office-app-and-office-com-renamed-microsoft-365-from-november-2022",
      "family": "office-launches-and-adoption",
      "statement": "November 2022 was when Office.com began switching to Microsoft365.com, with the Office apps for Windows, macOS, iOS and Android renamed Microsoft 365 from January 2023, after Microsoft's announcement of 12 October 2022 (Computerworld, 2022).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": null,
      "unit": "date (rename of the Office app and Office.com to Microsoft 365)",
      "display_value": "November 2022",
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      "display_hook": null,
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      "publisher_short": null,
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      "population": "Office.com and the Office hub app on Windows, macOS, iOS and Android (the Word, Excel and PowerPoint apps kept their names)",
      "sample_n": null,
      "publisher": "Computerworld (reporting Microsoft's FAQ)",
      "source_title": "Office to be rebranded Microsoft 365",
      "source_url": "https://www.computerworld.com/article/1614302/office-to-be-rebranded-microsoft-365.html",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2022-10-13",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "The official name change for Office will take place in November, meaning users who access the apps via Office.com will automatically be switched to Microsoft365.com.",
      "locator": "Article, fourth paragraph (Lucas Mearian, 13 October 2022); raw copy raw/office-launches-and-adoption/computerworld-2022-10-office-rebranded-microsoft-365.txt",
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      "notes": "Second step of the rebrand after consumer and business Office 365 plans became Microsoft 365 on 21 April 2020. One-time-purchase products (Office 2021, Office 2024, Office LTSC) kept the Office name.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#computerworld-2022-10-13-office-app-and-office-com-renamed-microsoft-365-from-november-2022",
      "citation_text": "November 2022 was when Office.com began switching to Microsoft365.com, with the Office apps for Windows, macOS, iOS and Android renamed Microsoft 365 from January 2023, after Microsoft's announcement of 12 October 2022 (Computerworld, 2022). Source: Computerworld (reporting Microsoft's FAQ), \"Office to be rebranded Microsoft 365\" (https://www.computerworld.com/article/1614302/office-to-be-rebranded-microsoft-365.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#computerworld-2022-10-13-office-app-and-office-com-renamed-microsoft-365-from-november-2022."
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      "family": "office-launches-and-adoption",
      "statement": "4% of corporate IT organisations had fully deployed Office 2010 less than six months after its May 2010 release, in a Dimensional Research survey funded by Dell KACE (Dimensional Research, 2010).",
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      "source_title": "Next Year to be a Big One for Office 2010: Survey",
      "source_url": "https://www.datamation.com/applications/next-year-to-be-a-big-one-for-office-2010-survey/",
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      "published_at": "2010-10-26",
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      "quote": "Microsoft's Office 2010 was only released last May and, in less than six months, 4 percent of corporate IT organizations have already fully deployed it, according to a new study.",
      "locator": "Article, first paragraph (26 October 2010); survey details in the fourth paragraph; raw copy raw/office-launches-and-adoption/datamation-2010-next-year-big-one-for-office-2010.txt",
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      "notes": "Vendor-sponsored survey (Dell KACE sells deployment tools). Computerworld (2 November 2010) gave a broader measure from the same survey: 20% had rolled Office 2010 out to any PCs beyond test scenarios.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#dimensional-research-2010-10-26-4pct-of-it-organisations-fully-deployed-office-2010",
      "citation_text": "4% of corporate IT organisations had fully deployed Office 2010 less than six months after its May 2010 release, in a Dimensional Research survey funded by Dell KACE (Dimensional Research, 2010). Source: Dimensional Research for Dell KACE (reported by Datamation), \"Next Year to be a Big One for Office 2010: Survey\" (https://www.datamation.com/applications/next-year-to-be-a-big-one-for-office-2010-survey/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#dimensional-research-2010-10-26-4pct-of-it-organisations-fully-deployed-office-2010."
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      "family": "office-launches-and-adoption",
      "statement": "42% of IT professionals surveyed in September 2010 planned to deploy Office 2010 broadly in 2011, against 18% by the end of 2010, while 15% had no plans to deploy it, Dimensional Research found for Dell KACE (Dimensional Research, 2010).",
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      "source_title": "Next Year to be a Big One for Office 2010: Survey",
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      "source_type": "secondary",
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      "quote": "Some 18 percent told Dimensional Researchthat they plan to deploy Office 2010 \"broadly\" by the end of the year, but a much larger number — 42 percent — said they plan to do the job in 2011.",
      "locator": "Article, second paragraph; fifth paragraph for the 18% within two years, 7% after 2012 and 15% with no plans; raw copy raw/office-launches-and-adoption/datamation-2010-next-year-big-one-for-office-2010.txt",
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      "notes": "Plans, not deployments; vendor-sponsored. The quote reproduces the outlet's text, including its missing space in 'Dimensional Researchthat' and its dash.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#dimensional-research-2010-10-26-42pct-plan-broad-office-2010-deployment-in-2011",
      "citation_text": "42% of IT professionals surveyed in September 2010 planned to deploy Office 2010 broadly in 2011, against 18% by the end of 2010, while 15% had no plans to deploy it, Dimensional Research found for Dell KACE (Dimensional Research, 2010). Source: Dimensional Research for Dell KACE (reported by Datamation), \"Next Year to be a Big One for Office 2010: Survey\" (https://www.datamation.com/applications/next-year-to-be-a-big-one-for-office-2010-survey/). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#dimensional-research-2010-10-26-42pct-plan-broad-office-2010-deployment-in-2011."
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    {
      "id": "dimensional-research-2010-11-02-45pct-of-it-pros-cite-ribbon-training-as-office-2010-concern",
      "family": "office-launches-and-adoption",
      "statement": "45% of IT professionals named user training on the ribbon interface, introduced with Office 2007, as a concern about deploying Office 2010, the top worry in a Dimensional Research survey of 2010 (Dimensional Research, 2010).",
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      "value": 45,
      "unit": "percent of surveyed IT professionals citing ribbon training as a deployment concern",
      "display_value": "45%",
      "display_label": "Dimensional Research via Computerworld, November 2010",
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      "row_label": null,
      "publisher_short": null,
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      "population": "More than 950 business IT executives, managers and staff surveyed by Dimensional Research for Dell KACE, September 2010",
      "sample_n": 953,
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      "source_title": "IT pros still spooked by Office's ribbon interface",
      "source_url": "https://www.computerworld.com/article/2514009/it-pros-still-spooked-by-office-s-ribbon-interface.html",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2010-11-02",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-15",
      "quote": "Nearly half of the IT pros — 45% — pegged user training on the ribbon as a concern, more than double that of worries about the new software's stability and reliability",
      "locator": "Article, second paragraph (Gregg Keizer, 2 November 2010); raw copy raw/office-launches-and-adoption/computerworld-2010-11-02-it-pros-spooked-by-ribbon.txt",
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      "headline": false,
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      "history": [],
      "notes": "The only survey figure found on the ribbon's cost to adoption. Same article: 'just 20% of organizations polled having rolled out the suite to any PCs outside test scenarios'. Vendor-sponsored survey.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#dimensional-research-2010-11-02-45pct-of-it-pros-cite-ribbon-training-as-office-2010-concern",
      "citation_text": "45% of IT professionals named user training on the ribbon interface, introduced with Office 2007, as a concern about deploying Office 2010, the top worry in a Dimensional Research survey of 2010 (Dimensional Research, 2010). Source: Dimensional Research for Dell KACE (reported by Computerworld), \"IT pros still spooked by Office's ribbon interface\" (https://www.computerworld.com/article/2514009/it-pros-still-spooked-by-office-s-ribbon-interface.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#dimensional-research-2010-11-02-45pct-of-it-pros-cite-ribbon-training-as-office-2010-concern."
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      "id": "computerworld-2010-11-02-microsoft-office-2010-sales-20pct-ahead-of-office-2007-early-months",
      "family": "office-launches-and-adoption",
      "statement": "20% higher sales than Office 2007 in its early months were claimed for Office 2010 by Microsoft in October 2010, as Computerworld reported, three months before Microsoft put the lead at over 50% (Computerworld, 2010).",
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      "population": "Office 2010 sales in its first months (from June 2010) versus Office 2007 over the equivalent period",
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      "source_title": "IT pros still spooked by Office's ribbon interface",
      "source_url": "https://www.computerworld.com/article/2514009/it-pros-still-spooked-by-office-s-ribbon-interface.html",
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      "quote": "The company also announced that sales of Office 2010 were 20% higher than for Office 2007 during its early months.",
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      "notes": "Microsoft's own wording (probably its 28 October 2010 earnings call, whose transcript is not on Microsoft's CDN) was not found. By January 2011 Microsoft said licence sales were 'over 50% ahead of Office 2007 over an equivalent period following launch' (microsoft-fy11-q2-earnings-2011-01-27-...). NPD's US retail data for the first two weeks showed Office 2010 behind Office 2007's launch.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#computerworld-2010-11-02-microsoft-office-2010-sales-20pct-ahead-of-office-2007-early-months",
      "citation_text": "20% higher sales than Office 2007 in its early months were claimed for Office 2010 by Microsoft in October 2010, as Computerworld reported, three months before Microsoft put the lead at over 50% (Computerworld, 2010). Source: Computerworld (reporting Microsoft), \"IT pros still spooked by Office's ribbon interface\" (https://www.computerworld.com/article/2514009/it-pros-still-spooked-by-office-s-ribbon-interface.html). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#computerworld-2010-11-02-microsoft-office-2010-sales-20pct-ahead-of-office-2007-early-months."
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      "id": "forrester-q1-2011-office-2010-supported-by-52pct-of-it-departments",
      "family": "office-launches-and-adoption",
      "statement": "52% of IT departments supported Office 2010 in early 2011, about nine months after its launch, against 72% for Office 2007 and 74% for Office 2003 or earlier, in a Forrester survey of 150 decision-makers (Forrester, 2011).",
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      "population": "150 CIOs and IT decision-makers in North America and Europe, Forrester's 'Q1 2011 Global Desktop Innovation Online Survey'",
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      "source_title": "Office 2010 Fastest Selling",
      "source_url": "https://redmondmag.com/articles/2011/06/15/office-2010-fastest-selling.aspx",
      "source_type": "secondary",
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      "published_at": "2011-06-15",
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      "quote": "IT departments supported \"Office 2003 and earlier\" at 74 percent, \"Office 2007\" at 72 percent and \"Office 2010\" at 52 percent. The survey included responses from 150 decision-makers in North America and Europe.",
      "locator": "Article, second paragraph (Kurt Mackie, 15 June 2011); raw copy raw/office-launches-and-adoption/redmond-2011-06-15-office-2010-fastest-selling.txt",
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      "notes": "Departments supporting a version (several at once), not shares of PCs; recorded here as the share on the newest version within a year of launch. The office-version-install-base family holds the version mix; this figure was not in its file when checked. Same article: Microsoft said businesses were deploying Office 2010 five times faster than Office 2007.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#forrester-q1-2011-office-2010-supported-by-52pct-of-it-departments",
      "citation_text": "52% of IT departments supported Office 2010 in early 2011, about nine months after its launch, against 72% for Office 2007 and 74% for Office 2003 or earlier, in a Forrester survey of 150 decision-makers (Forrester, 2011). Source: Forrester Research (reported by Redmond magazine), \"Office 2010 Fastest Selling\" (https://redmondmag.com/articles/2011/06/15/office-2010-fastest-selling.aspx). Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/microsoft-office-statistics#forrester-q1-2011-office-2010-supported-by-52pct-of-it-departments."
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