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I will be upgrading to Office 2024 (CTR) from Office 2019 before the of support end date in October. I will also be upgrading to Windows 11 from Windows 10 (22H2) before support ceases on that. Which should I do first?

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D. Eager

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I’ve not seen advice to upgrade O2019. Have you seen any?

Upgrading to W11 is still a “wait and see” issue for me. We do not yet know definitively how much it will cost to keep W10 patched. This is particularly important for older machines that may not be W11 compatible.
Have you checked that yours is? I used WhyNotWin11 to test my W10 box.

I would do the W11 upgrade first and test that everything behaves as you expect – after making a backup image or two first.
When the upgrade has settled, then upgrade to O2024.
Doing it this way means any issues will be easy to identify.

cheers, Paul

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I will not be upgrading to W11 until Susan puts out her detailed advice, which she has said is coming soon. I’ve run a test and found that my Surface Pro 7 is ok for W11.  I have seen that the end of support for O2019 is October 14, 2025. Don’t remember where I saw it, but could well have been Office Watch or Office for Mere Mortals.

I will most likely take your advice about doing Windows first.

 

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D. Eager

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