PowerPoint: Releases, patches & end-of-life
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Lifecycle guide for PowerPoint from Microsoft

All releases, patches, maintenance and support periods at a glance

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📅 Last update on 2026-04-16

What is PowerPoint?

Automate product release and end-of-life managementMicrosoft PowerPoint is a presentation software developed by Microsoft that allows users to create visual slideshows. It’s commonly used for business meetings, educational lectures, and personal projects. The software provides tools to combine text, images, charts, videos, and animations into a series of slides, helping presenters communicate information clearly and engagingly. PowerPoint also offers design templates, transitions, and collaboration features, making it easy to create professional-looking presentations. It’s part of the Microsoft Office suite, alongside programs like Word and Excel.
 

The entire lifecycle of PowerPoint

The following figure shows you the visualised product life cycle of PowerPoint. You can see all releases with the latest patch version, the long-term support characteristics (orange flag in the green circle, the periods for version provision, maintenance and support.
PowerPoint (Microsoft) release, version and end-of-life information
XPowerPoint (Microsoft) release, version and end-of-life information
Figure: Release, patch and end-of-life cycle of product PowerPoint (Microsoft)
 

Facts and figures about PowerPoint

Product
PowerPoint
Vendor
Microsoft
Latest version
2024
Number of releases
12
Number of versions
451
Number of unstable versions
5
Number of versions affected by CVE
12
Licence
Commercial
 
 

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