PowerPoint

What is PowerPoint?

Microsoft 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.

Figure: Release, patch and end-of-life cycle of product PowerPoint (Microsoft)

 

Facts and figures about PowerPoint

 

 

Keywords

PowerPoint

 

Microsoft

 

Application

 

Release

 

Version

 

Major

 

Minor

 

Patch

 

End-of-life

 

EOL

 

Support

 

End-of-support

 

EOS

 

Maintenance

 

End-of-maintenance

 

EOM

 

Security

 

Long-term support

 

LTS

 

Vulnerabilities

 

Common vulnerabilities & exposures

 

CVE

 

Security