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Microsoft warns that transitioning Excel workbooks to new Exchange connectors might not be smooth sailing

Current Exchange connector is retiring - and new ones won't work if you don't upgrade

Microsoft has issued a warning to Excel users. Want to keep using the Exchange Connector? You'll have to migrate your workbook connections and switch to Microsoft 365 or Office 2024.

The software giant just published a timeline for the switchover in its Message Center. The roadmap puts customer validation of the new Exchange Mail and Calendar connectors as starting in August (along with access for early adopters), sets the final phase of the Exchange Web Services (EWS) retirement enforcement in Exchange Online to begin in October, and a plans retirement of the current Exchange connector in Excel Power Query for April 2027.

Microsoft did not share its plans for Contacts and Tasks, saying only that "Guidance for Contacts and Tasks scenarios will be shared separately."

The challenge users face is that existing workbooks won't automatically...

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