Office 2010 End of Life: What Charities Need To Know

What happens after October 13th, 2020?

While your Microsoft Office 2010 programs will continue to function, you will be exposing yourself and your organisation to serious and potentially harmful security risks by using an unsupported program.

Because Microsoft Office 2010 will no longer receive security updates after October 2020, we strongly recommend that you upgrade before the end of life deadline.

What are my options?

The best way to protect yourself and your organisation is to upgrade to a newer version of Office:

• On-premise upgrade: Microsoft Office Standard 2019
• Cloud upgrade: Free and discounted subscriptions to Microsoft 365
  
  
  

Microsoft Office Standard 2019

Microsoft Office Standard 2019 is available to eligible charities on a donated basis from Charity Digital Exchange. It is the latest version of the on-premises version of the office suite and includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, and Publisher.

Microsoft Office Standard 2019 may be a good option for you if:

• Your Charity is not ready to move to the cloud version at this time
• You only need to install Office programs on 1 device (PC or Mac)
  
  

*NOTE: You need to have Windows 10 as your operating system in order to install Microsoft Office Standard 2019

Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365 is an all-in-one cloud solution with a number of different licensing options to fit your organisation’s needs. Many cloud subscriptions also include installed versions of the application so you can have the same look and feel of the Office applications you are accustomed to using, but built with more robust features and benefits.

Microsoft 365 may be a good option for you if:

• You’d like the ability to work from anywhere and at any time
  
  
• You’d like the option to install Microsoft Office programs on up to 5 PCs or Macs, 5 tablets and 5 mobile devices
  
  
• You no longer want to worry about the end of support deadlines. Since Microsoft 365 is updated on a regular basis, cloud subscriptions are automatically updated to have the newest features, applications and security updates
  
  

Basic versions of Microsoft and Office 365 are available to Charities at no cost. To get started, simply complete our Microsoft Cloud Solutions form.

Not sure which subscription is best for your Charity?

We recommend small to medium-sized organisations (up to 300 staff/volunteers) to consider Microsoft 365 Business Premium.

This specific license comes with desktop versions of Office apps: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote (plus Access and Publisher for PC only), as well as the Windows 10 and Enterprise Mobility + Security components. It is designed for small and medium-sized organisations under 300 users.

The best part is that eligible charities can get the first 10 seats at no cost.

Additional benefits include:

• One license allows you to install Office apps on up to five mobile devices, five tablets, and five PCs or Macs per user
  
  
• Each account comes with 1 TB of cloud storage for online file sharing and cloud backup on OneDrive for Business
  
  
• It includes all the features of Office 365, plus advanced security and device management features with apps like Microsoft Defender and Conditional Access
  
  
• It also features instant messaging and online meetings with Microsoft Teams
  
  
• You can easily add security to mobile devices, tablets, and computers that connect to your organisational data with an app called Intune
  
  
• You can control access to sensitive information using encryption to help keep data from being accidentally shared
  
  
• Eligible nonprofits can obtain Microsoft 365 Business Premium with up to 10 seats at no cost and then pay £3.80 per additional user/month
  
  

To find out more, download the free ebook, Crash Course in Microsoft 365 Business for Nonprofits.