By Richard Speed
Publication Date: 2026-08-25 15:53:00
SOFTWARE
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…