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1 | 1 | # Microsoft Whiteboard retirement evidence |
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3 | 3 | The site and the launch campaign state that Microsoft retires its standalone Whiteboard |
4 | | -app on **September 14, 2026**, citing |
5 | | -[Migration of Whiteboards from Azure to OneDrive](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/whiteboard/migration-of-whiteboards-from-azure-to-onedrive). |
6 | | -Microsoft edits that page as the wind-down proceeds, and the date has already been moved |
7 | | -out of the page's headline sections. This folder preserves the evidence behind the claim |
8 | | -so it stays citable regardless of future edits. |
| 4 | +app on **October 16, 2026**, citing |
| 5 | +[Retirement of the standalone Microsoft Whiteboard apps](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/whiteboard/retirement-standalone-microsoft-whiteboard-apps). |
| 6 | +Microsoft has repeatedly edited its published schedule, so this folder preserves the |
| 7 | +evidence behind the claim — each revision as it stood — so it stays citable regardless |
| 8 | +of future edits. |
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10 | | -- [Microsoft Whiteboard shutdown (original date).png](<Microsoft Whiteboard shutdown (original date).png>) — |
11 | | - the "Final migration and retirement schedule" table as originally published, with |
12 | | - September 14, 2026 as its closing row: "The standalone Whiteboard apps for Windows, |
13 | | - iOS, and Android retire. Whiteboard remains available through Microsoft Teams and the |
14 | | - web." |
15 | | -- [Archived copy of that revision](https://web.archive.org/web/20260818052606/https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/whiteboard/migration-of-whiteboards-from-azure-to-onedrive) |
16 | | - (Wayback Machine, August 18, 2026), where the September 14 date is clearly visible in |
17 | | - the schedule table. |
| 10 | +## Timeline of Microsoft's published schedule |
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19 | | -As of August 23, 2026 the live page still carries the sentence "The standalone Windows, |
20 | | -iOS, and Android apps retire on September 14, 2026", but only in passing under |
21 | | -"Migration trigger and eligible tenants". The schedule table now opens with the migration |
22 | | -deadlines instead, which Microsoft slipped by roughly a month (migration end |
23 | | -August 22 → September 25; permanent deletion September 5 → October 16; service shutdown |
24 | | -November 30 added) while the app retirement date held. |
| 12 | +**As originally published** (see |
| 13 | +[Microsoft Whiteboard shutdown (original date).png](<Microsoft Whiteboard shutdown (original date).png>) |
| 14 | +and the [Wayback snapshot of August 18, 2026](https://web.archive.org/web/20260818052606/https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/whiteboard/migration-of-whiteboards-from-azure-to-onedrive)): |
| 15 | +migration ended August 22, remaining Azure boards were deleted September 5, and the |
| 16 | +standalone apps retired **September 14, 2026** — the closing row of the schedule table. |
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26 | | -When citing the retirement publicly: |
| 18 | +**Late August 2026:** the migration page slipped the migration deadlines by roughly a |
| 19 | +month (migration end August 22 → September 25; deletion September 5 → October 16; |
| 20 | +service shutdown November 30 added) while September 14 held, demoted to a passing |
| 21 | +sentence under "Migration trigger and eligible tenants". |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +**August 28, 2026:** a dedicated retirement page appeared at the URL above, postponing |
| 24 | +the app retirement itself: "The standalone Microsoft Whiteboard apps for Windows, iOS, |
| 25 | +and Android retire on **October 16, 2026**." It also states that after that date, |
| 26 | +"already-installed apps display a retirement experience instead of opening the |
| 27 | +Whiteboard gallery". October 16 is also the date remaining Azure-based boards are |
| 28 | +permanently deleted. |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +## Citing the retirement publicly |
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28 | | -- Say the app **"retires"** — Microsoft's own verb. Do not claim the app *stops working* |
29 | | - on September 14; installed copies may run for some time after. |
30 | 32 | - Always scope the claim to the standalone **app**: Whiteboard itself remains available |
31 | 33 | in Teams and on the web. |
32 | | -- Quote the sentence verbatim, and prefer the archived copy or the bitmap over the live |
33 | | - page, which can change again. |
| 34 | +- Say the app **"retires"** on October 16 — and, quoting Microsoft, that installed apps |
| 35 | + then display "a retirement experience instead of opening". Both are verbatim claims; |
| 36 | + do not paraphrase beyond them. |
| 37 | +- Quote with a screenshot, and prefer an archived copy or the bitmap over the live |
| 38 | + pages: the schedule changed three times in the ten days around our launch, and may |
| 39 | + change again. Snapshot each revision to the Wayback Machine when it changes. |
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