Thursday, May 1, 2025
BEx and Microsoft's End of Support for Office 2016
Is it the end of the line for BEx?
Mark the date on your calendar: October 14, 2025. That's the day when Microsoft stops supporting Microsoft Office 2016 and 2019.
What does this deprecation mean for BEx users?
SAP stopped investment in BEx Reports and BEx Broadcaster long ago, and the latest verion of Office supported by BEx is Office 2016. The deprecation of Office 2016 is another reason BEx users need to find an alternative solution. If an organization is moving beyond BW 7.5, their BEx users will have to move on anyway, but Microsoft's deprecation of Office 2016 takes the timing out of these BEx users' hands.
Your options include:
- Continue to use BEx Reports with Office 2016 (a bad idea, as you are creating liability for your IT department)
- Move to SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office
- Move to SAP Analytics Cloud add-in for Excel
- Move to SAP Analytics Cloud stories
All of these options present broadcasting challenges, but APOS Publisher for Cloud can help you meet those challenges. You can:
- Move Analysis for Office reports to the SAP Analytics Cloud repository, where they can be scheduled and broadcast.
- Schedule and broadcast high volumes of SAP Analytics Cloud stories for timely and personalized delivery.
Want to learn more? Register for our upcoming webinar:
SAP Analytics Cloud & Analysis for Office Report Scheduling & Broadcasting with APOS Publisher for Cloud