Developer(s) | Microsoft |
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Initial release | June 7, 1999[1] |
Final release | |
Operating system | Windows 95 or later[4] |
Platform | IA-32 |
Predecessor | Microsoft Office 97 (1996) |
Successor | Microsoft Office XP (2001) |
Type | Office suite |
License | Proprietary commercial software |
Website | Microsoft Office Home |
Microsoft Office 2000 (version 9.0) is a release of Microsoft Office, an office suite developed and distributed by Microsoft for the Windows family of operating systems. Office 2000 was released to manufacturing on March 29, 1999,[1] and was made available to retail on June 7, 1999.[5] A Mac OS equivalent, Microsoft Office 2001, was released on October 11, 2000.
Office 2000 is compatible with Windows 95 through Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.[4] It is the last version of Microsoft Office to support Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 SP3–SP5.[6]
Microsoft released three service packs for Office 2000 throughout its life cycle. The first update was called Service Release 1 (SR-1), while subsequent updates were referred to as service packs.[2] Support for Office 2000 ended on July 14, 2009.[7]