Microsoft stopped supporting Silverlight in 2016, with the final end-of-support date for enterprise customers being scheduled for 2021. In addition, Microsoft said it was also taking this decision after Adobe announced Flash's end-of-life for 2020. It said that malware authors have abused this mechanism for exploit campaigns, but also that Office users rarely used these features anyway. Microsoft cited different reasons for taking this decision. Security and Flash's EOL cited as reasons The difference is that the former uses Microsoft's OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) technology, while the latter embed content via an Internet Explorer browser frame. Only Flash, Shockwave, and Silverlight content embedded with the "Insert Object" feature are blocked, but not those embedded via "Insert Online Video." ⇨ Controls are blocked in Office 365 Semi Annual (SA) Channel starting in January 2019. ⇨ Controls are blocked in Office 365 Semi Annual Targeted (SAT) Channel starting in September 2018. ⇨ Controls are blocked in Office 365 Monthly Channel starting in June 2018.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |