diff --git a/docs/retirement/Microsoft Whiteboard in-app notice (personal account).png b/docs/retirement/Microsoft Whiteboard in-app notice (personal account).png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c9e711b Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/retirement/Microsoft Whiteboard in-app notice (personal account).png differ diff --git a/docs/retirement/README.md b/docs/retirement/README.md index 97ef3c1..28903d0 100644 --- a/docs/retirement/README.md +++ b/docs/retirement/README.md @@ -27,13 +27,25 @@ and Android retire on **October 16, 2026**." It also states that after that date Whiteboard gallery". October 16 is also the date remaining Azure-based boards are permanently deleted. +**September 27, 2026:** the Windows app itself, signed in with a personal Microsoft +account, shows a banner above the board (see +[Microsoft Whiteboard in-app notice (personal account).png]()): +"Microsoft Whiteboard for Microsoft account is being retired. Starting from September +25, 2026, you will no longer be able to create or edit whiteboards. Please export any +whiteboards you’d like to keep before October 16, 2026, after which they will be +permanently deleted." This is the only place Microsoft states the September 25 edit +freeze and the deletion of personal-account boards; the support pages describe the +retirement of the apps and the deletion of Azure-based work and school boards. + ## Citing the retirement publicly - Always scope the claim to the standalone **app**: Whiteboard itself remains available in Teams and on the web. - Say the app **"retires"** on October 16 — and, quoting Microsoft, that installed apps - then display "a retirement experience instead of opening". Both are verbatim claims; - do not paraphrase beyond them. + then display "a retirement experience instead of opening". For personal accounts, the + in-app notice adds that boards "will be permanently deleted" after October 16 and that + editing ended on September 25. All of these are verbatim claims; do not paraphrase + beyond them. - Quote with a screenshot, and prefer an archived copy or the bitmap over the live pages, because the schedule changed three times in the ten days around our launch, and may change again. Snapshot each revision to the Wayback Machine when it changes. diff --git a/site/export-microsoft-whiteboard.html b/site/export-microsoft-whiteboard.html index 675f89c..f607f9c 100644 --- a/site/export-microsoft-whiteboard.html +++ b/site/export-microsoft-whiteboard.html @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@

Export your boards from Microsoft Whiteboard

What changes on 16 October

The standalone Microsoft Whiteboard apps for Windows, iOS, and Android retire on 16 October 2026.