From bd6ed26eb7dc91b6fb1a749909f017798d9b9932 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marco Russo Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:45:36 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Say that Microsoft retired its Whiteboard app, because 16 October has passed The home page, the compare page, the export guide, and the artwork alt text said the app retires on 16 October 2026 and asked for exports before then. They now say it retired on that date, that a ZIP exported before then opens here, and that the export steps were the Windows app's until that date. The artwork itself is unchanged: its dates are quotes of the announcement. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 --- .gitignore | 7 +++++++ site/compare.html | 2 +- site/export-microsoft-whiteboard.html | 20 ++++++++++---------- site/hero-launch-card.svg | 2 +- site/hero-launch.svg | 2 +- site/index.html | 8 ++++---- 6 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore index 94b4ea4..6d4f66e 100644 --- a/.gitignore +++ b/.gitignore @@ -20,3 +20,10 @@ TestResults/ # the next release goes out. site/stable.json site/dev.json +/tools/films/audio/samples/sample-track0.mp3 +/tools/films/audio/samples/sample-track1.mp3 +/tools/films/audio/samples/vo-alice.mp3 +/tools/films/audio/samples/vo-daniel.mp3 +/tools/films/audio/samples/vo-eric-acronym.mp3 +/tools/films/audio/samples/vo-eric-hyphen.mp3 +/tools/films/audio/samples/vo-eric.mp3 diff --git a/site/compare.html b/site/compare.html index 98722b3..b7a3268 100644 --- a/site/compare.html +++ b/site/compare.html @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@

What this is not

Beside Microsoft Whiteboard

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Microsoft retires its Whiteboard app on 16 October 2026. SQLBI Whiteboard is built for the same setting, a projector and a pen, and keeps each board in a local file. It opens the .zip that Microsoft Whiteboard exports, with the board's ink, pictures, notes, shapes, and text.

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Microsoft retired its Whiteboard app on 16 October 2026. SQLBI Whiteboard is built for the same setting, a projector and a pen, and keeps each board in a local file. It opens the .zip that Microsoft Whiteboard exports, with the board's ink, pictures, notes, shapes, and text.

diff --git a/site/export-microsoft-whiteboard.html b/site/export-microsoft-whiteboard.html index b5f96ec..493e39b 100644 --- a/site/export-microsoft-whiteboard.html +++ b/site/export-microsoft-whiteboard.html @@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ -Export Microsoft Whiteboard boards before 16 October 2026 · SQLBI Whiteboard - +Open boards exported from Microsoft Whiteboard · SQLBI Whiteboard + - + @@ -39,22 +39,22 @@
Microsoft Whiteboard

Export your boards from Microsoft Whiteboard

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Microsoft retires its Whiteboard app on 16 October 2026. Export each board as a ZIP before then, and open the ZIP in SQLBI Whiteboard to keep the board as a file on your PC.

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Microsoft retired its Whiteboard app on 16 October 2026. A board exported as a ZIP before then opens in SQLBI Whiteboard as a file on your PC.

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What changes on 16 October

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

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What changed on 16 October

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

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  • With a personal Microsoft account, the app has shown this notice since 25 September: “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.” Installed apps then display “a retirement experience instead of opening the Whiteboard gallery or whiteboard content”, according to Microsoft. Export your boards before 16 October.
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  • With a work or school account, boards stored in OneDrive stay available in Whiteboard in Teams and on the web. Boards still stored in Azure are deleted on 16 October.
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  • With a personal Microsoft account, the app showed this notice from 25 September: “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.” Installed apps now display “a retirement experience instead of opening the Whiteboard gallery or whiteboard content”, according to Microsoft.
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  • With a work or school account, boards stored in OneDrive stay available in Whiteboard in Teams and on the web. Boards still stored in Azure were deleted on 16 October.

Export a board as a ZIP

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Open the board in the Microsoft Whiteboard app for Windows, then:

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Until 16 October 2026 the Windows app exported a board this way. Open the board in the app, then:

  1. Select Settings, the gear at the top right.
  2. Select Export.
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    Export a board as a ZIP

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    Repeat the steps for each board, because each ZIP holds one board. Image and PDF save a picture of the board, without the separate strokes, notes, and text. The ZIP opens in SQLBI Whiteboard at any time, including after 16 October, so you can export your boards now and bring them across later.

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    Repeat the steps for each board, because each ZIP holds one board. Image and PDF save a picture of the board, without the separate strokes, notes, and text. The ZIP opens in SQLBI Whiteboard at any time.

    Open it in SQLBI Whiteboard

    Install SQLBI Whiteboard, or run winget install SQLBI.Whiteboard. Use File → Open on the ZIP to create a new board from it, and Save to keep it as a .wboard file. File → Import, or dropping the ZIP on a board, adds it below the current content.

    diff --git a/site/hero-launch-card.svg b/site/hero-launch-card.svg index 305009c..2de0614 100644 --- a/site/hero-launch-card.svg +++ b/site/hero-launch-card.svg @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ + aria-label="Microsoft retired its Whiteboard app on 16 October 2026. SQLBI Whiteboard is the answer, shown in its real window: a captured Power BI matrix with highlighter marks, a DAX measure, and red pen annotations."> Hold my beer Microsoft is retiring its Whiteboard app on 16 October 2026. SQLBI Whiteboard, shown in its real window: a captured Power BI matrix with highlighter marks, a DAX measure, and red pen annotations. -
    Microsoft retires its Whiteboard app on 16 October 2026.
    This is what we drew instead.
    + alt="Microsoft retired its Whiteboard app on 16 October 2026. SQLBI Whiteboard, shown in its real window: a captured Power BI matrix with highlighter marks, a DAX measure, and red pen annotations."> +
    Microsoft retired its Whiteboard app on 16 October 2026.
    This is what we drew instead.
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    From Microsoft Whiteboard - Export each board as a ZIP before 16 October 2026 and open it as a board here. + Open a board exported from Microsoft Whiteboard as a ZIP, with its ink, notes, shapes, and text.
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