Microsoft Office 2000
| Microsoft Office 2000 | |
|---|---|
Microsoft Office 2000 core programs running with the Office Assistant present | |
| Developer(s) | Microsoft |
| Initial release | June 7, 1999 |
| Final release | Service Pack 3 (9.0.6926)
/ October 21, 2002 |
| Operating system | Windows 95 or later |
| 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, and was made available to retail on June 7, 1999. 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. It is the last version of Microsoft Office to support Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 SP3–SP5. 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. Support for Office 2000 ended on July 14, 2009.