diff --git a/docs/retirement/README.md b/docs/retirement/README.md index 65582b7..a67a510 100644 --- a/docs/retirement/README.md +++ b/docs/retirement/README.md @@ -1,33 +1,39 @@ # Microsoft Whiteboard retirement evidence The site and the launch campaign state that Microsoft retires its standalone Whiteboard -app on **September 14, 2026**, citing -[Migration of Whiteboards from Azure to OneDrive](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/whiteboard/migration-of-whiteboards-from-azure-to-onedrive). -Microsoft edits that page as the wind-down proceeds, and the date has already been moved -out of the page's headline sections. This folder preserves the evidence behind the claim -so it stays citable regardless of future edits. +app on **October 16, 2026**, citing +[Retirement of the standalone Microsoft Whiteboard apps](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/whiteboard/retirement-standalone-microsoft-whiteboard-apps). +Microsoft has repeatedly edited its published schedule, so this folder preserves the +evidence behind the claim — each revision as it stood — so it stays citable regardless +of future edits. -- [Microsoft Whiteboard shutdown (original date).png]() — - the "Final migration and retirement schedule" table as originally published, with - September 14, 2026 as its closing row: "The standalone Whiteboard apps for Windows, - iOS, and Android retire. Whiteboard remains available through Microsoft Teams and the - web." -- [Archived copy of that revision](https://web.archive.org/web/20260818052606/https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/whiteboard/migration-of-whiteboards-from-azure-to-onedrive) - (Wayback Machine, August 18, 2026), where the September 14 date is clearly visible in - the schedule table. +## Timeline of Microsoft's published schedule -As of August 23, 2026 the live page still carries the sentence "The standalone Windows, -iOS, and Android apps retire on September 14, 2026", but only in passing under -"Migration trigger and eligible tenants". The schedule table now opens with the migration -deadlines instead, which Microsoft slipped by roughly a month (migration end -August 22 → September 25; permanent deletion September 5 → October 16; service shutdown -November 30 added) while the app retirement date held. +**As originally published** (see +[Microsoft Whiteboard shutdown (original date).png]() +and the [Wayback snapshot of August 18, 2026](https://web.archive.org/web/20260818052606/https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/whiteboard/migration-of-whiteboards-from-azure-to-onedrive)): +migration ended August 22, remaining Azure boards were deleted September 5, and the +standalone apps retired **September 14, 2026** — the closing row of the schedule table. -When citing the retirement publicly: +**Late August 2026:** the migration page slipped the migration deadlines by roughly a +month (migration end August 22 → September 25; deletion September 5 → October 16; +service shutdown November 30 added) while September 14 held, demoted to a passing +sentence under "Migration trigger and eligible tenants". + +**August 28, 2026:** a dedicated retirement page appeared at the URL above, postponing +the app retirement itself: "The standalone Microsoft Whiteboard apps for Windows, iOS, +and Android retire on **October 16, 2026**." It also states that after that date, +"already-installed apps display a retirement experience instead of opening the +Whiteboard gallery". October 16 is also the date remaining Azure-based boards are +permanently deleted. + +## Citing the retirement publicly -- Say the app **"retires"** — Microsoft's own verb. Do not claim the app *stops working* - on September 14; installed copies may run for some time after. - Always scope the claim to the standalone **app**: Whiteboard itself remains available in Teams and on the web. -- Quote the sentence verbatim, and prefer the archived copy or the bitmap over the live - page, which can change again. +- 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. +- Quote with a screenshot, and prefer an archived copy or the bitmap over the live + pages: 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/compare.html b/site/compare.html index 0590db8..f90acfa 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 14 September 2026. SQLBI Whiteboard is built for the same room, a projector and a pen, and for a different file.

+

Microsoft retires its Whiteboard app on 16 October 2026. SQLBI Whiteboard is built for the same room, a projector and a pen, and for a different file.

diff --git a/site/hero-launch-card.png b/site/hero-launch-card.png index 1e57b84..f1cd609 100644 Binary files a/site/hero-launch-card.png and b/site/hero-launch-card.png differ diff --git a/site/hero-launch-card.svg b/site/hero-launch-card.svg index 3fa3f0d..305009c 100644 --- a/site/hero-launch-card.svg +++ b/site/hero-launch-card.svg @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ + aria-label="Microsoft is retiring 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 + aria-label="Microsoft is retiring 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 + application shipped well before the retirement takes effect. --> diff --git a/site/index.html b/site/index.html index 1a52dce..c18f35b 100644 --- a/site/index.html +++ b/site/index.html @@ -73,8 +73,8 @@

The whiteboard for teaching

tenth of the export. The PNGs beside it are for social cards, which cannot render SVG. --> Microsoft is retiring its Whiteboard app on 14 September 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 14 September 2026.
This is what we drew instead.
+ alt="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.
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