Party's over: Microsoft Silverlight support ends on October 12, 2021

guest · Sep 14, 2021

Party's over: Microsoft Silverlight support ends on October 12, 2021
Mark your calendars.
September 14, 2021
https://www.windowscentral.com/partys-over-microsoft-silverlight-support-ends-october-12-2021

What you need to know

Microsoft Silverlight is a framework for web app development.

It is only currently supported on Internet Explorer 11, which is also being taken behind the barn soon.

On October 12, 2021, Silverlight will no longer receive support.

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Soon, the only light Microsoft Silverlight will see is the light at the end of the tunnel.

Wondering what web apps ran on Silverlight? Well, Netflix, for a time. That should give you an idea of the framework's previous place in the world that it's soon to no longer be a supported part of.
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If you want the full details on Silverlight's October retirement, check out Microsoft's support doc. It lists many nuggets of useful information, such as that past October 12, the Silverlight installer will no longer be available to download (so if you want it, now's the time). And given that it only runs in IE11, that means that once that Microsoft product is retired, your primary means of utilizing Silverlight will be through Microsoft Edge's Internet Explorer mode.

If you check out the dedicated Microsoft Silverlight site, you can see the big end-of-days banner at the top of the screen.
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Rasheed187 · Sep 16, 2021

Good riddance, Silverlight has always been crap, it was even worse than Flash. Often it would not work at all.

xxJackxx · Sep 16, 2021

I thought it was already dead. I guess I won't miss it.

guest · Sep 17, 2021

Microsoft Silverlight support ends October 12, 2021: here is what you need to know
September 16, 2021
https://www.ghacks.net/2021/09/16/m...ctober-12-2021-here-is-what-you-need-to-know/

Microsoft will end support for all versions of the Silverlight development framework on October 12, 2021. Silverlight applications, which are still supported by the company's web browser Internet Explorer 11, will continue to work after end of support but Microsoft won't produce updates of any kind for the technology anymore.

Applications that rely on Silverlight will continue to function. Microsoft notes on the official FAQ page that it "is not planning to take any specific action to terminate Silverlight applications". Companies can continue to run Silverlight assets legally after October 12, 2021 according to Microsoft, as the license is not tied to the continuation of support.
The official Silverlight website will remain available, but Microsoft will remove the Silverlight installer from the website after the end of support date.
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Open Source Silverlight alternative
In 2020, the OpenSilver project emerged to provide companies with a modern Silverlight implementation based on modern technologies. The developers behind the project have relased OpenSilver 1.0 Beta recently and revealed plans to release the final version of OpenSilver 1.0 on October 12, 2021.
Designed specifically for companies that use legacy Silverlight applications, OpenSilver may be used to migrate legacy Silverlight applications without losing access to the application or the functionalities it provides.
Closing Words
Most Silverlight applications that are still in use today are used by organizations and companies. It is rare to find a Silverlight application on the Internet that is still maintained and used, and most Internet users have probably not encountered one in a long while, especially since support has been limited to Internet Explorer 10/11 and Microsoft Edge in IE Mode for a long time.
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