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WebSphere MQ Workflow Service End Dates

Troubleshooting


Problem

When will WebSphere MQ Workflow or MQSeries Workflow go out of service?

Resolving The Problem

For IBM Software Support Lifecycle information see the page at
http://www.ibm.com/software/support/lifecycle/index_w.html
or
http://www.ibm.com/software/websphere/support/lifecycle

For up-to-date information you can also search the Announcement Letters (see the link below) using the title keyword "Workflow" .

Here is a condensed overview of current and previous Workflow release dates:

  • WebSphere MQ Workflow version 3.6 was announced on 15 June 2005. The End of Marketing was announced effective 03 June 2011. The End of Service date has been announced to be 30 September 2015.
  • WebSphere MQ Workflow version 3.5 was announced on 26 March 2004. The current End of Service date for generally available fixes and service packs is 30 April 2007.
  • WebSphere MQ Workflow version 3.4 was announced on 7 March 2003 with an "End of Program Service" date of 31 December 2004. This was later extended to 30 April 2006.
  • MQSeries Workflow version 3.3 was announced on 13 March 2001. For MQSeries Workflow version 3.3.2, the "end of program service date" was extended for all platforms to 31 March 2004.

For previous releases of Workflow, the end of program service dates are given below.

Summary:

Version 3.6.0: 30 September 2015
  • v3.6 "End-of-Marketing" at 03 June 2011
Version 3.5.0: 30 April 2007
Version 3.4.0: 30 April 2006
Version 3.3.2: 31 March 2004
Version 3.3.0: 31 December 2002
Version 3.2.2: 30 June 2002
Version 3.2.0: 30 June 2002

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Document Information

Modified date:
15 June 2018

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