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--- en:services:email_collaboration:rocketchat:eol [2024/11/01 16:54] – created bwegman1
+++ en:services:email_collaboration:rocketchat:eol [2025/03/10 15:02] (current) – [What cause of action is recommended for current Rocket.Chat users?] bwegman1
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 ====== End-of-Life of Rocket.Chat service ======
-With 1st Nov the Rocket.Chat service enters its end-of-life phase.
+With Nov 1st, 2024 the service Rocket.Chat entered its end-of-life phase. Users of Rocket.Chat should act now (see below).
 ===== What changes during end-of-life? =====
-GWDG will not renew the licensing of the service. With the expiration of the license some functionality of Rocket.Chat will be limited. The most prominent limitations are:
+GWDG has stopped renewing the licensing of the service. With the expiration of the license some functionality of Rocket.Chat **may** be limited in the future. The most prominent limitations are:
   * no more push notifications to mobile clients
   * online presence status of users (online/busy/idle/offline) is no longer displayed
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 ===== How long will the end-of-life phase last? How long can Rocket.Chat still be used? =====
-The end-of-life phase will terminate on the 28th Feb 2025. After the 3rd May access to the service will *no longer* be possible, including any content and any functionality. All users of Rocket.Chat should plan for the unavailability of the service, in parts or whole, and any content or functionality of the service, directly or indirectly, from the 28th Feb 2025 on.
+The end-of-life phase will terminate on the 31st September 2025. After the 1st October access to the service will **no longer** be possible, including any content and any functionality. All users of Rocket.Chat should plan for the unavailability of the service, in parts or whole, and any content or functionality of the service, directly or indirectly, from the 1st October 2025 on.
 ===== Has the end-of-life phase consequences for the migration of content from Rocket.Chat to the new Matrix service? =====
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 ===== What cause of action is recommended for current Rocket.Chat users? =====
-There is no urgent need for action. All users are recommended to watch out for further announcements regarding Matrix and, after the functionality has been announced, to familiarize themselves with the functionality to migrate content to Matrix, if desired.
+Users of Rocket.Chat are recommended to act soon with the aforementioned time frame in mind. The Matrix service (https://docs.chat.academiccloud.de/en/first-steps/index.html) is now in full operation and broadly available. All users are recommended to familiarize themselves with the functionality to migrate content to Matrix, if desired, and to plan to migrate content and change their processes and work-flows with regards to the planned end-date.
-After availability has been announced, all users are recommended to familiarize themselves with the new Matrix service and then plan to migrate content and change their processes with regards to the date in February.