End of life announcements

Every software product has a lifecycle, beginning at its release and ending at the end of its availability. On this page we announce the end of product updates, support, sale or access to Tekla Software versions or products as well as mention the upgrade options. See Tekla Software Lifecycle Policy for more information.

Tekla Tedds support for Microsoft Office 2019

End-of-life announcement: All versions of Tekla Tedds will stop being supported with Microsoft Office 2019
Date Announced: April 8, 2025

Trimble announces the end of life of all versions of Tekla Tedds when used with Microsoft Office 2019, from October 14th 2025.

Last date of product updates
Microsoft's lifecycle policy for Office 2019 states that the extended support period for Office 2019 ends on October 14th 2025. Therefore Trimble will end support for all version releases of Tekla Tedds running on Office 2019 on the same date, October 14th 2025.

Product upgrade options
Trimble highly recommends using the latest available version of Microsoft Office. Please refer to the hardware requirements for specific Tekla products for information on which versions of Microsoft Office are supported.

Tekla Tedds support for Microsoft Office 2016

End-of-life announcement: All versions of Tekla Tedds will stop being supported with Microsoft Office 2016
Date Announced: April 8, 2025

Trimble announces the end of life of all versions of Tekla Tedds when used with Microsoft Office 2016, from October 14th 2025.

Last date of product updates
Microsoft's lifecycle policy for Office 2016 states that the extended support period for Office 2016 ends on October 14th 2025. Therefore Trimble will end support for all version releases of Tekla Tedds running on Office 2016 on the same date, October 14th 2025.

Tekla Subscriptions

Announcement: End of life of Tekla Subscriptions
Date Announced: February 21, 2025

Trimble announces the end of life of several Tekla subscriptions. This change will affect the following products:

Tekla Structures:

Tekla Structures Carbon (license types Standard, Flex and Worldwide)
Tekla Structures Graphite (license types Standard, Flex and Worldwide)
Tekla Structures Diamond (license types Standard, Flex and Worldwide)

Tekla Model Sharing:

Tekla Model Sharing (Enterprise and Worldwide)

Tekla Analysis and Design:

Tekla Structural Designer (Enterprise and Worldwide)
Tekla Tedds (Enterprise and Worldwide)
Tekla Design Suite (Enterprise and Worldwide)

Tekla PowerFab:

Tekla EPM Estimating (Enterprise)
Tekla EPM Go (Enterprise)
Tekla EPM Production (Enterprise)
Tekla PowerFab One (Enterprise)

Timeline
Customers with active subscriptions to the above products retain access and may renew their existing contracts; however, no renewals will extend beyond the end of 2027. Starting January 1, 2028, all Tekla software products will be available as Named User subscriptions, with the exception of standalone Model Sharing Subscriptions that will be terminated.

For contracts renewing beyond 2027, these products will be automatically substituted with corresponding Named User products unless terminated by the customer before termination deadline. Tekla Structures Named User licenses include Tekla Model Sharing, so beyond 2027, anyone with an active subscription will continue to have access to Tekla Model Sharing.

This announcement serves as an update to our previous communications (Sept 1, 2023) regarding the end of sale for Standard, Flex, and Worldwide licenses.
For more information on current subscription products and upgrade options, please contact your local Tekla representative.

Tekla Model Sharing, version support

End-of-life announcement: Tekla Model Sharing service for Tekla Structures version 2020
Date Announced: January 23, 2025

Trimble announces the end of life of Tekla Model Sharing service for Tekla Structures version 2020.

End of access
The last date of Tekla Model Sharing service for Tekla Structures version 2020 is December 31, 2026. After this date, Trimble is not running the service nor developing, maintaining, or testing Tekla Model Sharing service for the version.

Read about recommendations for archiving Tekla Model Sharing projects

Product upgrade options
Tekla Model Sharing service is available for Tekla Structures version 2021 and newer beyond the end of year 2026. We highly recommend using the latest available version of Tekla Structures.

Read about upgrading a shared model to a new Tekla Structures version

Additional note regarding Tekla Model Sharing on-premises server: The on-premises server versions have started to follow Tekla Model Sharing end-of-life policy, ie. these announcements. This information has been available in Tekla Downloads for on-premises server and more information can be read in the Release Notes.

Tekla products support for Windows 10

End-of-life announcement: All versions of Tekla products will stop being supported on Microsoft Windows 10
Date Announced: January 17, 2025

Trimble announces the end of life of all Tekla products when used on Microsoft Windows 10, from October 14th 2025.

Last date of product updates
Microsoft's lifecycle policy for Windows 10 states that the support period for Windows 10 will end on October 14th 2025. Therefore Trimble will end supporting all version releases of Tekla products running on Windows 10 on the same date, October 14th 2025.

Windows upgrade options
Trimble highly recommends using the latest available version of Microsoft Windows. Please refer to the hardware requirements for specific Tekla products for information on which versions of Microsoft Windows are supported.

Tekla Maintenance products for Perpetual License

Announcement: End of Sale of Tekla Maintenance products for Perpetual Licenses
Date Announced: June 11, 2024

Trimble announces the end of sale of maintenance products for all perpetual license types of Tekla software.

End of Sale is announced for the following maintenance products:

Tekla Structures
- Project Viewer maintenance
- Production Planner - Concrete maintenance
- Drafter maintenance
- Construction Modeling maintenance
- Engineering maintenance
- Rebar Detailing maintenance
- Precast Concrete Detailing maintenance
- Steel Detailing maintenance
- Primary maintenance
- Full maintenance
Tekla Structural Designer maintenance
Tekla Structural Designer LT maintenance
Tekla Tedds maintenance
Tekla Tedds LT maintenance
Tekla Portal Frame Designer maintenance
Tekla Portal Frame Designer LT maintenance
Tekla Connection Designer maintenance
Tekla EPM
- Tekla EPM Maintenance
- Tekla EPM Additional maintenance
- Tekla EPM Estimating maintenance
- Tekla EPM Go maintenance
- Tekla EPM Go Unlimited maintenance
- Tekla EPM Inventory maintenance
- Tekla EPM LT150 maintenance
- Tekla EPM Production maintenance
- Tekla EPM Production Additional maintenance

Timeline

For existing customers with active maintenance contracts Tekla maintenance products remain available until the end of 2027. Tekla maintenance contracts renewed for 2027 will be terminated on December 31, 2027 and cannot renew for 2028 (and on) anymore.

From 2028 Tekla software products are available as a subscription only.

For more information on current subscription products and upgrade options please contact your local Tekla representative.

Tekla Structural Update Service versions 1.00 through 1.06

End-of-life announcement: Tekla Structural Update Service versions 1.00 through 1.06
Date Announced: March 28, 2024

Trimble announces the end of life of the Tekla Structural Update Service versions 1.00 through 1.06, from June 12th 2024.

End of access
Versions 1.00 through 1.06 of the Tekla Structural Update Service use the 3rd party FlexNet Connect software which the vendor no longer supports. The FlexNet Connect software communicates with an online service to determine whether any software updates are available for specific Tekla products installed and registered with the FlexNet Connect software on your device. The software works for Tekla products including Tekla Tedds, Tekla Structural Designer, Tekla Portal Frame Designer and Tekla Connection Designer. On June 12th 2024 the online service will be switched off so the Tekla Structural Update Service (v1.00 - 1.06) will no longer be able to identify or notify you of available software updates.

Product upgrade options
We highly recommend using the latest available version of the Tekla Structural Update Service.

From March 2024 upgrading to the latest versions of Tekla Tedds, Tekla Structural Designer, Tekla Portal Frame Designer and Tekla Connection Designer will automatically upgrade the Tekla Structural Update Service to version 2.00 or newer. From version 2.00 of the Tekla Structural Update Service, the Tekla Download Service is used to determine whether any software updates are available and the FlexNet Connect service is no longer used or distributed with Tekla software.

If you are not yet ready to upgrade to the Tekla 2024 product releases you can just upgrade the Tekla Structural Update Service to v2.00 or newer.

Tekla Model Sharing, version support

End-of-life announcement: Tekla Model Sharing service for Tekla Structures versions 2019 and 2019i
Date Announced: January 16, 2024

Trimble announces the end of life of Tekla Model Sharing service for Tekla Structures versions 2019 and 2019i.

End of access
The last date of Tekla Model Sharing service for Tekla Structures versions 2019 and 2019i is December 31, 2025. After this date, Trimble is not running the service nor developing, maintaining, or testing Tekla Model Sharing service for these versions.

Read about recommendations for archiving Tekla Model Sharing projects

Product upgrade options
Tekla Model Sharing service is available for Tekla Structures version 2020 and newer beyond the end of year 2025. We highly recommend using the latest available version of Tekla Structures.

Read about upgrading a shared model to a new Tekla Structures version

End of Sale of Standard, Flex and Worldwide Licenses

Announcement: End of Sale of Standard, Flex and Worldwide Licenses
Date Announced: September 1, 2023

Trimble announces the end of sale of Standard, Flex and Worldwide licenses for Tekla products.

From September 1, 2023 customers who are new to Tekla subscriptions will be able to purchase named user licenses, where each license purchased will be allocated to a specified user.

For existing Tekla Structures subscription customers additional Standard, Flex and Worldwide licenses can be purchased until September 30, 2025.

For existing Tekla Structures subscription customers Standard, Flex and Worldwide licenses can be renewed until December 31, 2025.

From January 1, 2026 all new license sales and subscription renewals will be named user licenses.

Products affected:

- Tekla Structures - Carbon, Graphite, Diamond subscriptions

- Tekla Structural Designer subscriptions

- Tekla Tedds subscriptions

- Tekla Structural Design Suite subscriptions

Tekla Model Sharing, version support

End-of-life announcement: Tekla Model Sharing service for Tekla Structures versions 2018 and 2018i
Date Announced: January 16, 2023

Trimble announces the end of life of Tekla Model Sharing service for Tekla Structures versions 2018 and 2018i.

End of access
The last date of Tekla Model Sharing service for Tekla Structures versions 2018 and 2018i is December 31, 2024. After this date, Trimble is not running the service nor developing, maintaining, or testing Tekla Model Sharing service for these versions.

Read about recommendations for archiving Tekla Model Sharing projects

Product upgrade options
Tekla Model Sharing service is available for Tekla Structures version 2019 and newer beyond the end of year 2024. We highly recommend using the latest available version of Tekla Structures.

Read about upgrading a shared model to a new Tekla Structures version

Tekla Tedds support for 32-bit Windows

End-of-life announcement: Tekla Tedds will stop being supported on 32-bit versions of Microsoft Windows
Date Announced: September 28, 2022

Trimble announces the end of life of Tekla Tedds when used on 32-bit versions of Microsoft Windows.

End of access
Trimble is not developing, maintaining, or testing this product on 32-bit versions of Microsoft Windows after December 31, 2022.
Trimble will not guarantee the functionality of these products on 32-bit versions of Microsoft Windows after the End of access date.

Last date of product updates
Sub-releases and corrections are available at Trimble’s discretion only in respect of the latest main releases. See Tekla Software Lifecycle Policy for more information.

Product upgrade options
We highly recommend using a 64-bit version of Microsoft Windows. Please refer to the hardware requirements for specific Tekla products for information on which versions of Microsoft Windows are supported.

Tekla products support for Windows 8.1

End-of-life announcement: All versions of Tekla products will stop being supported on Microsoft Windows 8.1
Date Announced: September 28, 2022

Trimble announces the end of life of all Tekla products when used on Microsoft Windows 8.1, from January 10th 2023.

Last date of product updates
Microsoft's lifecycle policy for Windows 8.1 states that the extended support period for Windows 8.1 will end on January 10th 2023. Therefore Trimble will end supporting all version releases of Tekla products running on Windows 8.1 on the same date, January 10th 2023.

Tekla Tedds support for Microsoft Office 2013

End-of-life announcement: All versions of Tekla Tedds will stop being supported with Microsoft Office 2013
Date Announced: September 28, 2022

Trimble announces the end of life of all versions of Tekla Tedds when used with Microsoft Office 2013, from April 11th 2023.

Last date of product updates
Microsoft's lifecycle policy for Office 2013 states that the extended support period for Office 2013 ends on April 11th 2023. Therefore Trimble will end support for all version releases of Tekla Tedds running on Office 2013 on the same date, April 11th 2023.

Tekla Model Sharing, version support

End-of-life announcement: Tekla Model Sharing service for Tekla Structures versions 2017 and 2017i
Date Announced: December 13, 2021

Trimble announces the end of life of Tekla Model Sharing service for Tekla Structures versions 2017 and 2017i. This announcement applies to all Tekla Online services for these Tekla Structures versions mentioned above.

End of access
The last date of Tekla Model Sharing service for Tekla Structures versions 2017 and 2017i is December 31, 2023. After this date, Trimble is not running the service nor developing, maintaining, or testing Tekla Model Sharing service for these versions.

Product upgrade options
Tekla Model Sharing service is available for Tekla Structures version 2018 and newer beyond the end of year 2023. We highly recommend using the latest available version of Tekla Structures.

Read the support article at TUA

Tekla Model Sharing, version support

End-of-life announcement: Tekla Model Sharing service for Tekla Structures versions 21.0, 21.1, 2016 and 2016i
Date announced: June 7, 2021

Trimble Solutions Corporation announces the end of life of Tekla Model Sharing service for Tekla Structures versions 21.0, 21.1, 2016 and 2016i. This announcement applies to all Tekla Online services for these Tekla Structures versions mentioned above.

End of access
The last date of Tekla Model Sharing service for Tekla Structures versions 21.0, 21.1, 2016 and 2016i is December 31, 2022. After this date, Trimble is not running the service nor developing, maintaining, or testing Tekla Model Sharing service for these versions.

Product upgrade options
Tekla Model Sharing service is available for Tekla Structures version 2017 and newer beyond the end of year 2022. We highly recommend using the latest available version of Tekla Structures.

Read the support article at TUA

Tekla Structures, version support

End-of-life announcement: Tekla Structures versions 21.0, 21.1, 2016 and 2016i
Date announced: June 29, 2021

Trimble Solutions Corporation announces the end of life of Tekla Structures all versions prior 2017 (2016i, 2016, 21.1, 21.0 and older).

Last date for customer support
Customer support is available for four years from the main version release. After which, customer support is limited for older software versions that are no longer actively maintained.

Last date for product updates
Sub-releases and corrections are available at Trimble’s discretion only in respect of the latest main releases. See Tekla Software Lifecycle Policy for more information.

End of access
The last date of Tekla Structures versions 21.0, 21.1, 2016 and 2016i is December 31, 2022.
Trimble will not guarantee the availability or functionality of these versions after the End of access date.

Product upgrade options
Tekla Structures versions from 2017 onwards. We highly recommend using the latest available version of Tekla Structures. When upgrading to a more current version, certain features may not be available, or there may be changes to hardware requirements. Please consult your Tekla reseller to verify your critical functionality and required hardware.

Tekla Structures full recurring subscription

End-of-life announcement: Tekla Structures full recurring subscription
Date announced: June 29, 2021

Trimble Solutions Corporation announces the end of life of Tekla Structures full recurring subscription offering.

End of Sale
The last date of purchasing is December 31, 2021. After this date, Trimble is not accepting any new contracts for this product.

End of access
Trimble is not developing, maintaining, or testing this product after December 31, 2022.
Trimble will not guarantee the availability or functionality of these products after the End of Access date.

Product upgrade options
Users are encouraged to move on to using Tekla Structures Diamond subscription, which will offer similar functionalities, in addition to new features. When upgrading to a more current product, certain features may not be available, or there may be changes to hardware requirements. Please consult your Tekla reseller to verify your critical functionality and required hardware.

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