Over the course of 2022, we will be requiring all educators and IT Admins using version 3.3 or older of the OneNote Class Notebook Add-in (COM add-in) for Desktop, to update to version 3.4 or higher. The current version of the OneNote Class Notebook Add-in is 3.4, but many educators are still using older versions, in some cases versions for 3 years ago.
Note: The Class Notebook Add-in for OneNote Desktop is not being retired, but we are asking educators and organizations to update to the newer and modernized version, which is version 3.4 or higher by December 31st, 2022.
The Class Notebook COM Addin for OneNote Desktop applies to:
- OneNote 2013 Desktop
- OneNote 2016 Desktop
- OneNote 2019 Desktop
- OneNote 2021 Desktop
- OneNote Desktop for Office 365
For Educators and organizations that do not upgrade their old OneNote Class Notebook Add-in to version 3.4 or higher, the toolbar UI will stop working properly on December 31st, 2022. The reason for this is that we have a set of older technologies we need to retire and when these technologies are retired, the toolbar for old Addin versions 3.3 or less will not work properly.
Summary
- After December 31st, 2022, educators using old versions of the OneNote Desktop COM Add-in (3.3. or less) will experience issues using the toolbar buttons in their add-in.
- Version 3.4 will be the fully supported version starting December 31st, 2022.
- The Class Notebook Add-in for OneNote Desktop is not being retired, but we are asking educators and organizations to update to the newer and modernized version
Learn more:
- Visit Class Notebook add-in for OneNote instructions to see details on deploying the latest version 3.4 of the OneNote Class Notebook COM add-in
- If you have educators that have installed their own version, visit Install Class Notebook Add-in for OneNote app for instructions on how to quickly update their old version
Mike Tholfsen
Group Product Manager
Microsoft Education