With the end of Windows 10 looming, Microsoft has reminded hard-pressed admins that other critical technologies are on the endangered list, notably VBScript.

While VBScript appears multiple times throughout Microsoft's technology stack, Microsoft's latest warning specifically concerns Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) developers who use the technology to automate tasks and extend Office applications.

Microsoft added VBScript to the deprecated list some time ago. In 2023, it warned that the technology would eventually transition to a Feature on Demand (FOD) status, before its eventual removal. Microsoft says it will disable VBScript FoDs by default in 2026 or 2027.

The problem facing VBA developers is how to future-proof their applications in the face of VBScript's impending demise. Mi

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