The Migration Timeline

Please review these critical milestones and dates related to Essentials end of life and migration to Pro Suite.

Essentials migration timeline
EVENT DATE DETAILS

Official retirement announcement

February 11, 2026

Upgrade notification: all orgs

End of July, 2026

Represents the final date of the phased notification rollout, by which all Essential orgs will have access to the upgrade notification banner.

End-of-Renewal (EOR)

August 18, 2026

Represents the last date you can renew your Essentials subscription.

Consent deadline

End of your contract term or August 18, 2026 (whichever date is earlier).

Represents the last date to provide in-app consent to upgrade to Pro Suite.

If you don’t consent by this date, you will lose access to your org and data.

End-of-support (EOSp)

September 18, 2026

Represents the last date you can receive technical support, critical security patches, and so forth for your Essentials org.

Essentials Help retirement

Mid-October, 2026

Represents the last date Essentials Help will be published.