IBM MQ/ WebSphere MQ Support
As an IBM client, you have no doubt invested in IBM MQ or in its predecessors WebSphere MQ and MQ Series and built your business applications around secure, robust messaging. IBM releases new versions of its product as part of its ongoing product development roadmap and from time-to-time withdraws support for older versions of IBM MQ. To make life easier we have summarised these new IBM MQ product releases and end of software support withdrawal dates and provided them in the table below rather than you having to scour the web. We will update this table as new releases are introduced.
The software support table below includes information on IBM’s MQ products lifecycle including year of introduction, the current supported version as well as IBM end of support dates.
We recommend keeping up to date with software patches and fixes for IBM MQ as well as ensuring you have an upgrade path clearly defined to ensure you don’t fall foul of running mission-critical applications on unsupported software versions. You can then benefit from taking advantage of the new features and improvements in the latest version of IBM MQ:
- Cloud-ready software able to run in private, public and hybrid clouds using containers and Kubernetes
- Flexible licensing options
- Performance improvements
- Increased security
IBM MQ – part of the IBM Hybrid Cloud
| Year of Introduction | Version | Comment | End of Support |
| 2022 | IBM MQ 9.3.X | The current version of IBM MQ | – |
| 2020 | IBM MQ 9.2.X | – | – |
| 2018 | IBM MQ 9.1.X | Further details on IBM MQ support can be found here. | 30 September 2023 |
| 2016 | IBM MQ 9.0.X | – | 30 September 2021 |
| 2014 | IBM MQ 8.0, IBM MQ Advanced 8.0, IBM MQ Advanced for Developers 8.0, IBM MQ Appliance M2000, IBM MQ Appliance M2001 | – | 30 April 2020 |
| 2012 2011 2008/9 |
WebSphere MQ 7.5 WebSphere MQ 7.1 WebSphere MQ 7.X |
– | 30 April 2018 30 April 2017 30 September 2015 |
| 2005 | WebSphere MQ 6.X | – | 30 September 2012 |
| 2002 | WebSphere MQ 5.3 | – | 28 September 2007 |
| 2000 | MQ Series 5.2 | – | 31 December 2003 |
How we can help you with IBM MQ?
Upgrades & Migrations
Ensuring your IBM MQ Messaging and Integration investment is maintained and future-proofed
Health checks & Performance Reviews(APM)
Ensuring that IBM MQ environments are performing to service levels, and are up to date with fix packs
Support/AMS
Providing support and managed services offerings for IBM MQ to meet your organisations business requirements and service
Our trusted history with IBM
The DeeperThanBlue team have been helping clients with the challenges of software upgrades across IBM’s Hybrid Cloud technology portfolio which includes Applications, Integration and Automation for over 20 years. We have developed clearly defined processes and procedures to ensure a smooth transition from one version to the next during the upgrade process whilst also being able to assist with regression testing of client applications. Our clients see us as a safe pair of hands and long-standing partner through trusted working relationships built over many years.