Cisco Expressway
Cisco Expressway is a collaboration gateway that extends calling, video, messaging and presence services to users outside the corporate firewall. Expressway-C sits inside the network and Expressway-E at the perimeter, providing firewall traversal, mobile and remote access for Jabber users without a VPN, business-to-business collaboration and interworking between H.323, SIP and Microsoft environments. It is delivered as a virtualized application for VMware or as the CE1100 appliance.
Cisco Expressway is a Cisco product filed under UCaaS Platforms. Lifecycle: versioned, 3 versions listed, latest X14.
Source: Cisco Expressway Version X8.9 Data Sheet, retrieved 15 Oct 2026
Releases and Lifecycle
All Cisco productsRelease and support dates as published by Cisco; dates within the next 12 months are highlighted, past dates dimmed. Retrieved 2026-10-14.
Cisco Expressway 3 versions
| Version | End of sale | End of standard support | End of life | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| X14Cisco End-of-Life PolicyEnd-of-life announced 2024-10-07. Standard support date is the end of software maintenance releases; end of life is the last date of support. Listed by Cisco in the Expressway notice listing; the bulletin covers the Version 14 on-premises calling applications. | [12] | |||
| X12.xCisco End-of-Life PolicyEnd-of-life announced 2021-06-30. Standard support date is the end of software maintenance releases; end of life is the last date of support. | [31] | |||
| X8.xCisco End-of-Life PolicyEnd-of-life announced 2019-10-31. Standard support date is the end of software maintenance releases; end of life is the last date of support. | [32] |
Lifecycle Policy
- Cisco End-of-Life Policy. Cisco announces end-of-sale about six months ahead and typically provides TAC support for three years for operating-system software and two years for application software from the end-of-sale date. [2]
Sources 3
- End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Version 14 of On-premises Calling applications (including Cisco Unified Communications Manager) retrieved 2026-10-14
- End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Expressway Software Image X12.x retrieved 2026-10-14
- End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Expressway Software Image X8.x retrieved 2026-10-14