
- #DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OFFICE FOR MAC AND WINDOWS WINDOWS 10#
- #DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OFFICE FOR MAC AND WINDOWS SOFTWARE#
- #DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OFFICE FOR MAC AND WINDOWS PLUS#
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With many cloud-based features, it’s harder for customers to switch away from Microsoft Office. Microsoft 365 with it’s annual fee (aka ‘subscription’) is Microsoft’s preferred option. They only sell Office LTSC 2021 because Microsoft doesn’t want people to switch to Office alternatives. The high prices, reduced support and limited features are all signs of that. Microsoft would very much prefer NOT to sell perpetual licence versions of Office like 2019 or LTSC.

Microsoft doesn’t want to sell Office LTSC
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The current prices for the 2019 versions Office Professional Plus, Office Standard and individual apps have INcreased by 10% for Office LTSC 2021. Much shorter support life makes the next bit of Office LTSC news even more annoying … Price increase for Office LTSC 2021 That’s two years less than Office 2019 and half the supposedly ‘fixed lifecycle’ policy announced by Microsoft itself. Office LTSC will only get bug fix and security patches for five years from release date (not date of purchase). MacOS, Microsoft’s policy is to support the current and past two MacOS releases.
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There are also Windows LTSC releases for volume customers.
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Windows 10 or Windows 11 is required for Office LTSC 2021, same as Office 2019. Office LTSC 2021 is available for Windows and Mac desktops.ģ2-bit and 64-bit versions for Windows.
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There’s a lot to be said for using a stable unchanging base of core software that works for several years without changes or ‘surprises’.

There are substantial additional costs in deploying, training and supporting constantly changing software. The regular feature updates that Microsoft boasts about aren’t always great for customers or organizations. Many staff and admins prefer a fixed feature Microsoft Office. Organizations might prefer Office LTSC or the current Office 2019 for reasons Microsoft won’t mention. Of course, Microsoft would say that because Microsoft 365 is more profitable for the company compared with Office 2019 or Office LTSC. Microsoft says that is expects most customers will only use Office LTSC in specific situations with Microsoft 365 being the main product deployed by organizations.

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In short, it will be Office 2019 plus a few, selected, additions. But Stock images etc is included as well as Translation. Office LTSC 2021 does not have any cloud based features like Excel data types (Stock prices etc). Skype for Business will not be included in Office LTSC but can still be downloaded separately. Teams app will be included with Office LTSC. We’ve checked Microsoft’s new feature list against the actual software in our lists of new and better features in Office 2021 and Office LTSC plus Microsoft has just a short list of what’s in the commercial Office LTSC release:Įxcel’s Let() makes it to Office LTSC 2021 but sadly not Lambda() There are also be LTSC releases of Project and Visio. OneNote app, which will not changed from the Office 2019 version.ĭepending on the bundle / package of Office LTSC 2021 it can also have:.Office LTSC 2021 will include in all bundles: It’s the next perpetual, single payment or non-subscription version of Microsoft Office for organizations and volume licence customers. In other words, you pay for Office as an annual fee. A similar product, Office 2021, will retail to individuals and small business.ĭo NOT buy Office LTSC if you have Microsoft 365 like Microsoft 365 Family (formerly Home), Microsoft 365 Personal or an enterprise plan.

Office LTSC 2021 is now available to volume licence customers. A single payment for ongoing use of the software with no annual payments (aka ‘subscription). It’s a new name for what Microsoft calls a ‘perpetual licence’ version.
