Office LTSC will be deployed using Click-to-Run exclusively, just like Office 2019, so IT admins can take advantage of modern deployment technology to help reduce costs. Office LTSC for Mac will use the standard Apple Package format (pkg) - the same technology that we have used for previous perpetual releases, including Office 2019 for Mac and Office 2016 for Mac.
Office LTSC will include features from past Office releases as well as a subset of new features already available in Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise. As we announced in February, Office LTSC, like Windows 10 LTSC, will be supported for five years and continue being governed by the Fixed Lifecycle Policy. To learn more about other changes for Office LTSC, see our February announcement. The next perpetual version of Office for commercial customers is built specifically for organizations running regulated devices that cannot accept feature updates for years at a time, process control devices that are not connected to the internet in manufacturing facilities, and specialty systems that must stay locked in time and require a long-term servicing channel. Office LTSC will provide the familiar productivity tools you have experienced with Office 2019, now with faster performance and expanded accessibility. You can preview Office LTSC and Office LTSC for Mac starting today. To learn more, see Office Mobile apps for Windows 10: Getting started.Today we’re pleased to announce the commercial preview of Office Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) for Windows and Office LTSC for Mac.
If you're using a Windows 10 device, you may already have the free Office Mobile apps installed.
Note: If you need to create or edit documents, you can use online versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote for free at. However, the additional storage that comes with your subscription is lost, so you must save your files elsewhere or buy more OneDrive storage if your OneDrive account exceeds the free storage quota of 5 GB. In read-only mode, you can still access and download your files for up to three months by signing into OneDrive directly using the Microsoft account you used to set up Microsoft 365. If you choose to let your subscription expire, the Office apps enter read-only mode, which means that you can view or print documents, but you can’t create new documents or edit existing documents. For Microsoft 365 Family, the storage is tied to the Microsoft accounts of the household members who have been added to the subscription.Īs the expiration date approaches, you will receive notifications in the Office apps and via email, alerting you to the upcoming expiration. The additional storage is applied to the OneDrive account that is linked to the Microsoft account used to create the Microsoft 365 subscription. Each additional user must have their own Microsoft account and be added to the Microsoft Account page.
However, there are no upgrade options, which means if you plan to upgrade to the next major release, you'll have to buy it at full price. One-time purchases are available for both PCs and Macs. Office 2021 is sold as a one-time purchase, which means you pay a single, up-front cost to get Office apps for one computer.