So, what’s changed? Well, Microsoft is actually planning to bring two versions of Office 2021 to market: one for businesses, known as Office LTSC, and one for home and personal users, with the usual Office 2021 branding.

In fact, we at Get Support even speculated that the next “perpetual” version of Office wouldn’t make an appearance until 2022 – if ever.īut, as we can see, we were all off the mark. While Office 2019 has been available for several years, thanks to the phenomenal popularity of Microsoft 365 (due in no small part to the rise of Microsoft Teams), many assumed that standalone versions of Office had gone the way of the dodo.

Office 2021 was first announced in an official Microsoft blog post on February 18 th 2021 – and it actually came as a bit of a shock to some.

And in 2021, they’re set to change again, with the introduction of Office 2021 and its slightly new way of doing things. Today, installing Office is as simple as downloading a small executable file or installing an app.īut plenty of other things have changed, too. You read that right: forty-five floppy discs. Here’s a fun fact: the last time you could buy Microsoft Office on floppy disk was 1997.

While Office 2021 might be a good option in some circumstances, Get Support always recommends the subscription-based Microsoft 365 suite, which includes all Office apps (and a lot more).

While details are sparse, we do know that Office 2021 will come in two versions: Office LTSC for businesses and Office 2021 for home and personal users.

In February 2021, Microsoft announced their intention to release Office 2021 for small businesses and personal users “later this year”.

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