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Microsoft Office 2019 Will be Exclusive to Windows 10

posted by janrinok on Saturday February 03 2018, @03:36AM   
from the 10-or-nothing dept.

Apparition writes:

Microsoft revealed today that Office 2019 will ship in the second half of 2018, and will run exclusively on Windows 10.

Microsoft's General Manager for Windows, Bernardo Caldas, and General Manager for Office, Jared Spataro announced changes to Office and Windows servicing and support today.

[...] Office 2019 applications will only be supported on a limited number of Windows client and server operating system versions. In particular, Office 2019 will only be supported on the following systems:

• Any supported Windows 10 SAC (Semi-Annual Channel) release.

• Windows 10 Enterprise Long Term Servicing Channel 2018.

• The next Long Term Servicing Channel release of Windows Server.

Unless I'm misreading Microsoft's announcement, Office 2019 won't be available for Windows 8.1 or Windows 7, or older Server versions.

[...] The company plans to support Office 2019 for five years of mainstream support and about two years of extended support.

[...] Office 2019 support will end around the same time that Office 2016 ends. It is unclear why Microsoft made the decision; one explanation is that the company plans to move all-in in regards to Office 365 and Office in the cloud and that 2025 may be the year Microsoft might make that switch.

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• What I Find Most Interesting... What I Find Most Interesting... (Score: 3, Interesting) by Apparition on Saturday February 03 2018, @05:00AM (1 child)

  by Apparition (6835) on Saturday February 03 2018, @05:00AM (#632368) Journal

  Is that the support period for Office 2016 and 2019 roughly ends around the same time. If you are one of those poor bastards that needs Microsoft Office, unless Microsoft adds some fantastic new features in Office 2019 there is no real reason to upgrade. I think the author of the linked article may be on to something with his theory that Microsoft may have set a timetable to move Office entirely to the cloud by 2025. If so, Office 2019 is just a quick way for Microsoft to make a buck from businesses, governments, and home users that don't know any better.

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• Re:What I Find Most Interesting... (Score: 2) by SomeGuy on Saturday February 03 2018, @05:13AM

  by SomeGuy (5632) on Saturday February 03 2018, @05:13AM (#632372)

  If they do move it entirely to "Teh Cloudz" then Office is dead, and anyone who wants to use Microsoft's 1970's mainframe timeshare, I mean happyfunccloud, version is a fucking idiot.

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