Third-party Office suites such as LibreOffice or FreeOffice remain available for Windows, and they might be the best option for Windows users and organizations who don't want to subscribe to an Office plan. Microsoft revealed in December 2018 that it would make the service available to consumers as well. Microsoft renamed Office Online to Office recently as well.Īs for Windows, the company launched the subscription service Microsoft 365 in 2017 for businesses which combined an Office 365 and Windows 10 license. Microsoft did not have to make the deliberate decision to ignore Office 2019 development after release (except for security and stability updates), but it has done so this highlights the company's focus clearly. Microsoft favors Office 365 openly over Office 2019 the company does not want customers to buy Office 2019 but subscribe to Office 365 instead. Office 2019 won't change over time Microsoft won't release new features or changes other than security and bug fix updates for the desktop version Office 365 evolves continuously on the other hand.
2020 will be a major year for many users and organizations as support for two core Microsoft products runs out. The following table lists recent desktop Office products and end of mainstream and extended support for each of the products.Īs you can see, Office 2010 support ends next year nine months after support for Windows 7 ends. A product won't receive any new features or changes anymore, and updates will focus on fixing security issues and major stability issues only. It lasts five years, usually, and means that a product will receive security and non-security updates, and that product design and feature changes may be released.Įxtended support starts right after mainstream support ends. Mainstream support starts right after product release.
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