Microsoft: Office 2019 will only work on Windows 10
The new productivity suite will arrive later this year, but will only work on the currently supported versions of Windows 10.
Microsoft has just announced that Office 2019 will run only on the currently supported versions of Windows 10. The new strategy is part of the plans that the company has set itself with the productivity suite, including the regular and coordinated release of updates ” to provide users with ” the safest environment with the latest features “. The announcement comes several months after the official presentation of the software, which took place at the Ignite conference.
With the new post, Microsoft has confirmed that Office 2019 will be released in the second half of 2018, while the first preview versions of the individual apps will be published in the second quarter of the year. Their release, the company specifies, will be done exclusively with Click-to-Run technology and the installation option via MSI will be absent. As for support, users will get 5 years of mainstream support and ” about ” 2 of extended support.
Office 2019 can run on any Windows 10 SAC release, such as the Enterprise LTSC 2018 and the next Windows Server LTSC release. There are also news regarding the other versions of the suite: from January 14, 2020, Microsoft will cease the support of Office 365 ProPlus on Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Windows Server 2016 and every Windows 10 LTSC (Long Term Servicing Channel). On Windows 10 Enteprise and Windows Server, new versions of Remote Desktop and virtualization features will be released to help users tackle the news.
Microsoft has also made changes to the offer of Windows 10. It has added six months of extended support to the Windows 10 1607, 1703 and 1709 versions of the Enterprise and Education SKUs, designed to help business users and the world’s realities. education to face the transition to the Windows as a Service approach. The company has also offered precise dates for the end of the consumer versions of the operating system: Windows 10 1607 will be supported until April 10, 2018, version 1703 until October 9, 2018 and the current version 1709 until April 9, 2019.
