14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft has just announced the general availability of the Office 2019 productivity suite for both Windows and Mac.
The new version includes all the improvements that Microsoft has made to Office 365 ProPlus in the last three years, and despite Office 2019 coming with all the updates, the software giant still encourages customers to switch to its subscription-based service.
What’s important to know is that Office 2019 is flagged as a one-time release, which means that no new feature updates would be added. The current feature lineup is the one you’ll stick with until the very next major release, and this is one of the reasons Office 365 makes more sense.
Microsoft constantly rolls out updates for Office 365, and new features are being added regularly, so customers interested in such improvements should switch to the subscription-based offering.
Office 2019 is available today for commercial volume license customers, while all customers, consumers, and commercial partners will get it in the next few weeks.
Not the last version
Despite the increased focus on Office 365, Microsoft says that it’ll continue to invest in on-premises Office, and a successor to the version launched today is already planned.
“Office 2019 is a valuable update for customers who aren’t yet ready for the cloud. And each time we release a new on-premises version of Office, customers ask us if this will be our last. We’re pleased to confirm that we’re committed to another on-premises release in the future,” the company explains.
“While the cloud offers real benefits in productivity, security, and total cost of ownership, we recognize that each customer is at a different point in their adoption of cloud services. We see the on-premises version of Office as an important part of our commitment to give customers the flexibility they need to move to the cloud at their own pace.”
Despite Office 2019 coming with support for Mac, Project 2019, Vision 2019, Access 2019, and Publisher 2019 are exclusively available on Windows.