Individual sales of Office 2019 are now available from the usual retailers. Office 2019 for Windows and Mac are now available to volume licence and commercial customers. If you have an Microsoft 365 plan do NOT get Office 2019.Įxisting Office software for Office 365 users already have all the features in Office 2019 plus a lot more. Unlike the Microsoft 365 subscription releases, Office 2019 does not get any feature updates over time. Who should buy it?Īnyone who wants any of the new/changed features in Office 2019 and is prepared to pay once for essentially fixed feature software. See Microsoft’s dirty little secret about Office 2019. But there are a significant number of corporate users who refuse to pay that way or they don’t want the increasingly cloud connected features of the main Office software sold with Microsoft 365 plans. Microsoft wants all customers to ‘subscribe’ to Office because that’s more profitable for the company with a more regular cash flow. Office 2019 is for non-subscription customers who want some new features but won’t switch to the regularly updated Office software sold via Microsoft 365. Compared to the ‘subscription’ or annual payment model that Microsoft prefers and has been pushing customers towards. Perpetual License is what Microsoft calls paying once for the ongoing use of Microsoft Office. Office 2019 for Windows or Mac are separate versions of Office for anyone who buys the perpetual license. At this stage, it’s probably better to wait and buy Office 2021 rather than Office 2019.

Later in 2021, Office 2019 will be replaced by Office 2021 (for consumers and small businesses) and Office LTSC (volume customers, organizations). Office 365 customers get regular updates of new and improved features, including cloud-based features that are not in Office 2019. Microsoft 365 ‘subscribers’ have a more advanced version of Microsoft Office already. It’s NOT a new version intended for all Microsoft Office users.Īnyone on an Microsoft 365 (was Office 365) plan does NOT need Office 2019. Office 2019 for Mac is NOT like past versions such as Office 2016, Office 2011 etc. In other words, you pay for Office as an annual fee. Do NOT buy Office 2019 if you have Microsoft 365 plan like Microsoft 365 Family (formerly Home), Microsoft 365 Personal or an enterprise plan.

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