Office 365 Personal or Home at a discount. Home Use Program can offer Office 2019 and sometimes Go to the following website, which should redirect to the local country it’s being openedįrom, also it could be worth asking your educational organization for further information.Įmployees and possible students may also qualify for the Home Use Program (HUP), this is dependent on the organization and might not be applicable, ask the relevant organization if this scheme is available.
Students and teachers may well be able to get Office for free and be eligible for Office 365 Education which includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and Microsoft Teams. These may vary by location and have restrictions that will need to be explored. Welcome to the Office 365 group This is the place to discuss best practices, news, and the latest trends and topics related to Office 365. It’s worth seeing whether there are any relevant schemes that are applicable which either offers Office at a discount or possible for free. Here are the main new Office 2019 features that Microsoft list: This means Office 2019 includes certain features that have been already available to Office 365 subscribers. Office 2019 does receive regular security updates and bug fixes but no new features.Īs Microsoft describe it “Office 2019 includes a meaningful subset of features that are found in Office 365, but it's not part of Office 365”. Microsoft sells Office 365 Home, Home and Student, and Personal editions for use by individuals, students, and households. For major upgrades, it would require buying Office at the full price.
There are no upgrade options with Office 2019 unlike Office 365 ProPlus which receives new featuresĮvery month. In addition to email and calendaring features, Office 365 provides multiple online applications such as OneDrive, the Office Suite and additional productivity tools. Office 2019 is the perpetual version of Office that is bought as a one-off cost (one-time purchase) and can be used for as long as needed on a single PC or Mac. Office 365 is a suite of web-based tools hosted by Microsoft. Office 365 ProPlus can be used for as long as the subscription is valid for on 5 PCs or Macs as well as tablets and phones.
These are subscription user-based licences that have ongoing monthly costs. Office 365 ProPlus is the version of Office that comes with certain Office 365 plans like E3 or E5, as well as being available as a standalone option, that can be bought on its own. Version of Office is included with Office 365 Personal or Home subscriptions, as well as some of the Office 365 Business and Enterprise subscriptions. Office 2019 was released in September 2018, while Office 365 comes with the cloud-connected version of Office, that is regularly updated with new features and is the best, most productive version of Office.