The firm had previously hinted it would abandon standalone releases and instead encourage its customers to opt for subscription-based services, honed by the launch of Microsoft 365 earlier this year. The announcement of another standalone Office suite, likely to be named Office 2022 based on historical naming conventions, suggests Microsoft has backed away from intentions to phase out this form of software launch. This was in order for the Office 2019 end-of-life cycle to align with Office 2016. Office 2019, launched for Windows 10 devices two years ago, was released with a reduced extended support period against that offered in previous offline editions, namely Office 2016.Īlthough Microsoft offered five years of mainstream support, lasting through to 2023, the firm would only offer an additional two years of extended support, with updates ending on 14 October 2025. The perpetual licence, touted to launch in the second half of 2021, may come as welcome news to businesses not yet fully enticed by the nature of cloud services.
Every Microsoft Teams update from Ignite 2020.Not ready for the cloud? Here's Office 2019, instead.
