Microsoft released Office 2016 today, so organizations could be weighing their upgrade prospects. The product's availability may depend on what kind of customer you are. Volume licensing customers have to wait to get it on Oct. 1 from the Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Center, a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed today via e-mail. ![]() This volume licensing version actually bears a slightly different product name -- it's called 'Office Professional Plus 2016.' Even though volume licensees have to wait for Office Professional Plus 2016 to arrive next month, it's still available today. (This is because the software automatically defaults to Office 2016 10 New Microsoft Office 2016 Features to Increase Productivity 10 New Microsoft Office 2016 Features to Increase Productivity Microsoft Office 2016 receives new features all the time. They are available first to Office Insiders and Office 365 subscribers. Using a bootable USB installer thumb drive, I installed High Sierra on two Macs. I did not look closely at the clock, but I think my MacBook Air (2013) took about an hour, my Mac A couple of times, I have started an install right before going to bed and let it run through the night for however long it needs. For instance, Microsoft's MSDN subscribers can download the bits today at the MSDN download portal. Office 2016 as a boxed retail product is sold through the. Possibly, it's not yet more broadly available at retail store outlets or it isn't being advertised. For instance, at Amazon.com just produced a reference to Office 365 products, which will deliver the Office 2016 upgrade, but there wasn't a standalone boxed Office 2016 product listed as being available., though, did advertise Office 2016 editions. The Microsoft spokesperson suggested that Office 2016 can be bought now in retail stores. 'Perpetual versions of Office 2016 are available online and in all major retail outlets worldwide,' the spokesperson claimed. Some Features Depend on Office 365 Quite a lot of new and upcoming features in Office 2016 have a focus on. However, many of those new features depend on having an Office 365 subscription in place and aren't available in the standalone boxed product. For instance, the Groups feature, which lets users create private or public teams, only lights up with an Office 365 subscription. In addition, the Data Loss Prevention feature, which wards off sharing sensitive documents, is dependent on, such as the Enterprise E3, E4 and K1 plans. Install Caveats The organizations that may move somewhat quickly to Office 2016 likely are Office 365 subscribers of some sort. These organizational subscribers typically are running a product called 'Office 365 ProPlus,' which is currently based on the Office 2013 version. Consumer Office 365 subscribers can upgrade to Office 2016 via their 'My account' option, as described in. Microsoft delivers its Office 365 updates monthly via its 'click-to-run' streaming technology. The bits stream to individual desktops, although an IT pro can set up a CONFIGURATION.XML to direct the updates to a single workstation for testing purposes, if wanted. Modification of that file to control the streaming bits gets done typically using the Office 2016 Deployment Tool, which is now available for download. Control is also afforded via Group Policy, and Microsoft has new Office 2016 Administrative Template files available for the purpose. For organizations upgrading Office 365 ProPlus 2013 to Office 365 ProPlus 2016, though, there are a number of caveats. Microsoft lists them in, which is worth a read by IT pros. But here are some of the highlights. Big files Microsoft describes Office 365 ProPlus 2016 installation files as being 850MB in size. Each language addition is 200MB each, but Microsoft wants IT pros to install ' instead of following the old 'MSI-based language pack' install approach. In any case, IT pros should brace for a bandwidth hit when upgrading to Office 365 ProPlus 2016. 'Because of the underlying changes between the Office and Office 2016 versions of Office 365 ProPlus, the update process takes longer and requires the entire Office 2016 build to be downloaded to users' computers,' the TechNet article explains. ![]() February 2016 Arrival Organizations that let Office 365 ProPlus updates stream to individual workstations can expect the Office 2016 updates to arrive starting 'February 2016,' according to the TechNet article. Download folder mac. Microsoft's content delivery network will automatically stream the bits. Alternatively, organizations need to use the Office Deployment Tool or Group Policy to control the arrival of the bits, if they want greater management control over the update's arrival. Update Branch Choice The new Office 2016 release is ushering in that Microsoft described earlier this month. Microsoft plans to release updates on a monthly basis. A monthly release, combining feature and security updates, is called the 'current branch' release. Alternatively, organizations can get security updates on a monthly basis but defer features updates for four months. These four-month releases are called 'current branch for business' releases.
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