In fact, one of the major benefits of Office 365 is the fact that you can install Office 2016 on up to five devices, if your plan includes the desktop applications. Most of the Office 365 business plans include the right to install the desktop applications of Office 2016. Give Mirazon a call and we can help walk you through it.īut if you have an Office 365 subscription already, then you might already have the licensing you need to install Office 2016. If you don’t have an Office 365 subscription yet, it’s easy to sign up for one. Before you go shell out a lot of money for an upgrade, however, let’s explore your next option … Your second option is to obtain a more recent version of Office through Office 365.
And remember that with volume licenses of Office, the primary user of a desktop licensed for Office can also install Office on their laptop for free (see my post here for more information). Mirazon can provide you with a quote for any of these products.
If you want Software Assurance, then Mirazon recommends using the Open Value program, either standardizing company wide or upgrading only some of your PCs through the non-company-wide option. Through the Open License program, you can buy Office 2016 Standard ($373 per device) or Office 2016 Professional ($508 per device), and for your Mac users, you can purchase Office 2016 for Mac Standard ($373 per device). Your first option is to get on a more recent version of Office through volume licensing.Īlthough Microsoft is pushing everyone to embrace Office 365, it is still possible to purchase traditional, perpetual licenses for Office 2016 products. What should you do? You have a few options. In other words, after October your email will no longer sync to your desktop. These changes will prevent your email from synchronizing from Exchange Online to your desktop application of Outlook 2007. Mirazon has received notice from Microsoft that they will be making some changes to Office 365 later this year. If you are still using Office 2007, it’s time to make plans to move to a modern solution to keep your network safe.Īnd if you are using Outlook 2007 in conjunction with Exchange Online through Office 365, you have an added incentive to migrate to new solution. That means no more security updates! (Find out more about the implications of using out-of-support software from our blog post.) Security should always be a concern in your IT strategy, but its importance is fresh on everyone’s minds these days because of the recent outbreak of the WannaCry malware. If you are still using Office 2007, then you have a problem on the horizon: Office 2007 is reaching end of extended support on October 10, 2017.