"Consider just a few benefits: AI and machine learning to advance creativity and innovation, real-time collaboration across apps, and Microsoft Teams as the hub for teamwork," said Jared Spataro, corporate vice president for Microsoft 365.
It also allows people to install Office on up to five devices, be they PCs, Macs, or mobile devices.
Office 365 ProPlus, which comes with most enterprise plans, includes the "full versions of Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, OneNote, Publisher, Access, and Skype for Business installed on your client computers". The key difference Microsoft highlights in its Office 2010 roadmap between the two newer products is that Office 365 ProPlus is updated regularly with new features, while Office 2019 has the same features it had when it was released in October 2018.
SEE: 20 pro tips to make Windows 10 work the way you want (free PDF) And as with Windows 7, which also reaches end of life in January 2020, that means no more tech support, bug fixes or security patches.Ĭustomers do have the option of upgrading to the on-premise Office 2019 for a one-time purchase, but Microsoft really wants enterprise customers to move to Office 365 ProPlus per-user subscription. The company announced this week that extended support for Office 2010 will end on October 13, 2020. Windows 10 is a security disaster waiting to happen.
Here's how you can still get a free Windows 10 upgrade.Microsoft's auto-upgrading more PCs to Windows 10 21H2, so get ready.As computer scientists we are trained to communicate with the dumbest things in the world – computers – so you’d think we’d be able to communicate quite well with people.
“Distributors will continue to sell Office 2010 but as soon as their inventory runs out that will be the end of it.”Įnterprises with volume licensing agreements can continue to install and use Office 2010 by tapping the downgrade rights built into the volume SKUs of Office 2013. It for resale,” said the user, Parrish Reinoehl, a co-owner of a Michigan computer store that builds new systems and provides IT services. “This means Microsoft will no longer be producing In an online forum earlier this year, one commenter said he had received notice from one of his software distributors that Microsoft was calling EOL (end of life) for Office 2010 on Jan. CDW, for instance, charges $140 for Home & Student 2010, a 7 percent discount, $248 for Home & Business 2010 (11 percent off list) and $489 for Professional 2010 (2 percent below list price). Not every vendor has followed Amazon’s example. One reader reported that Costco was selling retail Home and Student 2010 for $100 (Sept 2013) or maybe it was 3 H&S Product Keys, they weren’t completely clear.Īnother seller on the site pegged Home & Student 2010 at $250, or 67 percent above list.īut Amazon also sells Office Home & Business 2010 for $278 and Office Professional for $400, or 1 percent and 20 percent under list, respectively.īefore Microsoft discontinued Office 2010, the FFPs of Home & Student listed for $150, Home & Business for $280 and Professional for $500. $170, $20 higher than the former list price, representing a 13 percent surcharge. Still various Office 20 bundle Retail and PKC licenses for sale (as of Sept 2013), I have made several purchased from the site with no problem ieĪ, for example, now lists what Microsoft called the “Full Packaged Product” (FFP) of Office Home & Student 2010 at