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Microsoft Office Launching Soon on Mac App Store [Update: Out Now]

Nice! I’m already an Office 365 fan girl so I already have all this stuff, but love that they are active on all the different platforms. Can’t beat Apple hardware and Office 65, at least for me. OneDrive, SharePoint Online, Teams, PowerPoint, Planner....
 
I used to be of the 'I hate subscriptions' mindset. Then I realized I was only being stubborn/cheap. I've had single-use Office licenses for years. And I always got frustrated when their functionality became limited by OS updates.

I'm grateful for this App Store platform. Now, my suite will be updated automatically (always hated that MS updater), and I feel pretty confident Microsoft can stay lock-step with macOS updates, or worst case a couple of days behind them.
 
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What I would like to know is, do these App Store versions open faster than the website versions?
 
BeatCrazy said:
Based on my unscientific observations just now, I'd say YES.
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That is good to know! I found using O365 apps really slow to open. This will be very good if they open faster.

And any ideas when the new logos are coming? They look drool-worthy to me.
 
macintoshmac said:
That is good to know! I found using O365 apps really slow to open. This will be very good if they open faster.

And any ideas when the new logos are coming? They look drool-worthy to me.
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Right now they're the same logos, dunno when they'll update. But the apps are version 16.21, so we get the new ribbon design that came with 16.20.
 
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omihek said:
Are we both joking or is it just me? I was hinting that MS Office is already available on the Mac, therefore I don't understand why they would put it on the App Store. Either way, I'll still use it on my Mac every day. Cheers!
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That's how I took your comment, what next the internet?!
 
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Starship67 said:
One of the funniest statements I’ve read in a bit.
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The Clark said:
What could they learn? How to fire everyone from Q/A and botch every update?
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Apple's missing out on a huge growth segment (cloud) is what's funny. That's what they could learn instead of throwing billion$ at a failed autonomous car project.

Last quarter: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Investor/earnings/FY-2019-Q1/press-release-webcast

- Office commercial products and cloud services revenue increased 17% (up 16% in constant currency) driven by Office 365 commercial revenue growth of 36% (up 35% in constant currency)
- Office consumer products and cloud services revenue increased 16% (up 17% in constant currency) with continued growth in Office 365 consumer subscribers to 32.5 million

Revenue in Intelligent Cloud was $8.6 billion and increased 24% (up 24% in constant currency), with the following business highlights:

- Server products and cloud services revenue increased 28% (up 28% in constant currency) driven by Azure revenue growth of 76% (up 76% in constant currency)

1st Quarter 2019: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Investor/earnings/FY-2019-Q1/intelligent-cloud-performance

Intelligent Cloud

- Revenue increased $1.6 billion or 24%.
- Operating income increased $794 million or 37%.

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4th Quarter 2018: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Investor/earnings/FY-2018-Q4/intelligent-cloud-performance

Intelligent Cloud

- Revenue increased $4.8 billion or 18%.
- Operating income increased $2.4 billion or 26%.

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3rd Quarter 2018: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Investor/earnings/FY-2018-Q3/intelligent-cloud-performance

Intelligent Cloud

- Revenue increased $1.2 billion or 17%, including a favorable foreign currency impact of 2%.
- Operating income increased $506 million or 24%, including a favorable foreign currency impact of 3%.

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2nd Quarter 2018: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Investor/earnings/FY-2018-Q2/intelligent-cloud-performance

Intelligent Cloud

- Revenue increased $1.0 billion or 15%, primarily due to higher revenue from server products and cloud services.
- Operating income increased $541 million or 24%, primarily due to higher gross margin, offset in part by higher operating expenses.

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1st Quarter 2018: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Investor/earnings/FY-2018-Q1/intelligent-cloud-performance

Intelligent Cloud

- Revenue increased $825 million or 14%, primarily due to higher revenue from server products and cloud services.
- Operating income increased $360 million or 20%, primarily due to higher gross margin, offset in part by higher operating expenses.
 
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owen.meredith said:
Ah, yes... because putting the only good suite Microsoft has onto a Mac is heathenous behaviour, right? Get a grip.
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After reading an obvious joke, your choice of commentary was that? ↑ Miiiiight wanna take your own advice.;)

tridley68 said:
i would much rather purchase a copy of Microsoft office pay one time then i own it seems silly to pay every month or every year for it.
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Nothing is stopping you from doing that. Subscription services has always been an option.
bluespider said:
What's the difference between this and downloading the Mac version from Microsoft's sight before this became available?
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Nothing. It's just another option. Some people like to dl all their apps from the MAS
 
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For anyone interested, I have a 365 account and already had office installed on my machine, but just to see if there were any differences I downloaded Word a few minutes ago. As far as I can tell, it is exactly the same in look and function as what you could download from their website. I have the 2019 versions of everything.

I don't know that there is any reason for existing users to go through the app store, but it will definitely be nice for people downloading office for the first time or on a new device.
 
tridley68 said:
i would much rather purchase a copy of Microsoft office pay one time then i own it seems silly to pay every month or every year for it.
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Which is why Microsoft still sells single computer perpetual license for $149.99 for home use (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) and $249.99 for businesses (adds Outlook). Single computer subscription costs $69.99/year (equivalent to $249.99 business license, but adds cloud storage and Skype calls).

Perpetual license does not entitle you to exactly the same version as Office 365, as new major features are not added to perpetual license. And access to full version of mobile apps require Office 365 subscription.

If you don't care about the differences as well as Outlook, you will still end up saving money by purchasing perpetual license every 3 years (e.g., Office 2013, 2016, 2019).
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imaccooper said:
For anyone interested, I have a 365 account and already had office installed on my machine, but just to see if there were any differences I downloaded Word a few minutes ago. As far as I can tell, it is exactly the same in look and function as what you could download from their website. I have the 2019 versions of everything.

I don't know that there is any reason for existing users to go through the app store, but it will definitely be nice for people downloading office for the first time or on a new device.
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You need to delete the existing apps first to fully convert to MAS version. For instance, if you install over the existing app, Office 365 apps will still use Microsoft's Auto Updater instead of MAS.

The main limitation is that you won't be able to get "insider" build with MAS version.
 
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Would the Mac App Store recognize if you already have office apps on your Mac? Or would you have to uninstall them and reinstall from the Mac App Store if you wanted to manage the updates that way?
 
nutmac said:
... and they are now on Mac App Store.

Microsoft Office 365

Each of the 6 apps can be downloaded separately, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, and OneDrive.

Office 365 Home is $99.99 (6 users/family sharing ?)
Office 365 Solo is $119.99 (non-subscription?)
Office 365 Personal is $69.99 (1 user)
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Is "Solo" real non-subscription?
 
Great news! It's not a major thing, but always disliked the AutoUpdater from Microsoft. Plus this makes it easier to just have the apps you actually want.

Apple - now repay the trust and put iMessages on the Window Store please.
 
CalvinBroadus said:
Pages, Numbers, and Keynote all work amazingly well. And they’re free. So.

Edit: OH and they’re not made/“maintained” by MSFT. That’s the biggest plus. Less glitches.

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I am with you.
I used to know every detail of Office, moved to Pages, Numbers and Keynote, and experienced the same as with the Windows to Mac transition: similar in performance with an easier and more intuitive UX. Not to mention the cleaner aesthetic that alliws to focus on the creation rather than the application’s complexity.
All this is just a matter of personal taste off course.

Nevertheless it is smart of M$ to roll out their App trough the proper chanel of the AppStore. Thumbs up!

I challenge Adobe to follow suit, that hideous updater app, you know...
 
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vladobizik said:
I'm very excited. I prefer to have as many apps as possible from the Mac App Store, update them at the very same place and not worry about license terms, etc. So I'll be swapping my regular install of Office 365 for the App Store apps.
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Are you just deleting the apps and then re-installing through the app store? I think I'll prefer to update through the app store versus the updater that came with Office when downloaded from MS.
 
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