Opening a new Office
In a blog post today, Microsoft's general manager of Office 365 Technical Product Management, Julia White, confirmed earlier rumors that Office 2016 would release to the public on September 22, 2015 (two Tuesdays from now).
"You may have heard the rumors, but today I’m happy to confirm that Office 2016 will be broadly available starting on September 22nd. If you have a volume licensing agreement in place, you can download Office 2016 from the Volume Licensing Service Center starting October 1st," White stated.
Microsoft made available an Office 2016 IT Pro and Developer Preview back in March, followed by a Preview release to the general public in May. In the time that's passed, Microsoft's been collecting feedback and refining its productivity suite, which is nearly ready for prime time.
One of the biggest feature additions Office 2016 brings to the productivity suite is co-authoring capabilities. This will allow users to see what changes are being made by other editors in real-time, assuming both are online.
White also mentioned that monthly feature and security updates will roll out to customers of Office 365 ProPlus, the subscription version of Office apps for companies and organizations. It's an always up-to-date approach Microsoft is calling Current Branch.
"The next Current Branch will release on September 22nd and will have all of the new Office 2016 app updates included," White said.
As for pricing, Microsoft still has said how much Office 2016 will cost.
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