OneNote – OneNote for Windows 10 (Modern App included with Windows) has replaced OneNote desktop app (though OneNote 2016 will be available via Volume License Install tool).Excludes Co-Authoring, new Data Types like Stocks, and some other new features only available in Office 365.Excel – Power Query (Get & Transform) enhancements, Power Pivot included with all editions, new functions & connectors, publish to Power BI, AI-driven Excel Insights for chart suggestions, new charts, Mentions.PowerPoint – Morph transitions, Zoom, SVG, 3D model, play in-click sequence, 4k video, Mentions.Word – text-to-speech, improved inking & accessibility, focus mode, translator, Learning tools (captions & audio descriptions), Mentions.Whether you move to Office 2019 or 365, it's suggested you don't delay doing so, as Office 2016 cloud support will be dropped in 2020, with Office 2016 installs barred from connecting to Microsoft's cloud-based services, including hosted email (Exchange) and online storage (OneDrive for Business), after Oct. It may also be that there are fewer editions available for Office 2019 than for Office 2016. However, Microsoft has responded in one case that there is likely to be one more perpetual license release after this one.Įither way, Microsoft Office 2019 product pages even describe Office 2019 as a 'one-time release' with Office 365 being needed to gain access to new features after that. Speculation has been that Office 2019 may be the last perpetual license (on-premises / non-subscription) release of Office, so that Microsoft can focus in on its Office 365 subscription offerings. As Office 2019 is a one-time release, Office 365 is still the better choice with not only far more features (Co-Authoring, etc) unavailable in Office 2019, but also far earlier access to them than on-premises, non-subscription Office 2019, etc.

Office 2019 provides a subset of features Microsoft has added to Office 365 over the past three years. Microsoft is following up with Office 2019 releases to consumers and other business customers, as well as SharePoint / Exchange / Skype / Project Server 2019 releases, in the coming weeks. Microsoft started the roll-out today of Microsoft Office 2019 for Windows & Mac – with major updates to Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Project, Visio, and Publisher – to commercial volume license customers.

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