![]() ![]() In 2022, due to changes in the University’s licensing of Microsoft products, Information Technology will start shifting computers from yesteryear’s on-premise version of Microsoft Office 2019 to the modern work experience of Microsoft 365. ![]() In 2020, this product was rebranded as Microsoft 365. This subscription-based service would extend the use of Office products into the cloud and across mobile platforms including iOS and Android. In 2010, facing stiff competition from Google Apps (a cloud-based, productivity and collaboration suite), Microsoft began the gradual shift to offering Microsoft Office as a service on a subscription basis. These “on-premise” releases of Microsoft Office, the most recent being Office 2019, are what most people think of when thinking about Microsoft Office. Throughout the past 25 years, Microsoft released nine major versions of Office for Windows and eight major versions for Mac. At that time, when computers weren’t as common in the workplace as they are today, the professional version of the desktop productivity package included five primary applications, a word processor (Word), a spreadsheet editor (Excel), a presentation program (PowerPoint), a database manager (Access) and a personal information manager (Outlook). 2022: Celebrating 25 years of Desktop Productivity with Microsoft 365Īlthough Microsoft Office was initially released in 1990, it was the release of Office 97 that established the suite of products as the premiere desktop productivity package. ![]()
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