This won’t suit everyone, of course, and it is still possible to provision Microsoft’s productivity suite from internal CDN servers or other existing methods of distribution. In part this is because it makes it very easy for busy admins to provision multiple Macs remotely – computers simply download the software from the Mac App Store during initial set-up, and permissions can be managed in the console. Some enterprise users may want to explore tying their Office 365 licenses in with the Mac App Store and their own existing computer and device deployment systems. This also means Mac users will be presented with new Office 365 features “more often”, with the company planning to introduce new features every month for Office 365 subscribers. These differences are principally to support distribution via the App Store, which means that Software Updates are also distributed via the store, rather than using Microsoft’s slightly clunky Auto Updater. The code used for the Mac App Store installation is slightly different than that used in other distributions. Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business are not available through the Mac App Store. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook require an Office 365 subscription to activate. The Office apps provide the very latest production version of Office on the Mac. “We’re committed to the Mac as a first-class endpoint and have made significant investment in the platform over the past year.” “Office loves the Mac,” said Rob Howard, senior director of Office 365 Marketing. Individual installs of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote and OneDrive are available (The latter two apps have been available for a little longer). You can purchase the complete Office 365 collection. Mac users now have three ways to get hold of Office 365: Online directly from Microsoft, in a retail package, or directly from Apple’s Mac App Store.

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