Compatibility with old Office documentsĪnother concern for many businesses is how Office 365 integrates with existing documents created in Microsoft Office – either internally or externally (such as by clients). Microsoft Office 2016 may therefore trump the Office 365 Business Essentials package in this regard, but Office 365 Business and Office 365 Business Premium both offer the option of installing Outlook, Powerpoint, Word, Excel and Access to your desktop. Whilst some may be happy to use web browser applications for Microsoft Office, others desire the instinctive element of desktop-installed software. From university projects to places of work, most people will have used Microsoft Office extensively throughout their lives. One of the reasons the Office suite continues to be the go-to software for businesses is that everyone knows how to use it (or at least they should do). Here are the top seven pressing issues to be aware of when choosing between Microsoft Office 2016 and Office 365. Microsoft’s cloud version brings some added benefits – and often additional questions, such as compatibility and usability issues. The differences do not end there, however. Meanwhile, Office 365 is a cloud solution that offers access to the Microsoft suite of applications for a monthly or yearly fee. Microsoft Office 2016 is the latest software upgrade you are accustomed to: a one-off fee grants you a licence to install the software on a computer within your network. However, whereas once you simply paid for the latest update to access new features, you now have two options: upgrade to Microsoft Office 2016 (the 17 th software release) for a one time fee, or consider Office 365 – the monthly subscription service of the software that includes other cloud benefits. Microsoft Office has long been the de-facto business suite for organisations of all sizes. You can find the original version here: Office 365 and Office 2016 - what's the difference?

Disclaimer: This is a new version of a blog we originally wrote in August 2015, a few months before Office 2016 hit the shelves, which we've now updated for a 2017 audience.

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