Office 2016 For Mac Requirements

Microsoft Office 2016 For Mac Requirements
Office 2016 Mac System Requirement
Office 2016 For Mac Requirements
Office For Mac 2016 System Requirements

Microsoft Office 2010 and 2016 for Mac are no longer supported. Office 2010 for Windows also is no longer supported after October 13, 2020. But Office 2016 and 2019 for Windows still have a few. Microsoft Office for Mac Home and Student 2016 gza00666. Microsoft Office Home and Student 2016 (Windows). Additional Requirements 1280 x 800 monitor resolution, DirectX 10.0 compatible.

Microsoft is preparing to release the next major standalone version of Office 2019 edition for both Windows and Mac operating systems. We already learned that the Windows Edition would only work on Windows 10 PCs. Although we are several months away from release, we will get to know when the software is in GA ( Generally Available). In this post, however, we are only focussing on the Microsoft Office 2019 Mac System Requirements in the preview stage. Let’s find out!

Microsoft Office 2019 Mac System Requirements

In April 2018, the commercial preview of Office 2019 began for Enterprise customers who would primarily be the target customers for this release. For personal and small business users, Microsoft already has the following options that you can opt for, under the O365 subscription model. For Mac, you have the following options, as per the official Microsoft Office blog.

Office 365 ProPlus standalone
Office 365 E3
Office 365 E4

With Office 2019 for MAC, you will get the following client applications:

Word 2019
Excel 2019
PowerPoint 2019
Outlook 2019 (Some features are dependent on Exchange 2019 or O365 Groups)
OneNote 2019

System Requirements: (Same as Mac for Office 2016 till final confirmation post GA)

The new edition of Office 2019 for Mac is expected to have better support for Pens and highlighters. Some of these features are already available on O365 Pro plus but not on the current edition of Office 2016.

So, what is the difference between Office 2019 vs. subscription-based Office 365 model? Office 2019 for both Windows & Mac is going to be a one-time purchase and as per Microsoft, will not receive feature updates after your purchase. Office 2019 will include a meaningful subset of features available in Office 365, but it will not be a part of Office 365. However, Office 2019 will receive both quality and security patch updates from time to time as required. Just like the earlier releases, this release will be fully supported for five years with two years of “Extended support” as per Microsofts FAQs.

To summarize, Office 365 is a per-user-based subscription model powered by Microsoft’s cloud service. It provides easy access to a suite of services well beyond what the perpetual edition provides, and frequently receives feature updates on an ongoing basis. Essentially it includes the most collaborative, secure, and up-to-date features.

So, how to decide the uses cases for both the offerings?

Scenario

Solution

Users interested in the latest features and functionality of Office
Someone who wants an early look at forthcoming changes or changes from prior Office versions

Office 365

Office 365 products are continuously refreshed with new features & functionality. All functions in perpetual products are made accessible through Office 365 first.

Still picking between subscription (O365) or perpetual products

Wants to appraise new Office features to circumscribe suitability for deployment
Has a specific need for on-premises or per-device software licensing.
Using Windows 10 and wants to decide C2R deployment as a replacement for the current MSI deployment technology.

Office 2019 Commercial Preview

Office 2019, the latest edition of on-premises apps and services, is available in preview with existing end-user and IT capabilities.

For many of our patrons, Office 365 is the way to go. It is the most secure, intelligent & collaborative version of Office products. However, moving to the Microsoft cloud is a journey, and customers may be in various stages of that journey, including approaches such as hybrid and on-premises.

To help those customers, we have Office 2019, a valuable new version of Office with a subset of features from Office 365.

Conclusion

If you want to join the preview, visit Office 2019 Commercial Preview Support. We will update the Microsoft Office 2019 Mac System Requirements once we get the final information post-release officially on the Microsoft website.

We hope the information available in this article was helpful. Suggestions or questions are welcome in the comment section below.

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Note

Office 365 ProPlus is being renamed to Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise. For more information about this change, read this blog post.

Summary

Existing Office 2016 for Mac customers will be seamlessly upgraded to 64-bit versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote as part of the August product release (version 15.25). This affects customers of all license types: Retail, Office 365 Consumer, Office 365 Commercial, and Volume License installations.

Deployment options for the 64-bit update

AutoUpdate (MAU)

Customers who use Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) to keep their Office applications up-to-date will see a 'regular' monthly update notification when their selected channel is upgraded to 64-bit builds. Depending on which version is installed on the local computer, MAU will offer either a delta or full update. The update package size does not change between 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Also, MAU can deliver a delta update when applicable to update a user from 32-bit to 64-bit applications. Therefore, customers won't experience a sharp increase in download activity. For the release to the Production channel, customers will see '(64-bit)' in the update title to make them aware that this is a 64-bit update.

Microsoft Office 2016 For Mac Requirements

For information about how to use the MAU, see Check for Office for Mac updates automatically.

Manual updates

The August release of Office for Mac is available for manual download. The following file provides a 64-bit package to replace existing 32-bit applications with 64-bit variants during installation:

Download the Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac August update package now.

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Microsoft scanned this file for viruses, using the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help prevent any unauthorized changes to it.

Volume License Service Center

Volume License customers typically get their Office 2016 software from the Volume License Service Center (VLSC). These builds are refreshed infrequently and are typically aligned with new language editions. The VLSC will continue to offer 32-bit installers (15.23) until November 2016. However, all updater packages that are released after August will be based on 64-bit builds. Therefore, a VLSC customer who updates either manually or through AutoUpdate will be transitioned to 64-bit builds.

More Information

Office 2016 Mac System Requirement

64-bit only

The Mac operating system has been 64-bit for several years. Unlike for Windows, there's no choice between running a 32-bit or 64-bit version of the Mac operating system. Similarly, we won't offer a choice between 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Office 2016 for Mac. After each 'channel' is transitioned per the rollout schedule, only 64-bit builds will be available.

Microsoft office 2016 for mac requirements

Effect on third-party applications and add-ins

The transition to 64-bit Office for Mac was announced in April 2016. IT Pros will want to understand which compiled add-ins are deployed to the users whom they manage so that they can assess the effect of the upgrade. The following Microsoft Office website summarizes the issues that affect the more common add-ins that are used together with Office 2016 for Mac:

Tools for inspecting product architecture

To verify the architecture of an Office application (that is, to understand whether you have a 32-bit or 64-bit build), start the application, open the Activity Monitor, and then enable the Kind column.

You can also use the file command in a terminal session to inspect the binary. For this use, type file -N <path of binary>.This method can be used with for any binary file, including third-party add-ins.

The file command returns one of three values.

Return value	Meaning
Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64	64-bit binary
Mach-O executable i386	32-bit binary
Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64	FAT binary (compatible with both 32-bit and 64-bit processes)
Mach-O executable i386	FAT binary (compatible with both 32-bit and 64-bit processes)

Options for reverting to 32-bit installations

There may be situations in which the customer has to change code that's not 64-bit ready. If customers can't immediately move forward to 64-bit builds, we will make available a one-time 32-bit update for the 15.25 release in addition to the default 64-bit updates. The 32-bit updates will be available only for manual download from the Office CDN.