Microsoft began the worldwide release of Office 2016. These apps are the latest addition to Office 365, Microsoft's cloud-based subscription service that helps people do their best work, together. The company also announced new and enhanced Office 365 services that further demonstrate how Office has expanded to become a powerful suite of integrated apps and services built for team productivity. Corporate Vice President Kirk Koenigsbauer provides more insights about Office 2016 on the Office Blog.
Office 2016 delivers new versions of the Office desktop apps for Windows, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, OneNote, Project, Visio and Access. By subscribing to Office 365, customers can get always-up-to-date, fully installed apps for use across their devices, combined with a continually evolving set of consumer and commercial services, such as OneDrive online storage, Skype for Business, Delve, Yammer and enterprise-grade security features.
Together, the new Office and Windows 10 are the most complete solution for doing. The Office 2016 apps run beautifully on the best Windows ever, including the new Sway for Windows 10 to create shareable, interactive stories that look great on any screen. Windows Hello logs you into Windows and Office 365 in one simple step. Office Mobile apps on Windows 10 empower on-the-go productivity, including use with Continuum so you can use your phone like a PC. Cortana connects with Office 365 to help with tasks such as meeting preparation, with further integration with Outlook coming in November.
The Office 2016 apps simplify collaboration and remove barriers to team success. Co-authoring is now provided in Word, PowerPoint and OneNote desktop software, including real-time typing in Word that lets you see others' edits as they make them. Skype in-app integration across the Office Online and rich client apps allows you to IM, screen share, talk or video chat right in your docs. Office 365 Groups are now an integrated part of the Outlook 2016 client app and available on your favorite mobile device through the Outlook Groups app, delivering a consistent team experience across the suite.
Additionally, new Office 365 solutions that combine the power of apps and service for better collaboration are coming soon.
Introduced today, Office 365 Planner helps teams organize their work, with the ability to create new plans, organize and assign tasks, set due dates and update status with visual dashboards and email notifications. Planner will be available in preview, to Office 365 First Release customers, starting next quarter.
Significant new updates to OneDrive for Business are coming later this month, across sync, browser, mobile, IT control and developer experiences. The next generation sync client for Windows and Mac will offer an improved end-user experience, enhanced sync reliability and options, and increased file size and volume limits.
Unveiled earlier this year, GigJam is today available in private preview, and will become part of Office 365 in 2016. GigJam is an unprecedented new way for teams to accomplish tasks and transform business processes by breaking down the barriers between devices, apps and people.
Office 2016 provides built-in intelligence to help you work faster and smarter. Outlook 2016 provides the smartest inbox yet, with lightning fast search and automatic removal of low priority mail. Everyone on the To: line has the right access to documents with modern, cloud-based attachments. Tell Me helps you quickly find the right Office feature or command, and Smart Lookup brings insights from the web right into your documents.
Excel 2016 now includes integrated publishing to Power BI and new modern chart-types to help you make the most of your data. The most recently used documents list allows you pick up right where you left off, travelling with you across your devices, whether you are working in Office Online, in the Office Mobile apps or in the Office 2016 desktop apps.
Office 2016 is also the most secured Office thanks to apps that deliver new capabilities for better enterprise security and protection. Built-in Data Loss Prevention across Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook, significantly reduces the risk of leaking sensitive data.
Moreover, integrated Office 365 Mobile Device Management protects company or employee devices and Enterprise Data Protection coming later this year enables secured content sharing within corporate boundaries. Multi-factor Authentication ensures secured access to content when you're away from the corporate network.
The new Office 2016 apps are available in 47 languages and require Windows 7 or later. Starting today, Office 365 subscribers can choose to download the new Office 2016 apps as part of their subscription. Automatic updates will begin rolling out to subscribers next month. Office 2016 is also available today as a one-time purchase for both PCs and Macs.
More information is available at www.microsoft.com/office.