The online version of Office 2016 has slightly reduced functionality and so your Office 365 subscription may also include a local installation of Office 2016 with full functionality.

You can choose to pay for an Office 365 subscription on a monthly or yearly basis. It comes with the applications you're familiar with, like Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, plus additional applications such as SharePoint, Microsoft's browser-based collaboration and document management platform, extra online storage, ongoing tech support and more. Office 365 is an online subscription service that includes the most recent version of Office, which is currently (August 2016) Office 2016.The new Office 365 users intend using SharePoint as their document management and storage system.įirst of all, what's the difference between Office 365 and Office 2016? This article is intended for new Office 365 users who have recently transitioned to an online cloud environment, but also retain locally installed legacy installations of Office 2016, or who have an Office 365 subscription that includes locally installed versions of Office 2016.

Working with Office 2016, Office 365 and SharePoint

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