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Microsoft released new Outlook for Mac software for its Office 365 subscribers today, and announced future roadmap details for Office for Mac. Office for Mac is Microsoft's premises-installed productivity suite (with Excel, OneNote, PowerPoint and Word) for Apple Mac computers. Microsoft indicated today that Office for Mac users can expect a public beta of the next release in 'the first half of 2015,' with general availability happening in the second half of that year. In general, though, Microsoft is prioritizing its Office 365 releases over its 'boxed' Office for Mac releases. Outlook for Mac for Office 365 Meanwhile, Microsoft's Outlook for Mac e-mail client solution for Office 365 is available today for commercial subscribers, as well for Office 365 Home, Personal and University subscribers.
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3 Ways to Disable Office 2016 Automatic Update Office 2016 is an awesome new edition of Microsoft Office package. Although, Office 2013 and Office 2016 look quite same, but Office 2016 products have more options to customize it. Exchange support in Outlook requires connectivity to Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2 or later OR Office 365 for business. Coauthoring requires SharePoint Server 2010 or a Microsoft account. Certain online features (such as activation) require a Microsoft account.
It's available to commercial subscribers through the Office 365 Portal or via Microsoft's. Consumer subscribers can get it through their My Account link, according to. Microsoft's announcement promised that this release of Outlook for Mac for Office 365 will have a user experience that's more akin to the Outlook used on Windows PCs or the Outlook Web App used on Android, iPad and iPhone devices. Most of the changes are associated with improving performance and reliability issues. In addition, Microsoft added the capability to search for Exchange-archived e-mails. It improved the solution's e-mail push technology for 'real-time email delivery.' The e-mail download experience is also faster, Microsoft claims.
Known Problems A problem has already surfaced for organizations using Active Directory Federation Services and single sign-on access to Office 365. They have experienced credentials problems, such as rejected passwords, when trying to access the new Outlook for Mac release. Microsoft indicated today that it is currently working on a solution, according 'Allen Z' of Microsoft in an: 'Microsoft has been aware of this problem, and our engineers are working on a solution right now,' Allen Z wrote in the post. 'We'll update this thread to let you know about any progress on this issue.' Microsoft recommends before running Outlook for Mac for Office 365, although there's no explanation about why it's recommended.
The two solutions can run side by side. Installing Outlook for Mac for Office 365 does not automatically remove Outlook for Mac 2011, according to. Outlook for Mac for Office 365 has a number of. For instance, organizations wanting to import data from Outlook for Mac 2011 can only do so by importing into an 'empty profile.' Also, Entourage 2008 and Entourage 2004 data formats aren't supported in the new Outlook for Mac for Office 365. The online archive feature of Outlook for Mac for Office 365 isn't supported if the primary e-mail account is associated with Exchange Server 2010.
Update history for Office for Mac. 5 minutes to read. Contributors. In this article Office for Mac that comes with an Office 365 subscription is updated on a regular basis to provide new features, security updates, and non-security updates. The following information is primarily intended for IT professionals that are deploying Office for Mac to the users in their organizations. The following table summarizes information about the most current version of Office for Mac. Current version Release date Download link More information 16.20 (18120801) December 11, 2018.
Note. For security reason, Microsoft has deprecated the use of SHA-1. Starting with the 16.17 release in September 2018, this information also applies to Office 2019 for Mac, which is a version of Office for Mac that’s available as a one-time purchase from a retail store or through a volume licensing agreement.
The update history information for version 16.16 and earlier also applies to Office 2016 for Mac, which is also a version of Office for Mac that’s available as a one-time purchase. Older versions up to and including 16.16 can be activated with an Office 2016 for Mac volume license. You can’t activate version 16.17 or later with an Office 2016 for Mac volume license. For information about Office 2016 for Mac releases from September onward, see.
For information about the features, security updates, and non-security updates that are included in a given release of Office for Mac, see. If you want early access to new releases, join the program. Most current packages for Office for Mac The following table lists the most current packages for Office for Mac and for the individual applications, such as Word and Excel.
All packages are 64-bit only. The build date is listed in parentheses, in a YYMMDD format, after the version number. The install package is used if you don't have the application already installed, while the update package is used to update an existing installation. Note Download links are only provided for the most recent releases.