Microsoft announces Office 2021 for Windows and macOS

Microsoft’s latest update to their productivity suite is coming.

Microsoft announced its latest update to their productivity suite, Office 2021, this week in a blog post by Jared Shapiro, Microsoft 365’s corporate vice president. He also announced Office Long Term Servicing Channel for businesses that need a long-term, static option for the software.

Like the previous release, Office 2019, Office 2021 is designed for personal and small business users who do not want to subscribe to the company’s cloud service, Microsoft 365.

While we don’t have the full details yet about what kinds of feature changes or additions Office 2021 has in store, The Verge points out that Microsoft is likely to introduce any major changes to Office products in their subscription-based Microsoft 365 first.

Shapiro says in the blog post that Office 2021 will be supported for five years and that pricing for the one-time purchase will remain the same for personal and small business users, though the price of Office Professional Plus, Office Standard, and individual Office app purchases will increase.