That makes sense since many businesses don’t have the resources to move to the cloud completely. The announcement of the new version of Office indicates that Microsoft isn’t just focusing on Microsoft 365, its cloud-based offering. Microsoft has promised to share more details on the new features closer to the launch date, which would be in the second half of 2021. These features are also expected to be adopted by Office 2021. The new LTSC version is expected to bring accessibility improvements, a new dark mode, Dynamic Arrays, and XLOOKUP in Excel, as well as other smaller changes across all the popular apps, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint. While the company hasn’t confirmed any relevant features coming to Office 2021, we know that Office LTSC will be getting support for at least 5 years. Microsoft doesn’t have any plans to increase the cost, which means you can expect the pricing to be similar to Office 2019.Īs for Office LTSC, a commercial preview will be available this April. Office 2021 will be an update to Office 2019 and will be available at a one-time cost without requiring a Microsoft 365 subscription. Microsoft is officially launching two new versions of Office this year: Office 2021 for personal users and Office LTSC (Long Term Servicing Channel) for commercial purposes.

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