Makes sense for those going back to school and those who are not since it's one of the best deals we've seen in a while.
Obviously it works great with Windows machines, but you can also use it on Mac or your mobile devices. Keep in mind that whatever subscription you get, your plan will automatically renew when the time is up. Right now you can get it at the one of the best prices we've ever seen thanks to HP's Back to School sale that includes a 12-month subscription to Microsoft 365 Personal for just $51.99 (opens in new tab). That's a huge discount from Microsoft's regular $70 price, and it's even better than Amazon's current price around $59, which is normally the best discount you can find.
Microsoft is warning Office 2016 and 2019 users that they might encounter issues when connecting to Microsoft 365 back-end services starting in October 2023 ...
"Practically, this means that as we make updates to Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and other Microsoft 365 services, we will not be building around the constraints inherent in the older perpetual Office clients that are already out of mainstream support. "Microsoft will NOT be blocking supported and up-to-date Office clients from connecting to M365 cloud services. (Or maybe just an overaggressive attempt to get those who want non-subscription Office to move to the cloud?) Microsoft is not going to block Office 2016 and Office 2019 customers from connecting to Microsoft 365 back-end services after October 2023. They just might (or might not) work well, especially starting next year, so it's a "use at your own risk" situation. Continuing to use Office 2016 and 2019 might be risky because some features may encounter "unexpected issues." Note: Office 2019 and Office 2016 will be supported for connecting to Microsoft 365 (and Office 365) services until October 2023.
Microsoft has gone out of its way to making the Office 2016 and Office 2019 connections to Microsoft 365 services unclear and confusing.
Microsoft has publicized that Office 2016 and Office 2019 users would be losing Microsoft 365 service connections before the end of Office product support for many years. Possibly, Microsoft isn't obligated to address connections with Microsoft 365 services with the two perpetual-license Office products because Microsoft 365 services have a more arbitrarily defined support model under Microsoft's Modern Lifecycle Support policy. Practically, this means that as we make updates to Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and other Microsoft 365 services, we will not be building around the constraints inherent in the older perpetual Office clients that are already out of mainstream support. This loss of this mainstream support may make the Microsoft 365 service connections iffy for the Office 2019 product. On that date, Office 2019 will fall out of mainstream support, which means that Microsoft ceases to develop and add new features to it. In a July Redmond article, I reported on Microsoft's plans to cut off Microsoft 365 service connections for Office 2016 and Office 2019 users, starting in Oct. 2023.
Microsoft appears to be deliberately trying to confuse the public on Office 2016 and Office 2019 connections to Microsoft 365 services.
Microsoft has publicized that Office 2016 and Office 2019 users would be losing Microsoft 365 service connections before the end of Office product support for many years. Possibly, Microsoft isn't obligated to address connections with Microsoft 365 services with the two perpetual-license Office products because Microsoft 365 services have a more arbitrarily defined support model under Microsoft's Modern Lifecycle Support policy. Practically, this means that as we make updates to Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and other Microsoft 365 services, we will not be building around the constraints inherent in the older perpetual Office clients that are already out of mainstream support. This loss of this mainstream support may make the Microsoft 365 service connections iffy for the Office 2019 product. On that date, Office 2019 will fall out of mainstream support, which means that Microsoft ceases to develop and add new features to it. In a July Redmond article, I reported on Microsoft's plans to cut off Microsoft 365 service connections for Office 2016 and Office 2019 users, starting in Oct. 2023.