On Windows, Microsoft lets you install Office 365 on five different computers with your single subscription, each with its own customizable experience that is tied to each Microsoft account. It's only later, when Office gets upgraded again, that the standalone versions will become out-of-date. But whether you choose to pay one time for the new Office or sign up for a subscription to Office 365, you'll mostly get the exact same experience I'm writing about here.
In fact, with a subscription plan, Microsoft says you'll never have to buy another new version of Office again. With today's release, it's clear Microsoft would prefer you sign up for the subscription because the standalone versions won't receive all the upgrades over time that you would get with Office 365 Home Premium. You can get one of the desktop standalone versions of the new Office, but I don't think it's the best way to experience Office. Along with a redesigned interface, all of these things come together to make the best Office yet.Īs I said above, the cloud-connected Office 365 suite comes in separate versions for home and business, with the home version available today and the business version available at the end of February. With full touch-screen support, the entire suite has been reinvented to work with Windows 8-driven tablets and smartphones, making much of the work flow much easier than before regardless of the hardware you're using. For starters it's available wherever you are, on whatever device you're using at the time. With all that said, what I'm reviewing here is Office 365 Home Premium, and I definitely like what I see - especially when I can put it on five machines for $100 per year. CNET Blog Network author Lance Whitney has more information about Microsoft's license changes here.
This way, if you need to buy a new computer, you'll now be able to transfer Office 2013, where before you would need to buy another copy. After understandable grumbling from users about the restrictive license, Microsoft has changed it to allow users to transfer Office 2013 to another computer once every 90 days. At launch, if you bought Microsoft Office Home and Student 2013 or Home and Business 2013, you would be able to use the suite on only one computer, for the life of that computer. Update: Microsoft announced on Mait has changed the license for stand-alone versions of Office 2013.
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