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Microsoft Office

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Microsoft Office, MS Office, or simply Office, is an office suite and (formerly) a family of client software, server software, and services developed by Microsoft. The first version of the Office suite, announced by Bill Gates on August 1, 1988, at COMDEX, contained Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint, all three of which remain core products in Office. Over time, the Office suite has grown substantially, adding programs such as OneNote and Outlook; the suite has also been made highly extensible with the use of the VBA scripting language. The suite currently includes a word processor (Word), a spreadsheet program (Excel), a presentation program (PowerPoint), a note-taking program (OneNote), and an email client (Outlook); the Windows version also includes a database management system (Access). Microsoft Office previously offered desktop, mobile, and web applications; out of these, only the desktop suite is still maintained. Since Office 2013, Microsoft has promoted Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) as the primary means of obtaining Microsoft Office: it allows the use of the software and other services on a subscription business model, and users receive feature updates to the software for the lifetime of the subscription, including new features and cloud computing integration that are not necessarily included in the "on-premises" releases of Office sold under conventional license terms. In 2017, revenue from Office 365 overtook conventional license sales. Microsoft continues to sell the perpetually-licensed Office suite, the latest version of which is Office 2024.

Infobox

Developer
Microsoft
Initial release
October 1, 1990; 35 years ago (1990-10-01)
Office 2024 (LTSC)
2408 (Build 17932.20620) / 9 December 2025; 11 days ago (2025-12-09)
Office 2021 (LTSC)
2108 (Build 14334.20440) / 9 December 2025; 11 days ago (2025-12-09)
Office 2019 (LTSC)
1808 (Build 10417.20080) / 9 December 2025; 11 days ago (2025-12-09)
Office 2021-24 (Retail)
2511 (Build 19426.20218) / 16 December 2025; 4 days ago (2025-12-16)
Office 2019 (Retail)
2509 (Build 19231.20194) / 14 October 2025; 2 months ago (2025-10-14)
Written in
C (back-end)
Operating system
Microsoft Windows, MS-DOS (discontinued)
Successor
Microsoft 365
Standard
Office Open XML (ISO/IEC 29500)
Available in
102 languages
Type
Office suite
License
Trialware, volume licensing or SaaS
Website
office.com

Tables

Windows · History of releases
3.x
3.x
Office version
3.x
Version number
Various
Minimum operating system
Windows
Minimum operating system
3.0
Office support end date
Unsupported: September 30, 1998
4.x
4.x
Office version
4.x
Version number
6.0
Minimum operating system
3.1
Minimum operating system
Unsupported: November 1, 2000
95
95
Office version
95
Version number
7.0
Minimum operating system
NT 3.51
Minimum operating system
Unsupported: December 31, 2001
97
97
Office version
97
Version number
8.0
Minimum operating system
NT 3.51 SP5
Minimum operating system
Unsupported: January 16, 2004
2000
2000
Office version
2000
Version number
9.0
Minimum operating system
95
Minimum operating system
Unsupported: July 14, 2009
XP
XP
Office version
XP
Version number
10.0
Minimum operating system
NT 4.0 SP6a
Minimum operating system
Unsupported: July 12, 2011
2003
2003
Office version
2003
Version number
11.0
Minimum operating system
2000 SP3
Minimum operating system
Unsupported: April 8, 2014
2007
2007
Office version
2007
Version number
12.0
Minimum operating system
XP SP2
Minimum operating system
Unsupported: October 10, 2017
2010
2010
Office version
2010
Version number
14.0
Minimum operating system
XP SP3
Minimum operating system
Unsupported: October 13, 2020
2013
2013
Office version
2013
Version number
15.0
Minimum operating system
7
Minimum operating system
Unsupported: April 11, 2023
2016
2016
Office version
2016
Version number
16.0
Minimum operating system
7 SP1
Minimum operating system
Unsupported: October 14, 2025
2019
2019
Office version
2019
Version number
10 v1809
2021
2021
Office version
2021
Version number
Supported: October 13, 2026
2024
2024
Office version
2024
Version number
Latest version: October 9, 2029
Office version
Version number
Minimum operating system
Office support end date
3.x
Various
Windows
3.0
Unsupported: September 30, 1998
4.x
6.0
3.1
Unsupported: November 1, 2000
95
7.0
NT 3.51
Unsupported: December 31, 2001
97
8.0
NT 3.51 SP5
Unsupported: January 16, 2004
2000
9.0
95
Unsupported: July 14, 2009
XP
10.0
NT 4.0 SP6a
Unsupported: July 12, 2011
2003
11.0
2000 SP3
Unsupported: April 8, 2014
2007
12.0
XP SP2
Unsupported: October 10, 2017
2010
14.0
XP SP3
Unsupported: October 13, 2020
2013
15.0
7
Unsupported: April 11, 2023
2016
16.0
7 SP1
Unsupported: October 14, 2025
2019
10 v1809
2021
Supported: October 13, 2026
2024
Latest version: October 9, 2029
Mac · History of releases
3.0
3.0
Office version
3.0
Version number
6.0
Minimum operating system
ClassicMac OS
Minimum operating system
?
Office support end date
Unsupported: June 1, 2001
4.2 for Macintosh
4.2 for Macintosh
Office version
4.2 for Macintosh
Version number
7.0
Minimum operating system
7.0 (68K)
Minimum operating system
Unsupported: December 31, 1996
98 Macintosh Edition
98 Macintosh Edition
Office version
98 Macintosh Edition
Version number
8.0
Minimum operating system
7.5 (PPC)
Minimum operating system
Unsupported: June 30, 2003
2001
2001
Office version
2001
Version number
9.0
Minimum operating system
8.1 (PPC)
Minimum operating system
Unsupported: December 31, 2005
v. X
v. X
Office version
v. X
Version number
10.0
Minimum operating system
macOS
Minimum operating system
10.1
Office support end date
Unsupported: January 9, 2007
2004 for Mac
2004 for Mac
Office version
2004 for Mac
Version number
11.0
Minimum operating system
10.2
Minimum operating system
Unsupported: January 10, 2012
2008 for Mac
2008 for Mac
Office version
2008 for Mac
Version number
12.0
Minimum operating system
10.4 (PPC)
Minimum operating system
Unsupported: April 9, 2013
2011 for Mac
2011 for Mac
Office version
2011 for Mac
Version number
14.0
Minimum operating system
10.5 (Intel)
Minimum operating system
Unsupported: October 10, 2017
2016
2016
Office version
2016
Version number
15.0 – 16.16.x
Minimum operating system
10.10
Minimum operating system
Unsupported: October 13, 2020
2019
2019
Office version
2019
Version number
16.17 – 16.52
Minimum operating system
10.12
Minimum operating system
Unsupported: October 10, 2023
2021
2021
Office version
2021
Version number
16.53+
Minimum operating system
10.15
Minimum operating system
Supported: October 13, 2026
2024
2024
Office version
2024
Version number
TBA
Minimum operating system
12
Minimum operating system
Latest version: October 9, 2029
Office version
Version number
Minimum operating system
Office support end date
3.0
6.0
ClassicMac OS
?
Unsupported: June 1, 2001
for Macintosh
7.0
7.0 (68K)
Unsupported: December 31, 1996
98 Macintosh Edition
8.0
PPC)
Unsupported: June 30, 2003
2001
9.0
PPC)
Unsupported: December 31, 2005
v. X
10.0
macOS
10.1
Unsupported: January 9, 2007
2004 for Mac
11.0
10.2
Unsupported: January 10, 2012
2008 for Mac
12.0
PPC)
Unsupported: April 9, 2013
2011 for Mac
14.0
Intel)
Unsupported: October 10, 2017
2016
15.0 – 16.16.x
10.10
Unsupported: October 13, 2020
2019
16.17 – 16.52
10.12
Unsupported: October 10, 2023
2021
16.53+
10.15
Supported: October 13, 2026
2024
TBA
12
Latest version: October 9, 2029
iOS & Android · History of releases
Androidfor Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Androidfor Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Office version
Androidfor Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Version number
16.0
Minimum operating system
Android Pie (9.0)
iOSfor Word, Excel, PowerPoint
iOSfor Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Office version
iOSfor Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Version number
2.80
Minimum operating system
iOS 16
iOS (Beta Channel)for Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Office Mobile
iOS (Beta Channel)for Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Office Mobile
Office version
iOS (Beta Channel)for Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Office Mobile
Version number
2.80
Minimum operating system
iOS 16 with TestFlight installed.
OneNote for iOS
OneNote for iOS
Office version
OneNote for iOS
Version number
16.80
Minimum operating system
iOS 16
OneNote (Beta Channel)for iOS
OneNote (Beta Channel)for iOS
Office version
OneNote (Beta Channel)for iOS
Version number
16.80
Minimum operating system
iOS 16 with TestFlight installed.
Office version
Version number
Minimum operating system
Androidfor Word, Excel, PowerPoint
16.0
Android Pie (9.0)
iOSfor Word, Excel, PowerPoint
2.80
iOS 16
iOS (Beta Channel)for Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Office Mobile
2.80
iOS 16 with TestFlight installed.
OneNote for iOS
16.80
iOS 16
OneNote (Beta Channel)for iOS
16.80
iOS 16 with TestFlight installed.

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