Office 2024 and Office LTSC 2024 FAQ

Office 2024 provides the essential tools you need to capture, analyze, and organize your ideas. It includes classic versions of Office apps with a one-time purchase.

Office Home 2024 - For students and families who want classic Office apps installed on one PC or Mac for use at home or school. Includes classic versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote installed on one PC or Mac.

​​​​​​​Office Home & Business 2024 – For families and small businesses who want classic Office apps and email installed on one PC or Mac for use at home or work. Includes classic versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and Outlook installed on one PC or Mac.

Office LTSC 2024 is the most recent on-premises version of Office for commercial and government customers. Like the previous version, Office LTSC 2021​​​​​​​, ​​​​​​​Office LTSC 2024 includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, and Access (Windows only). Office LTSC 2024 does not include MicrosoftPublisher, which is being retired in 2026.

Customers can check the Account screen of any app to see which version of Office or Office LTSC they are running. You can do this by selecting File > Account. For Mac, go to <App Name> in the menu bar and choose About. See What version of Office am I using for more.

We are happy to confirm our commitment to another release of the on-premises version of ​​​​​​​Office in the future, beyond this release.

No. Microsoft 365 is a subscription service that makes sure you always have the most up-to-date modern productivity tools. Microsoft 365 already has all the features included in Office 2024 and ​​​​​​​Office LTSC 2024, plus additional collaboration, productivity, and security features not found in Office 2024 or ​​​​​​​Office LTSC 2024.

Microsoft 365 subscription plans for individuals and families include premium versions of apps like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, and Access (​​​​​​​Access available on PC only). The apps can be installed on multiple devices, including PCs, Macs, iPads, iPhones, Android tablets, and Android phones. Microsoft 365 also comes with services like 1 TB of cloud storage, and Microsoft chat and phone support. With a subscription, you get the latest versions of the apps and automatically receive updates when they happen.

Office 2024 is a one-time purchase that comes with classic versions of apps like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for one PC or Mac, and does not include any of the services that come with a Microsoft 365 subscription. One-time purchases don't have an upgrade option, which means if you plan to upgrade to the next major release, you'll have to buy it at full price.

Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise delivers premium versions of apps like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, enhanced real-time collaboration, AI-driven automation, and cloud-backed security and compliance capabilities that are not available in the classic version of the apps included with Office LTSC. Microsoft 365 apps can be installed on up to 5 PCs or Macs, 5 tablets, and 5 phones per user, and come with services like 1 TB of OneDrive storage, full-featured web apps, and Microsoft chat and phone support.

​​​Office LTSC 2024 is a one-time release that comes with classic versions of apps like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for one PC or Mac, and does not include any of the services that come with a Microsoft 365 subscription.

All the value included in Microsoft 365 Apps is also included in Microsoft 365 and Office 365 plans that include desktop apps, like Microsoft 365 E3 and Microsoft 365 Business Standard. These more advanced plans provide everything in Microsoft 365 Apps plus additional services and features like Microsoft Loop, Microsoft Exchange Online, MicrosoftSharePoint Online, Microsoft Defender threat protection, and more. Learn more about service plans in this article.

Yes, Office 2024 and ​​​​​​​Office LTSC 2024 support both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows, and Office 2024 for Mac and ​​​​​​​Office LTSC for Mac 2024 continue supporting 64-bit.

For help deciding which version is right for you, see Choose between the 64-bit or 32-bit version of Office.

Yes, both Office 2024 and ​​​​​​​Office LTSC 2024 have both Windows and Mac versions.

Internet access is required for the following situations with Office 2024:

• Internet access is required to look up device pre-entitlements in case your device came bundled with a copy of Office.

• Internet access is required to redeem and associate a copy of Office with your Microsoft account or your device ID.

• Internet access is required to activate apps, like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

• Regular internet access is required to keep your apps up to date and to benefit from automatic updates and security patches.

• Periodic internet is required to keep your apps activated.

Because Office 2024 does require the internet in the above situations, it is not an appropriate solution for use in fully disconnected scenarios. If you require a totally disconnected solution, consider using Office LTSC 2024.

Although security updates and quality updates to ​​​​​​​Office LTSC 2024 are made available via the internet, they can be hosted on-premises for disconnected networks. ​​​​​​​Office LTSC 2024 will not receive new features after its release. If you want to get new productivity features on an ongoing basis, consider moving to Microsoft 365.

The Windows desktop version of OneNote is included with Office 2024 and ​​​​​​​Office LTSC 2024.

Yes, both Office 2024 and ​​​​​​​Office LTSC 2024 continue to support Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).

Office 2024 and ​​​​​​​Office LTSC 2024​​​​​​​ include only a subset of the features included in Microsoft 365 Apps. This subset includes up-to-date accessibility features, new capabilities and performance improvements across Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. While Microsoft 365 Apps will continue to get the latest improvements in modern collaboration, advanced security, and intelligent capabilities as soon as they are available, Office 2024 for Windows and ​​​​​​​Office LTSC 2024 for Windows will remain locked in time. For more information on features added for the 2024 release, please visit our "What's New" page.

Like the Windows version, ​​​​​​​Office 2024 for Mac and ​​​​​​​Office LTSC for Mac 2024 include only a subset of the long list of features that have been added to Microsoft 365 Apps for Mac over the last three years. Updates for macOS include new accessibility features, other new and improved capabilities and better performance of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

For PC users, Office 2024 will require Windows 10 and later. For more information on system requirements, see Office suites for individuals and families.

Office LTSC 2024 is supported on Windows 11 and Windows 10. For a full list of supported operating systems, see Office suites for enterprise, business, education, and government.

The commercial version of ​​​​​​​Office LTSC 2024 has 5 years of support under the Fixed Lifecycle Policy. The consumer version of Office 2024 is supported under the Modern Lifecycle Policy.

Office LTSC 2024 will go out of support on October 9, 2029.

Modern software not only provides new features to help people do their best work, but also, more efficient manageability solutions and more comprehensive approaches to security. Software that is a decade old or more and hasn't benefited from these innovations becomes progressively less productive, less manageable, and more difficult to secure. The 5-year support cadence for on-premises versions of Office helps to reduce this exposure as the pace of change continues to accelerate.

Office LTSC for Mac 2024 is supported on the three most recent versions of macOS. As new major versions of macOS are made generally available, Microsoft will drop support for the oldest version and support the newest and previous two versions of macOS. Product functionality and feature availability may vary on older systems. For a full list of system requirements, see Office suites.

The commercial version of ​​​​​​​Office LTSC for Mac 2024 has 5 years of support under the Fixed Lifecycle Policy.The consumer version of Office 2024 for Mac is supported under the Modern Lifecycle Policy.

Office LTSC for Mac 2024 will have the same monthly update cadence as previous releases of perpetual for Mac.

Office 2024 for Mac and ​​​​​​​Office LTSC for Mac 2024 will go out of support on October 9, 2029.

Office 2024 and ​​​​​​​Office LTSC 2024​​​​​​​ are installed using the Click-to-Run installation technology instead of Windows Installer (MSI). Click-to-Run is used to install Office 2021 products and has been available for most ​​​​​​​Office products since Office 2010.

Office 2024 for Mac and ​​​​​​​Office LTSC for Mac 2024 use the standard Apple Package format (pkg) - the same technology that we have used for previous perpetual releases including Office 2021 for Mac.

​​​​​​​Office LTSC 2024 ships with the Skype for Business client app for Windows, but it is not installed automatically; instead, it is provided as an optional installation in support of our on-premises Skype for Business customers. Skype for Business remains a separate, optional download for ​​​​​​​Office LTSC for Mac 2024, as in previous Mac versions of Office.