It’s been a few years now The Microsoft Office and Microsoft 365 brands coexist in the market. The first is undoubtedly one of the oldest, most recognized and most successful in the history of Microsoft. The second is intrinsically linked to Microsoft’s strategy, which began more than a decade ago, to become a services company (without abandoning software, of course). The coexistence of the two brands meant, yes, some confusion in some cases.

And so, as you already know, if you’re a Microsoft subscription user, the service itself is Microsoft 365, although at the time it was Office Online and Office 365, and as a Microsoft 365 user you can download the desktop versions, which are grouped as Microsoft Office, although at least in the case of Windows, when you run one of them after downloading and installing it, main screen it doesn’t mention Microsoft Office but Microsoft 365. But yes, if you want to buy an office suite, you should look for Microsoft Office. It doesn’t sound like bullshit, it does.

This coexistence is justified by what was suggested at the beginning, the relevance of the Office brand together with the spirit of change of Microsoft 365, but the truth is that many years have passed and therefore it was time for Microsoft to take some action to start clearing the clutter that for quite a few users involves the simultaneous use of two marks. And the good news is that as part of Microsoft Ignite 2022 Microsoft has decided to end the Office brand and include office applications in Microsoft 365.

This change to Microsoft 365, which will be done gradually however, it will not mean any change in Word, Excel, PowerPointetc., this means that all the applications that make up the Microsoft office suite will not have their names changed or their other aspects modified, but the Office application that serves as starter Of all the applications installed on the system, in addition to providing direct access to the latest documents and files that we used, it will soon be replaced by a new launcher that already adopts the new identity of the suite.

Transition it will start paying soon, in Novemberalthough initially we will only see it in the web version, that is, in the service where the launcher and elements that still refer to Microsoft Office will be replaced by 365. As for desktop applications, both for PC and for devices, its arrival is expected in January 2023.

It will keep its name, yes, at least with the current version of the kit, which is “software only”.that is, the one that we can purchase independently of the service, with one payment, and whose current version is Microsoft Office 2021, as well as Office LTSC, will retain its identity at least until the arrival of the new major version, for which it still does not have a scheduled date.

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