Unlike Office 2010, the Office 2016 version is optimized to run smoothly with cloud applications like OneDrive, Skype and Yammer, which is a blessing for team collaboration especially. The product will continue to receive mainstream support until October 10, 2020, while extended support runs until October 14, 2025. Microsoft’s Office 2016 was released as a non-time-limited purchase version for Windows and Mac in September 2015.
Essentially there are three avenues to pick from if you want to continue using Microsoft Office applications within a safe and compatible framework: You can switch to a more recent Office version with longer support – so to Office 2016 or Office 2019 – or move to Microsoft’s cloud suite Office 365, which is available as a subscription model (and interestingly packs the familiar Office applications for local installation as well).
