Office LTSC 2021 is only available to organizations through a volume licensing agreement and is separate from the version of Office that's available through Microsoft 365 (or Office 365) plans. The Windows version of LTSC Office will also only run on Windows 10 and Windows 11.įor macOS devices, volume-licensed customers can install Office LTSC Standard for Mac 2021 using the steps described in the deployment guide for Office for Mac. 'While it offers performance improvements and expanded accessibility, it will not offer the cloud-based capabilities of Microsoft 365 Apps like real-time collaboration and AI-driven automation in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, as well as security and compliance capabilities that give added confidence in a hybrid world,' said Jared Spataro, corporate vice president for Microsoft 365, in a blog post. The company said that some of its customers still weren’t ready to move to the cloud and it would remain committed to supporting such customers with these types of updates.

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