The advantages of C2R include predictable monthly security updates, up-to-date apps on installation, reduced network consumption through Windows 10 download optimization technology, and an easy upgrade path to Office 365 ProPlus. With Office 2019, we're moving the perpetual versions of Office to C2R exclusively so IT can take advantage of modern deployment technology to reduce costs and improve security.
MICROSOFT OFFICE 2019 PRO PLUS PREVIEW UPDATE
We introduced Click-to-Run (C2R), a modern deployment technology, in Office 2013, and it's now used to deploy and update Office across hundreds of millions of devices worldwide. Make more dynamic and exciting presentations with PowerPoint Zoom New chart types which include funnel charts and 2D maps, help identify insights, trends, and opportunities in the data Work more naturally with new and improved inking features like the roaming pencil case, pressure sensitivity, and tilt effects For a longer list of the new end-user features, see the FAQs. These features are already included in Office 365 ProPlus but are not available in Office 2016. Updates include new and improved inking features across the apps, like the roaming pencil case, pressure sensitivity, and tilt effects more powerful data analysis in Excel, like new formulas, new charts, and Power BI integration and sophisticated presentation features in PowerPoint, like Morph and Zoom. Office 2019 delivers new features to help end users create amazing content in less time. But for customers who aren’t yet ready to move to the cloud, Office 2019 provides an update to the perpetual apps with new features for both end users and IT. Office 365 ProPlus delivers the most productive and most secure Office experience – with the lowest TCO for deployment and management. This milestone is the first in a series of preview announcements for the Office 2019 wave, and in the coming months we’ll release previews of Office 2019 for Mac, Exchange 2019, SharePoint 2019, Project Server 2019, and Skype for Business 2019. Today, we're pleased to announce the Office 2019 Commercial Preview of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher, Access, Project, Visio and OneNote for Windows 10.
Note: October 2018 - Office 2019 is now available. Today's post was authored by Jared Spataro, General Manager for Office.