Microsoft changes its mind regarding Office 2016: we will be able to take advantage of its functions until 2023

A few days ago we saw how Microsoft returned to provide support for Windows 7, a continuity that hid a trick, since it was a system under a kind of subscription. For on January 14, 2020, he was scheduled to disappear at Microsoft.

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And something similar happened with Office 2016, because it was expected that Redmond would shelve it as of October 13, 2020 A as it sought to get users closer to Office 365 and had raised mixed opinions.So much so that from Redmond they have backed down and have announced that they are extending support for Office 2016 until 2023."

Microsoft changes its mind

The move to Office 365 and the jump to the cloud is something that is basically a matter of time It is above all more interesting for Microsoft and not so much for users who continue to opt for the classic mode. In this sense, it is appreciated that Microsoft has chosen to continue offering an alternative to Office 365 with Office 2019.

The decision of the American company to postpone the almost forced jump to Office 365 has been explained by the company itself in the words of Jared Spataro, executive director of marketing for Office and Windows

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It was sung that forcing customers to make the leap to Office 365 and its subscription service and access to the cloud in this way would raise complaints.It was not well received and that may be the reason why from the company they have decided to take a step back with their policy There was no place for the company to affirm that When customers connect to Office 365 with a legacy version of Office, they don&39;t get all the service has to offer."

In parallel, from the company and through Spartaro, they have announced that they are also changing their minds and Office ProPlus will be compatible beyond Windows 10 Specifically, it can be used with Windows 8.1 until it is no longer supported in 2023. At the beginning of the year they announced that after October 13, 2020 the only version of Windows that would support ProPlus was Windows 10

This is not a decision taken lightly. Leaving aside other systems beyond Windows 10 considering that some of them still offer a significant market share could cause serious harm to users but especially to the image of the brand.

With these measures from Microsoft they try to calm down the spirits and silence the criticism that had arisen in the face of some rather controversial measures. We have until 2023 to continue taking advantage of the full potential of the most classic Office while the cloud finishes settling down.

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