Microsoft Office 2016 Beta Mac

Today’s post was written by Kirk Koenigsbauer, corporate vice president for the Office Client Applications and Services team.

Today we are taking a big step forward for Mac® users—Office 2016 for Mac is now available in 139 countries and 16 languages. Based on feedback from the great Mac Office community, we’ve made major updates to each of the apps, and we couldn’t be more pleased to deliver it first to our Office 365 customers.

Unmistakably Office, designed for Mac

The new versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote provide the best of both worlds for Mac users—the familiar Office experience paired with the best of Mac.

Sep 24, 2018 Commercial volume-licensed (trusted) customers can access Office 2019 starting today. Office 2019 is now available for consumer and commercial customers. For consumer customers in China, India, and Japan, Office 2019 suites will be available in the next few months. Certain features are only available in the Mac or Windows versions of Office 2019. Microsoft Office for Mac 2016 is the first update to Microsoft Office for Mac since 2011 so we’ve taken an in-depth look at what’s new in it. Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac was initially only available to Microsoft 365 subscribers but is now available to non-subscribers too. You used to be able to try before you buy, but the Microsoft Office.

If you already use Office on a PC or iPad, you will find yourself right at home in Office 2016 for Mac. It works the way you expect, with the familiar ribbon interface and powerful task panes. Mac users will appreciate the modernized Office experience and the integration of Mac capabilities like Full Screen view and Multi-TouchTM gestures. With full Retina® display support, your Office documents look sharper and more vibrant than ever.

Office for Mac is cloud-connected, so you can quickly get to the documents you’ve recently used on other devices and pick up where you left off. New, built-in document sharing tools make it easy to invite teammates to work on a document together. When sharing documents, you won’t have to worry about losing content or formatting, as Office for Mac offers unparalleled compatibility with Office on PCs, tablets, phones and online.

Five modern, first-class applications

Word for Mac—Word’s powerful writing and reviewing tools make it easy to create great-looking documents. The new Design tab lets you easily apply designer-quality layouts, colors and fonts throughout your document. You can work on the same document simultaneously with your teammates and use threaded comments to have a conversation right next to the corresponding text.

Excel for Mac—The new Excel for Mac helps you visualize your information by recommending charts best suited for your data with chart previews. Familiar keyboard shortcuts, autocomplete and an improved formula builder save you time when creating spreadsheets or entering data. For deeper analysis, new PivotTable Slicers help you filter large volumes of data and discover patterns.

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PowerPoint for Mac—PowerPoint’s improved Presenter View gives you full control when you present by showing you the current slide, next slide, speaker notes and a timer on your Mac screen, while the audience only sees your presentation on the big screen. The new animation pane helps you design and fine-tune animations, and the latest set of slide transitions add polish to your presentations.

Outlook for Mac—Managing your email, calendar, contacts and tasks has never been easier. The new Outlook for Mac has push mail support so your inbox is always up-to-date. The improved conversation view automatically organizes your inbox around threaded conversations, so you won’t have to hunt for related messages. And the new message preview shows you the first sentence of an email just below the subject line so you can quickly decide if you want to read it now or come back later.

OneNote for Mac—OneNote is the newest addition to Office for Mac. You can capture your ideas in digital notebooks and access them on any device. Find things quickly with the OneNote search engine that tracks your tags, indexes your typed notes and recognizes text in images and handwritten notes. Bold, italicize, underline or highlight notes, insert files, pictures and tables and organize your notes however you want. You can also share notebooks with friends, family or colleagues so everyone can work together on travel plans, household tasks or work projects.

Made better by Mac users

The customer participation in our Office for Mac preview since its launch in March exceeded our expectations, making it our largest Office for Mac beta ever. Many thanks to everyone who participated in the preview program and helped us improve the product.

Mac preview participants provided us with over 100,000 pieces of feedback. Based on this feedback, we released seven updates in four months with significant improvements in performance and stability. We also added features like improved Mail Merge in Word, Propose New Time in Outlook and support for External Data Connections in Excel.

And the best news is that Office for Mac will continue to see ongoing improvements over time. We plan to release updates and new features for Office 365 customers at least once per quarter.

Available today for Office 365 customers

Office 365 subscribers can get the newest version of Office for Mac today. All you need is an Office 365 subscription (Office 365 Home, Personal, Business, Business Premium, E3 or ProPlus), which includes the rights and access to use Office applications on Mac, Windows, iOS and Android devices, along with additional value in OneDrive and Skype.

Here are a few different ways to get Office 2016 for Mac today:

  • Already an Office 365 customer? On your Mac, just browse to your account page (office.com/myaccount), sign in and follow the installation instructions. If you have Office 365 through your organization, go to portal.office.com/OLS/MySoftware.aspx.
  • Are you a student? You may get Office 2016 for Mac for free or at a substantial discount. It takes only 30 seconds to find out at office.com/student.
  • Otherwise, go to office.com/mac or buy an Office 365 subscription at your local retailer.

Office 2016 for Mac will become available as a one-time purchase option this September.

We hope you’re as excited as we are about the new Office for Mac. It’s one of many important releases this summer where we are improving the Office experience across devices and platforms. We released Word, Excel and PowerPoint for Android phones just two weeks ago, which join Outlook and OneNote for Android phones, and we are just weeks away from delivering Office Mobile apps for Windows 10.

Please keep sending us your feedback and suggestions, and we will continue to improve your Office experience.

—Kirk Koenigsbauer

Microsoft Office 365

*Apple, Mac, Retina and Multi-Touch are registered trademarks of Apple Inc.

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Summary: Contains articles that will help you work with Office Online Server (the next version of Office Web Apps Server).

Audience: IT Professionals

Use the articles in the following table to learn about Office Online Server and Office Online with SharePoint Server. Office Online Server is the next version of Office Web Apps Server. It is an on-premises server.

ArticleDescription
Plan Office Online Server
Describes planning considerations for setting up your Office Online Server farm.
Deploy Office Online Server
Explains how to deploy Office Online Server in a test or production environment.
Configure Office Online Server for SharePoint Server 2016
Explains how to configure SharePoint Server to use Office Online Server for document editing.
Apply software updates to Office Online Server
Explains how to apply software updates to your Office Online Server farm.
Office Online Server release schedule
Explains the release schedule for new Office Online Server builds, support dates, and upgrade requirements.

Microsoft Office 2016 Beta Machine

Office Online Server can be downloaded from the Volume Licensing Service Center (VLSC). Office Online Server is a component of Office; therefore, it will be shown under each of the Office product pages including Office Standard 2016, Office Professional Plus 2016, and Office 2016 for Mac Standard.

Microsoft office 2011 mac free download - Microsoft Office 2011, Office for Mac Home and Business 2011, Microsoft Office 2008 update, and many more programs. Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac – Free Download – As usual, microsoft is giving away office 2011 for mac as a free download, for those buying an earlier version of the product within a stipulated time frame. All mac users who intend buying microsoft office 2011 for mac, can now purchase a qualifying Office 2008 and become eligible for a free upgrade to Mac 2011. And all these six variants of Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac were downloaded from the various Microsoft market places. And in the retail shop, they were providing in the low-cost because all retailers sold Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac service pack 1 and provided the facility of upgrading to a higher version of Service Pack using software updates. Microsoft free download center.

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For customers whose licenses qualfiy for OOS, but cannot obtain it through the VLSC, the following actions are possible:

  • VL Open customers can contact their Support Center.
  • Customers who purchased O365 online from Microsoft can submit a request from their Office 365 admin center or contact support.

Office Online Server version compatibility list

The following table shows the compatibility between Office Web Apps Server and Office Online Server with SharePoint Server, Exchange Server, and Skype for Business Server.

Microsoft Office 2016 Beta Mac Download

ProductOffice Web Apps ServerOffice Online Server
SharePoint Server 2013
Yes
Yes*
SharePoint Server 2016
No
Yes
SharePoint Server 2019
No
Yes
Lync Server 2013
Yes
Yes
Skype for Business Server 2015
Yes
Yes
Skype for Business Server 2019
Yes
Yes
Exchange Server 2013
No
No
Exchange Server 2016
No
Yes
Exchange Server 2019
No
Yes

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*Note that SharePoint Server 2013 cannot use the Excel Online external data connectivity and data refresh functionality in Office Online Server. That's only available with SharePoint Server 2016.