Microsoft has launched Workplace 2024 for small companies and shoppers who desire a standalone model with out a Microsoft 365 subscription.
Workplace 2024 consists of up to date, locked-in-time variations of Phrase, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and Outlook for Home windows and macOS methods.Â
It additionally requires a Microsoft account and an web connection (doubtless wanted through the set up and for getting updates), and runs on Home windows 10 and 11 and the three most up-to-date macOS variations.
Beginning this Tuesday, two editions of Workplace 2024 can be found from Microsoft.com and retailers worldwide.
Workplace Dwelling 2024 prices $149.99 and consists of Phrase, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote for one PC or Mac, whereas Workplace Dwelling & Enterprise 2022 prices $249.99 and offers every little thing in Workplace Dwelling 2024 plus Outlook and business use rights.
Workplace 2024 consists of many enhancements and consumer interface adjustments in comparison with Workplace 2021, essentially the most instantly noticeable of which is a brand new default theme that makes use of Fluent Design ideas to supply an intuitive, acquainted expertise throughout all Workplace apps.
​Different highlights of this new Workplace model embrace help for the OpenDocument format (ODF) 1.4, sooner Excel workbooks for fewer delays and hang-ups, closed captions for video and audio embedded in displays, and improved e mail, calendars, and contacts search.
It additionally consists of doc restoration, a characteristic ported from Microsoft 365 that auto-saves open paperwork earlier than Phrase 2024 crashes unexpectedly and allows you to proceed the place you left off.
As introduced earlier in September, beginning in Workplace 2024, Microsoft may also flip off ActiveX controls by default in Phrase, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio consumer apps, a measure doubtless prompted by ActiveX’s well-known safety points.
For example, Andariel North Korean hackers exploited ActiveX zero-day vulnerabilities to deploy information-stealing malware, and different risk teams used ActiveX controls to deploy TrickBot malware and Cobalt Strike beacons in enterprise community breaches.
Final month, Microsoft additionally rolled out Workplace LTSC (Lengthy Time period Servicing Channel) 2024, a volume-licensed and perpetual model of Workplace for Home windows and macOS customers, for business and authorities clients.
“If you are already using Microsoft 365 or if your organization deployed Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise to the users in your organization, you don’t need Office 2024 or Office LTSC 2024,” mentioned Microsoft 365 Shopper VP Bryan Rognier.
“Your Microsoft 365 subscription already has all the features included in Office 2024 or Office LTSC 2024, along with many more features that aren’t included in Office 2024 or Office LTSC 2024.​​​”
The corporate first introduced Workplace 2024 and Workplace LTSC 2024 in March and launched a business preview for Home windows and macOS clients one month later, in April 2024.
