Dos_Box Posted September 23, 2015 Posted September 23, 2015 (edited) Just had the email from Microsoft announcing that Office 2016 is launched today I've been trialing this for several months now and have been quite happy with it with no issues (that I've noticed) dampening my views of it so far. Anyone else with a 365 subscription upgraded yet? Edited September 23, 2015 by Dos_Box
SteveM555 Posted September 23, 2015 Posted September 23, 2015 Not tried the preview but interested to try the full version... Does anyone know when this will start appearing in the Volume Licensing Center?
rrrrr Posted September 23, 2015 Posted September 23, 2015 Apparently its not on VLSC until 1st Oct. 2
abillybob Posted September 23, 2015 Posted September 23, 2015 I have 2016 on my Mac courtesy of my free office 365 subscription I got with the Surface and it's been running very nicely!! No issues here. It's also available on VLSC on Mac, haven't had a look for Windows version yet though!
localzuk Posted September 23, 2015 Posted September 23, 2015 The Mac version was released 9th July for Mac - Microsoft treat it as a separate product for some reason!
nathan Posted September 23, 2015 Posted September 23, 2015 How do we update on a office 365 edu account? can't see anything about the update anywhere
GrumbleDook Posted September 23, 2015 Posted September 23, 2015 Been running the Mac version since release and pulled the full version for Windows to see if it broke my test VM, but all looking good so far.
Arthur Posted September 23, 2015 Posted September 23, 2015 Microsoft treat it as a separate product for some reason! The Mac version has been a separate product since Office '98 was released. http://vgy.me/49MIqj.jpg http://vgy.me/ySqtDG.jpg A lot of code is now shared between the different editions however.
nathan Posted September 23, 2015 Posted September 23, 2015 I've just enabled my account for first release which will take up to 24 hours. Will my office 365 office install just automatically update?
JRowley Posted September 23, 2015 Posted September 23, 2015 (edited) I've been using 2016 at home for months and months, like it quite a lot, had no issues at all. Obviously waiting on VLSC for my work pc, but I'll be doing it on the day most likely. Edited September 23, 2015 by JRowley
PotNoodleTech Posted September 23, 2015 Posted September 23, 2015 Is it much different from 2013 in terms of layout/interface etc?
Arthur Posted September 23, 2015 Posted September 23, 2015 Is it much different from 2013 in terms of layout/interface etc? It's pretty much the same, apart from the default theme being more colourful. 1
nathan Posted September 23, 2015 Posted September 23, 2015 For those on the office 365 subscription, you have a long time to wait. Q1 2016. http://winsupersite.com/office-2016/when-will-i-get-office-2016-under-my-office-365-subscription
nathan Posted September 23, 2015 Posted September 23, 2015 You can get it now... http://m.winsupersite.com/office-365/how-change-first-release-branch-office-365
FN-GM Posted September 23, 2015 Posted September 23, 2015 hmm so I have to put all my users in the first release batch?
nathan Posted September 23, 2015 Posted September 23, 2015 Not tried it, but I would just test with one first
FN-GM Posted September 23, 2015 Posted September 23, 2015 I'm a bit cautious to do it, might get a few unexpected surprises!
john Posted September 24, 2015 Posted September 24, 2015 Had it on preview for ages and its got bugs, the calendar has a freak out from time to time, latest S4B client can consume ram suddenly, printing is also a bit tempremental. These are all common on Windows 10 it seems and others have seen the S4B issues and calendaring one. Seems better on Win 8 however.
JRowley Posted September 24, 2015 Posted September 24, 2015 hmm so I have to put all my users in the first release batch? Doing so will allow them to upgrade their personal versions of Office which are licensed through your O365 plan, presumably you aren't using those licenses at work?
FN-GM Posted September 24, 2015 Posted September 24, 2015 Doing so will allow them to upgrade their personal versions of Office which are licensed through your O365 plan, presumably you aren't using those licenses at work? Nooo we are not Just concerned with what else doing that will bring.
JRowley Posted September 24, 2015 Posted September 24, 2015 Nooo we are not Just concerned with what else doing that will bring. Well, whatever Microsoft decide to push to First Release, in recent times it's been the minor redesign of the O365 OWA with the addition of the bar, and in the past it's been Video, Delve, App Launcher, Themes, Clutter, Sweep, Groups?, etc. To be honest if you are concerned about what might get pushed to First Release then I would just leave them as they are.
Jawloms Posted September 24, 2015 Posted September 24, 2015 Seems better on Win 8 however. There's a phrase you don't see too often..... 2
zag Posted September 24, 2015 Posted September 24, 2015 (edited) Working well here, enabled it instantly for select users in the portal under system settings >> updates. Good stuff, much nicer theme than 2013! One thing that does annoy me however is that outlook and word have the same colour scheme. Very annoying, I wish they would move outlook back to the yellow/gold scheme. It was much nicer. Edited September 24, 2015 by zag
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