Office 2016 32bit or 64bit?

[fiza]

Currently using Office 2013 and MS recommendation has always been install 32bit. I think that advise has changed now for Office 2019 but if we are installing Office 2016 should I install 32bit or 64bit? If I go 64bit are there any issues other than incompatibility with some Office Add-ins, as we don't use any of those.

[Arthur]

If I go 64-bit are there any issues other than incompatibility with some Office Add-ins, as we don't use any of those.

Do you use FMS? If so, that has issues with the 64-bit version of Office (mainly due to how ancient it is!).

 

To get around that I deploy the 32-bit version of Office to finance and the 64-bit version everywhere else.

[fiza]

Do you use FMS? If so, that has issues with the 64-bit version of Office (mainly due to how ancient it is!).

 

To get around that I deploy the 32-bit version of Office to finance and the 64-bit version everywhere else.

@Arthur we don't user FMS so hopefully its safe enough to deploy 64bit.

[Arthur]

we don't use FMS

That's good!

 

Apart from FMS, I haven't had any issues with the 64-bit version of Office 2016.

 

hopefully it's safe enough to deploy 64-bit.

One other thing I forgot to mention. Do you use Microsoft Visio or Project?

 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployoffice/install-different-office-visio-and-project-versions-on-the-same-computer

[fiza]

That's good!

 

Apart from FMS, I haven't had any issues with the 64-bit version of Office 2016.

 

 

One other thing I forgot to mention. Do you use Microsoft Visio or Project?

 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployoffice/install-different-office-visio-and-project-versions-on-the-same-computer

No we don't

[Ditto]

If you do go for 64 bit, please report back any benefits.