Microsoft Office to become Microsoft 365
Summary
The change will be effective from next month (November 2022), and the new service will be full of extra tools ‘to make you more productive’. We understand that pricing will remain the same, but the offering from Microsoft will be much broader, giving you extra value for money. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook, Clipchamp, Stream and Designer aren’t going anywhere, although Microsoft has promised a new central hub for information showing your upcoming meetings and files stored in OneDrive. If you’re a fan of accessing any of the tools above online through Office.com rather than using the installed apps on your mobile devices or desktop, these will switch to only being available through Microsoft365.com with a shiny new logo. Users can expect the new tools and apps to be rebranded officially in January 2023 and Microsoft will stop rolling out new updates to Office 2021 software.