Office LTSC 2021 includes the Teams client app. For more information, see Microsoft Lifecycle Policy. There won’t be any Extended Support available for these products after the five years of Mainstream Support ends. Office LTSC 2021, including Project and Visio, have five years of Mainstream Support. Even though the article isn’t specifically for Office LTSC 2021, the information covered in the article about how the policy settings work does apply to Office LTSC 2021. But that's not considered a change because that policy setting is already available for volume licensed versions of Office 2019.įor more information, see Use policy settings to manage privacy controls.

The “Allow the use of additional optional connected experiences in Office' policy setting is also available for Office LTSC 2021. The following are changes in Office LTSC 2021 compared to the volume licensed version of Office 2019. For more information, see Deployment guide for Office for Mac. For more information, see System requirements for Microsoft 365 and Office.įor devices running macOS, Office LTSC Standard for Mac 2021 is available for volume licensed customers. Office LTSC 2021 is supported on devices running Windows 10 or Windows 11. But, how you activate these Office products – for example, by using Key Management Service (KMS) – remains the same.

These Office products use Click-to-Run, instead of Windows Installer (MSI), as the installation technology. The following volume licensed Office products are available for devices running Windows: Office LTSC 2021 is available for enterprise admins to download and deploy to the users in their organization. Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise already has all the features that are included in Office LTSC 2021, along with many more features that aren't in Office LTSC 2021.

For example, if you've deployed Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise to the users in your organization, you don't need Office LTSC 2021. Office LTSC 2021 is separate from Office that's available through Microsoft 365 (or Office 365) plans.

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