MS Office vs Office 365

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2026-08-22T07:51:49.0533333+00:00

Microsoft forced user to have office 365, very confusing. I have valid MS Office Professional Plus 2021. But interface forced for 365. Not good customer friendly approach shown by Microsoft.

Microsoft 365 and Office | Subscription, account, billing | For education | Windows
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  1. Stefan Blom 352K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2026-08-22T07:56:45.9833333+00:00

    The Office apps are almost identical, no matter if you use a subscription license or a perpetual one. A few options may be missing in the perpetual licenses, such as full support for the Editor feature. Another notable difference is that perpetual licenses do not receive feature updates; they do get security updates and bug fixes.

    Could you tell us what specifically isn't working as expected in your perpetual license?

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