Microsoft today confirmed a previous leak that Office 2016 would be released on September 22nd. But the release of Office 365 ProPlus—the version of the desktop suite that comes with some Office 365 subscriptions—is a little more complex. Office 365 ProPlus, unlike the perpetually licensed, non-Office 365 version of Office, currently receives a steady trickle of monthly feature updates in addition to the security updates that all desktop Office products receive. This will continue with Office 2016—but only for one branch, the “Current Branch.” A new second branch is being created, the “Current Branch for Business” (CBB). The CBB won’t receive these monthly feature updates. Instead, those will happen three times a year—February, June, and October—and these features will lag the Current Branch by four months. Read 4 remaining paragraphs | Comments
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Office 2016 confirmed for September 22 release, February for business
