We’ll be providing more information by January about how to get security updates for Office 365 ProPlus on devices running Windows 7 after support for Windows 7 ends. Make sure to discuss this process with your local IT staff before making changes to your system.
We recommend that organizations migrate to Windows 10 or a supported operating system before the end of support date on Januin order to continue receiving new feature updates to Office 365 ProPlus. But, during that time, as long as the device is still running Windows 7, Office 365 ProPlus won’t receive any new features updates. Through January 2023, Microsoft will provide security updates for Office 365 ProPlus on Windows 7. If your organization is using Office 365 ProPlus on devices running Windows 7, we strongly recommend your organization move those devices to Windows 10.Įven though Windows 7 will no longer be supported after January 2020, we understand Office 365 customers may need more time in their migration to a supported operating system. Generally speaking, for most documents and images, you will absolutely not see any performance advantage with the 64-bit versions of the applications (and in fact, there could be a very minor but. Using Office 365 ProPlus on older, unsupported operating systems may cause performance and reliability issues over time. The real difference between the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of these products is the ability to use much larger address spaces with the 64-bit version.
This includes using Office 365 ProPlus on a Windows operating system that is currently in support. Because Office 365 is governed by the Modern Lifecycle Policy, customers are required to stay current as per the servicing and system requirements for the product or service. I don't recommend the Click to Run version, except for users who need two versions of Outlook.As announced previously, Windows 7 will be out of support after January 14, 2020.
Users need to install a regular 32-bit suite instead. While the click to run Office suite is 32 bit, most add-ins will not work with it because it runs in a virtual space.