Microsoft has officially released Office 2019 for Windows and Mac with availability for most promised in the following few weeks.

The fresh on-premises productivity suite includes new versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Project etc. However, Microsoft doesn't seem excited by means of new release anyway..

In its announcement on Monday, Microsoft seemed somewhat unwilling to be rolling your update by clearly stating Office 365 is the most beneficial and most affordable option. Additionally, it says Office 2019 is explicitly for those "who aren't ready in the cloud."

Indeed, as it's exceptionally keen to indicate, all of the enhancements in Office 2019 are already offered to Office 365 ProPlus subscribers gasoline three years. It says Office 2019 rrs really a one-time release that won't receive further updates.

Microsoft doesn't dwell much more in terms of the new features Office 2019 delivers, but says it should 'help users create amazing content a lot sooner.'

There's new cinematic presentation features in PowerPoint, improved inking features all through the Windows apps and new data analysis features in Excel. Word 2019 and Outlook 2019 offer new learning tools in addition a new Focus Mode that blocks out distractions.

Despite plugging Office 365 throughout its announcement post, Microsoft has confirmed this won't function last on-premises sort of Office.

The firm says: "Office 2019 is usually a valuable update for purchasers who aren't yet ready for that cloud. And every time we to discharge new on-premises version of Office, customers ask us whether or not this will be our last. We're glad to confirm that we're used another on-premises release later on.

"While the cloud offers real benefits in productivity, security, and total price of ownership, we recognise that any customer is a different point in their adoption of cloud services. The real estate sector the on-premises type of Office as an important portion of our promise to give customers the freedom they need to turn to the cloud in their own pace."