Security News > 2022 > October > Microsoft is rebranding 'Office' to Microsoft 365
Microsoft has begun to kill off the Microsoft Office brand, with plans to rebrand its Office.com and Office cloud-based apps to Microsoft 365 in the near future.
In 2020, Microsoft rebranded Office 365 to Microsoft 365 and started to heavily push the subscription-based productivity suite to both the enterprise and consumers.
Yesterday, Microsoft announced that all their cloud-based Microsoft Office apps and the office.com site would be rebranding to Microsoft 365 soon.
Microsoft says they will continue offering the one-time purchase license via Microsoft Office 2021 and Office LTSC. "No, as part of Microsoft 365 you will continue to get access to apps like Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook," explained Microsoft in FAQ on the rebranding.
If you use the standalone Microsoft Office, it will continue to use that name for the time being, and nothing has changed for existing Microsoft 365 users.
The mobile apps and free Microsoft Store cloud-based versions will now be renamed to Microsoft 365.
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