Office 2019 - Will the Perpetual ProPlus version of office ever update beyond 1808? When?

MD5Hash 151 Reputation points
2020-07-27T22:01:10.203+00:00

According to this document, the Perpetually licensed VLK version of Office 2019 is on version 1808, and has been for years now. I have an ongoing issue with using setup.exe from the Office Deployment Tool where it tells me that I must be on version 1902 or newer. Obviously since 1808 is the highest possible version of the Perpetual channel of Office 2019, this is not possible.

So I am wondering if there is a timeline for when, or if, the perpetual channel of Office 2019 will be updated beyond 1808. Thanks!

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  1. Emily Hua-MSFT 27,526 Reputation points
    2020-07-28T09:40:16.83+00:00

    Hi md5hash,

    Although there is no official Microsoft document to announce that Volume Licensed Office 2019 is forever stuck at Version 1808, I am afraid, it is the truth.

    Here is a similar thread "Office 2019 (Volume licensed Versions) will be Version 1808 forever".

    (Please Note: Since the web site is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information.)

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  1. Siddharth Sharma 6 Reputation points
    2020-10-09T15:09:18.463+00:00

    We have the same issue now in our environment , but couldn't find anything much of a use which will at least point us where is this coming from .

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/120830/unable-to-install-office-2019-volume-licensing-per.html?childToView=121230#answer-121230

    @MD5Hash : Did you ever find any solution to this issue ?