Deployment guide for Office for Mac

This guide is intended to help administrators and other IT professionals to plan, implement, and maintain deployments of Office on devices running macOS in their organization.

There are several versions of Office that are referred to in this guide:

• Office for Mac, which is available with any Microsoft 365 (or Office 365) plan that includes the Office desktop apps. For example, the Microsoft 365 Business Premium plan or the Office 365 E5 plan. This version is updated regularly to provide new features. It also receives security and quality updates, as needed.

• Office LTSC for Mac 2021, which is available through a volume licensing agreement. This version receives security and quality updates, as needed.

• Office 2019 for Mac, which is available as a one-time purchase from a retail store or through a volume licensing agreement. This version receives security and quality updates, as needed.

Note

• Support for Office 2019 for Mac ends on October 10, 2023. To move to a newer version, such as Office LTSC for Mac 2021, see Upgrade an installation of Office for Mac.
• Support for Office 2016 for Mac ended on October 13, 2020. For more information, see End of support for Office 2016 for Mac.

This guide covers the following areas:

• Overview of Office for Mac

• Deployment options for admins for Office for Mac

• Overview of activation for Office for Mac

• Deploy updates for Office for Mac

• Deploy preferences for Office for Mac

In addition to this guide, other information is available to help admins with Office for Mac deployments, including the following sites:

• System requirements for Microsoft 365 and Office, for installation requirements, such as supported operating systems.

• Microsoft 365 for Mac, for purchasing information.

• Office Help & Training, for help on how to use Office for Mac.