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InfoPath 2013 is a forms-creation and data-gathering tool that helps organizations streamline business processes. InfoPath 2013 is designed for both advanced business users and developers. Without writing code, users can design sophisticated electronic forms to quickly and cost-effectively gather information.
Microsoft Office is a powerful service that helps you unleash your best ideas, get things done, and stay connected on the go. Simply sign in for a personalized experience and all the most up-to-date Office applications, with new and enhanced features continually being added.
For system requirements for Office 365, the monthly subscription-based service available for business, education, and government organizations, see Office 365 system requirements.
Microsoft Word is a full-featured word processing program for Windows and Mac operating systems. See what's new in Word 2019 for Windows and What's new in Word 2019 for Mac.
Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet program that features calculation, graphic tools, pivot tables, and macro programming language support for Windows and Mac operating systems. See what's new in Excel 2019 for Windows and What's new in Excel 2019 for Mac.
Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation program for Windows and Mac operating systems. See what's new in PowerPoint 2019 for Windows and What's new in PowerPoint 2019 for Mac.
Microsoft OneNote is a free-form note-taking program for Windows and Mac operating systems. See What's new in OneNote for Windows 10 and What's new in OneNote for Mac.
Microsoft Outlook is an email program for Windows and Mac operating systems. See What's new in Outlook 2019 for Windows and What's new in Outlook 2019 for Mac.
Microsoft Publisher is a desktop publishing program for Windows operating systems. See Microsoft Publisher.
Microsoft Access is a database management solution for Windows operating systems. See What's new in Access 2019.
Skype for Business is an instant messaging client and unified communications application. See What's new in Skype for Business Server 2019.
Microsoft InfoPath is a program that allows you to design, distribute, complete, and submit electronic forms. You may choose to add the InfoPath Form Web Part to a SharePoint Online site. Learn more about the InfoPath Form Web Part.
To learn how PowerApps, the successor to InfoPath, can improve business productivity in SharePoint without writing code, see Customize SharePoint with PowerApps.
Some Office applications, such as Excel and Word, have tiles pinned to the Start screen of Windows 10, Windows 8, and Windows 7 by default. Learn more about finding and starting Office applications in Windows.
Office Mobile for iPad and iPhone includes your favorite Office apps, like Word for iPad/iPhone, Excel for iPad/iPhone, and PowerPoint for iPad/iPhone. The apps are available to download for free, and with applicable Office 365 plans, you can create and edit documents on your iPad or iPhone. For more information, see Set up Office apps and email on iOS devices.
Office Mobile for Android includes your favorite Office apps, like Word for Android, Excel for Android, and PowerPoint for Android. The apps are available to download for free, and with applicable Office 365 plans, you can create and edit documents on your Android devices. For more information, see Set up Office apps and email on Android.
Office Mobile for Windows Phone includes your favorite Office apps, like Word for Windows Phone, Excel for Windows Phone, and PowerPoint for Windows Phone. The apps are available to download for free, and with applicable Office 365 plans, you can create and edit documents on your Windows Phone. For more information, see Set up Office apps and email on Windows Phone.
Office for Windows 10 Mobile apps are optimized for touch and smaller screens on Windows 10 phones and tablets. The apps are available to download for free on the Windows Store. For more information, see Get Office for Windows 10 Mobile.
To view feature availability across Office 365 plans, standalone options, and on-premises solutions, see Office applications service description.
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Office 365 ProPlus is being renamed to Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise. To learn more about this name change, read this blog post.
For details of when this change takes effect, and what actions admins might need to take, read this article.
Office 365 ProPlus is a version of Office that's available through Office 365. It includes the applications that you're familiar with, including Access, Excel, OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher, Skype for Business, Teams, and Word. You can use these applications to connect with Office 365 services such as SharePoint Online, Exchange Online, and Skype for Business Online.
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Office 365 ProPlus is similar to other versions of Office that you can deploy to your users. Here are some important similarities:
Office 365 ProPlus is a full version of Office.
Its system requirements (for example, memory, hard disk space, and operating system) are similar to other current versions of Office. For more information, see System requirements for Office.
Like other versions of Office, Office 365 ProPlus is available in a 32-bit and a 64-bit version. To decide which version is right for your environment, carefully review Choose between the 64-bit or 32-bit version of Office before you deploy.
When you deploy Office 365 ProPlus, it's installed on the user's local computer. Office 365 ProPlus is not a web-based version of Office. It runs locally on the user's computer. Users don't need to be connected to the Internet all the time to use it.
You can use many of the same tools to deploy and configure Office 365 ProPlus that you're already using to deploy Office. For example, you can use Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager to deploy Office 365 ProPlus. For more information, see Choose how to deploy.
In addition, you can use many of the same Group Policy settings that you use with other versions of Office to configure and enforce Office 365 ProPlus program settings.
Even though Office 365 ProPlus is a lot like other versions of Office, there are differences, including for Deployment differences and Licensing differences.
The most significant difference is that Office 365 ProPlus is updated regularly, as often as monthly, with new features, unlike non-subscription versions of Office. For a list of new features, see What's new in Office 365.
By default, Office 365 ProPlus installs as one package. This means that all Office applications are installed on the user's computer. But, you can configure the deployment to exclude or remove certain Office 365 ProPlus applications, such as Access, from client computers.
Because Office 365 ProPlus uses a different installation technology, called Click-to-Run, there's a different way to apply software updates, such as security updates. By default, Office 365 ProPlus is configured to automatically install updates from the Office Content Delivery Network (CDN) on the Internet. But, you can configure Office 365 ProPlus to install updates from a location within your own network or you can manage updates to Office 365 ProPlus with Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager.
Office 365 ProPlus also provides the ability to control how often users receive feature updates. For example, users can get new features to Office 365 ProPlus as soon as they are available. Or, if you have line-of-business applications, add-ins, or macros that you want to test with the new features, you can provide users with new features less frequently. For more information, see Overview of update channels for Office 365 ProPlus.
Office 365 provides a web-based portal where users can install Office 365 ProPlus themselves. Keep in mind that users have to be local administrators on their computers to install Office 365 ProPlus. If users aren't local administrators, you'll have to install Office 365 ProPlus for them. Also, if you don't want your users to install from the portal, you can prevent that. For more information, see Choose how to deploy.
Users can install Office 365 ProPlus on up to five different computers with a single Office 365 license. For example, a user can have Office 365 ProPlus installed on a computer in the office, on a laptop to use when traveling, and on a home computer. Users can also install on up to 5 tablets and 5 phones.
Office 365 ProPlus is offered as a subscription. If you cancel your subscription, Office 365 ProPlus goes into reduced functionality mode. In reduced functionality mode, users can open and view existing Office files, but users can't use most of the other features of Office 365 ProPlus. For more information, see Overview of licensing and activation in Office 365 ProPlus.
To use Office 365 ProPlus, a user must have an Office 365 account and have been assigned a license. If the user's license or account is removed, the user's installations of Office 365 ProPlus go into reduced functionality mode.
Even though users don't need to be connected to the Internet all the time to use Office 365 ProPlus, users must connect to the Internet at least once every 30 days. This is so that the status of their Office 365 subscriptions can be checked. If users don't connect within 30 days, Office 365 ProPlus goes into reduced functionality mode. After users connect to the Internet and their subscription status is verified, all the features of Office 365 ProPlus are available again.
You can use Office 365 ProPlus with supported versions of Exchange Server (Exchange Server 2013 or later) or SharePoint Server that are installed on-premises in your organization. Or, if they're part of your Office 365 plan, you can use Office 365 ProPlus with Exchange Online and SharePoint Online.
Users can store the files they create with Office 365 ProPlus on their local computers or elsewhere on your network, such as a SharePoint site. Office 365 also provides cloud-based file storage options,
Office 365 ProPlus isn't the same as the web versions of the Office applications. The web versions let users open and work with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or OneNote documents in a web browser. The web versions of these Office application are included with all Office 365 and Microsoft 365 plans.
Read the Office 365 Service Descriptions to learn more about what's included in Office 365.