

To do this, complete steps one and two in our quick-start guide. If you requested discounted Microsoft products with Software Assurance, you'll need to register at the VLSC and accept your software license agreement before continuing. Step One: Register at the VLSC and Accept Your Software Agreement (Products with Software Assurance Only) Note that Office 20 products require Windows 10 and will not run on older versions of Windows. You'll need a broadband Internet connection with download speeds of at least 20 Mbps to download Office products. To deploy volume licensed versions of Office products for users in your organization, you'll use the Office Deployment Tool (ODT).

Windows Download and Installation Instructions for Office 2021īeginning with Office 2019, all Office products for Windows that are available through Volume Licensing use Click-to-Run technology instead of the traditional Windows Installer technology. If you've already requested an Office product through TechSoup and received an email notifying you that your license agreement is ready, you can use these instructions to obtain your product.įollow the instructions for the operating system you'll be using. Unlike previous editions of Office that were obtained through Volume Licensing, Office 20 products can't be downloaded directly through the Volume Licensing Service Center (VLSC). Microsoft explains Office LTSC and its changes in more detail in a Tech Community post (opens in new tab).Learn the new process for obtaining Microsoft Office productsįrom Office 2019 onward, Microsoft changed the way Volume Licensing customers can download and install all Office suites and individual applications, including Visio and Project. Office LTSC will be supported for five years going forward, which is two fewer than what Microsoft provided previously. At the same time, we definitely have customers who have specific scenarios where they don't feel like they can move to the cloud." Microsoft's Jared Spataro, head of Microsoft 365, told The Verge, "We certainly have a lot of customers that have moved to the cloud over the last 10 months, that's happened en masse really. Microsoft expects businesses to use Office LTSC in specific scenarios rather than rolling it out across an entire organization.

Microsoft explains that Office LTSC is for "regulated devices that cannot accept feature updates for years at a time, process control devices on the manufacturing floor that are not connected to the internet, and specialty systems that must stay locked in time and require a long-term servicing channel." Office LTSC is for a different use case than Office 2021.
