Jun. 1—RUSHVILLE — Microsoft 365 is available as both a free and paid subscription-based service that provides access to the latest versions of the Microsoft Office apps including Word, Excel, ...

Office 365 Pro Plus is Microsoft’s new desktop productivity suite, available with many Office 365 plans. This full version of Office includes Lync, InfoPath, OneNote, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and ...

Free alternatives may exist for Microsoft Office components, but sometimes they can’t stand in for the original. And as a student, the new cost of $100 per year for a Microsoft 365 Personal account is ...

There are ways for everyone to get variations of Microsoft 365 for free, which includes access to Microsoft Office, PowerPoint and more. Managing Editor Alison DeNisco Rayome joined CNET in 2019, and ...

The Microsoft Office Suite — Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, OneNote, Access and Publisher — has long been the standard when it comes to digital office software. Microsoft has moved the Office ...

The end of support in January for Windows 7 does not mean the end of support for Office 365 ProPlus. Users of the latter will get security updates, but no new features. Customers who continue to power ...

The tech giant is adding more features to its decades-old office software to entice you to pay monthly to use it. Ian Sherr Contributor and Former Editor at Large / News Ian Sherr (he/him/his) grew up ...

The company that brought you Patch Tuesday is now going to release Windows and Office 365 updates together on a regular schedule. Microsoft’s Bernardo Caldas announced the move in a blog post Thursday ...

Editor’s note: This article was updated on April 25, 2025, to reflect current pricing and product information. Microsoft 365 arrived to much fanfare at its launch in July 2017, with Microsoft CEO ...

Microsoft 365 is a subscription-based, cloud-powered productivity platform that helps users achieve more with world-class security. This includes best-in-class productivity applications like Word, ...