Microsoft is pushing out a new Office app for iPhone and Android devices however most Office users won’t need to bother with it. Paid Office 365 subscribers already have better choices as part of their annual plan. The new app is called ‘Microsoft Office Mobile’ and it’s a single app
There are new computers sold with ‘free’ Office 365, what does that mean and how does it work? The offer isn’t what a lot of people expect. Happily, Microsoft has a way to still use the offer even if you already have another Office 365 plan. It’s not ‘Free’ Let’s
Some ‘money saving tips’ for Office 365 aren’t what they seem. We’ve noticed some wrong tips that keep being repeated. Also a vital money savers that are usually not mentioned even though it’ll save you more money over time. Office Watch has specialized in Microsoft Office for over twenty years.
Slowly but surely we’ve moving towards another name change for Office 365. The main Office consumer products are likely to be renamed ‘Microsoft 365’ and here’s just four indicators that a change is coming. This has been looming for some time. Microsoft has been mostly successful getting organizations and consumers
A lot of press reports about Office 2019 give the impression that the single-payment, non-subscription version of Microsoft Office is about to disappear off retail shelves. Everyone needs to take a deep breath and calm down … Office 2019 isn’t dead or even on life-support though Microsoft would love to
As Office Watch noted back in July, Office 2019 (Professional Plus or Home & Business) are no longer available in the Home Use Program. Until last month, Office 2019 Professional Plus or Office 2019 Home and Business could be had for the trivial price of $14.99 instead of well over
Microsoft is improving (fixing?) the activation system for Office 365 Home and Personal customers. This comes a few weeks after they announced the same changes for Office 365 Enterprise customers. The per device activation limit will be handled in a much better way. Each Office 365 user is limited to login/activations on
In August there’ll be some good changes to Office 365 activation for commercial customers. The per device activation limit will be handled in a much better way. Each Office 365 user is limited to login/activations on five each of desktop programs, tablet apps and smartphone apps. That’s a total of
SoftMaker’s FreeOffice 2018 has received a major revision. Possibly borrowing from Microsoft, the July 2019 release is called the Anniversary update. A few years ago, Windows 10 got an ‘Anniversary’ update. Anniversary of what was never made clear and didn’t seem to matter. Some of the interesting features in FreeOffice
Amazon Prime members might have a chance to get Office 365 cheaply while the Prime Day deals are on. The Amazon ‘Prime Day’ runs for two days (go figure), Monday 15th and Tuesday 16th apparently according to local time zones. Office 365 Home is often discounted but rarely to the
A lovely email from Mary S in New Hampshire proves that the Office-Watch.com money saving tips for Office 365 Home or Personal really do work. It’s exactly why we write those articles, so our customers can buy Office 365 for less than what Microsoft wants. “Just followed your “Office Watch”
“I followed your advice and bought another year of Office 365 Home cheaply to extend my subscription. Microsoft offered an extra month if I turned on auto-renewal so I took that offer. Accidentally, I discovered how to make sure the full price renewal doesn’t happen. My credit card details saved
For the first time we can remember, Microsoft is publicly advertising the Office 365 Home Use Program. The Home Use Program changed in February 2019 to an ongoing discount on Office 365 Home plans for staff of organizations with Office volume licenses. That’s instead of a very low price on
The WhatsApp security bug made a lot of headlines this week. As the virtual dust settles, what should you do and what is there still to worry about. A company discovered a bug in WhatsApp which they packaged up and sold to various parties. The Pegasus bug allowed hacking of
Reports that Microsoft has removed Office 365 from their flagship Windows 10 / Microsoft Store seem to be overstating things a bit. Both Office 365 Home and Personal are for sale, at full price via the Microsoft Store. Here’s the result of our search. Sometimes a big ad for Office
The upcoming update to Windows 10 represents a major shift by Microsoft. While the company won’t admit it, the October 2018 update was a disaster. So many bugs in the update, including some that destroyed customers files. Somewhat chastened, the Win10 May 2019 update is being deployed in a much
Today we’re seeing plenty of mentions of a ‘great deal’ that isn’t ‘Office 365 Home plus Amazon Gift Card for $100’ is NOT correct and NOT a good deal at all. For starters, the price is $149 not $100. Sample headline and text from just one prominent tech web site.
Soon Windows 7 and perhaps Office 2010 users will start seeing on-screen reminders that support for the two products is ending with sales pitches for Office 365 and Windows 10. Windows 7 support, including security updates, ends on 14 January 2020. Office 2010 support, according to Microsoft, ends ‘shortly thereafter’.
What are Home Use Program (HUP) customers charged after the first year of discounted Office 365? If you dig deep enough into the fine-print it seems that the discount does apply for renewals, despite what Microsoft’s own checkout says! The more we dig into the new Office Home Use Program,
The Australian prices for Office 365 with the Home Use Program (HUP)discount are a simple 30% discount on the Aussie retail prices. Office 365 Home (retail AUD$129) HUP price $90.30 Office 365 Personal (retail AUD$99) HUP price $69.30 Thanks to Office Watch reader, Geoffrey G. for the local price info.
The Microsoft Office Home Use Program (HUP) is a great way to save on Office 365 or Office 2019 for employees of many companies, organizations, governments and even some military personnel. Here’s details on the savings possible with the recent changes to the HUP. What’s changed? The Home Use Program
Here’s who can qualify for cheaper Office 365 Home or Personal under the revised Home Use Program and how to get the lower prices. Employer qualification Your employer must have a Microsoft Office Volume Licence agreement with Software Assurance Maintenance (SAM). If Office is widespread in your organization it’s likely
The Home Use Program discount for Office 365 Home and Personal has now been confirmed at 30% on the regular price. It’s part of a major upheaval in the Office Home Use Program. The biggest changes to the program we’ve ever seen. We’re still unpicking the details and making a
The current Home Use Program with Office 2019 sold for a mere $15 is about to end. If you want the perpetual licence Office 2019 for Windows or Mac, you’d better hurry. The full impact of the changed Office Home Use Program (HUP) is becoming clear. We’ve already noted that
