The Office 365 apps would be distributed to Apple employees using 'Apple Business Manager'. Jared Spataro, Corporate Vice President at Microsoft, said his company has been working closely with Apple to provide Mac users with the very best productivity experience uniquely designed for the Mac system. Now, with Office 365 on the Mac App Store, it's easier than ever to get the latest and best version of Office 365 for Mac, iPad and iPhone,' said Phil Schiller, Apple's Senior Vice President of worldwide marketing. 'Apple and Microsoft have worked together to bring great Office productivity to Mac users from the very beginning. Microsoft is touting features such as 'Dark Mode, Continuity Camera, OneDrive Files on Demand, and Touch Bar support on the MacBook Pro' as highlights in the Office 365 for Mac suite.The debut of the Microsoft Office in Apple Store came a little bit later than what Apple first announced at its Worldwide Developers Conference last year when the Cupertino, California-based tech firm promised the Microsoft Office package would be available by the end of 2018.Īpple said users could purchase a subscription for Office 365 from within the apps, which was designed specifically to support features that are unique to the Mac experience, reports Xinhua news agency. The Apple Business Manager is a central dashboard for application and device deployments, as well as assigning licenses. It's possible to purchase an annual recurring subscription from within the apps.Īlternatively, IT pros can use the Apple Business Manager to distribute Office 365 for Mac apps to end users across an organization, according to Apple's announcement. Office 365 for Mac can be tried as a free one-month trial for noncommercial uses. Store downloads can be accessed from this page. The suite works with devices running macOS Mojave. It also includes 1TB of OneDrive storage per person. Office 365 for Mac comes with Excel, OneDrive, OneNote, PowerPoint and Word applications. The suite previously was just available via direct Microsoft subscriptions. This week, Microsoft and Apple noted the addition of the productivity suite in the Mac App Store. Apple now offers Microsoft's Office 365 for Mac productivity suite from the Mac App Store.

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