Office 365 Apps Now Available to Everyone in the Windows 10 Store

It’s been a while since Microsoft announced the launch of Office 365 apps on the Windows Store, now the Microsoft Store. The company originally launched Office 365 apps on the Microsoft Store for some Windows 10 S devices such as the Surface Laptop. The company later tested the apps with a small group of Windows Insiders, and now it’s finally bringing them to all Windows 10 users today, including users who are not on Windows 10 S.

Microsoft has flipped the switch which enables all Windows 10 users to install the Office 365 suite on their Windows 10 device from the Microsoft Store, reports Neowin. The entire Office suite isn’t available from the Microsoft Store, but the core apps are here — which means you are getting Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher, Access, and OneNote UWP.

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Like Skype, Microsoft Store will be the default way of Windows 10 users getting Office’s desktops apps on their Windows 10 machines in the future. But Microsoft opening up Office 365 apps to everyone right now suggests it’s only a matter of time till Microsoft recommends users to get the Office 365 suite from the store in Windows 10.

Microsoft will need to improve the reliability of the installation process and figure out some quirks before any of that happens, though. The main deal breaker right now is the fact that you are required to uninstall the existing Office 365 apps on your device to be able to actually install the Store versions.

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  • jwpear

    Premium Member
    24 January, 2018 - 3:00 pm

    <p>Can you pick and choose the Office apps from the store or must you install all of them like you must do with the office.com installer?</p>

    • rwoods716

      24 January, 2018 - 3:01 pm

      <blockquote><a href="#240072"><em>In reply to jwpear:</em></a></blockquote><p>You should be able to pick and choose from the Store. You can also install the whole package and uninstall select apps by right-clicking in the Start Menu.</p>

  • TheJoeFin

    Premium Member
    24 January, 2018 - 3:04 pm

    <p>Do they update via the store too or do they use the custom Office updater? </p>

    • Dan1986ist

      Premium Member
      24 January, 2018 - 3:08 pm

      <blockquote><a href="#240075"><em>In reply to TheJoeFin:</em></a></blockquote><p>They update from the Store. </p>

  • Dan1986ist

    Premium Member
    24 January, 2018 - 3:05 pm

    <p>About time Microsoft expanded the availability of Office apps in the Microsoft Store to everyone on Windows 10. It makes it a lot easier to only install certain Office apps, and not install those you don't use. </p><p> Also, is anyone else getting redirected to the Office installer on the website after completely uninstalling the click-to-run install and restarting? </p>

  • coeus89

    24 January, 2018 - 3:26 pm

    <p>Is this the 32 bit apps or will it install the 64 bit? I currently have the 64 bit installed and they perform better than the 32 bit ones did when I had those.</p>

    • IanYates82

      Premium Member
      24 January, 2018 - 7:35 pm

      <blockquote><a href="#240080"><em>In reply to coeus89:</em></a></blockquote><p>Good question… I tend to stick with the 32 bit ones out of habit and compatibility, although I suspect those compat concerns are no longer an issue. </p><p><br></p><p>My guess would be they are 32 bit since they'll run everywhere, even windows on ARM (although I believe they've done something ARM specific with their binaries and/or code) </p>

  • Polycrastinator

    24 January, 2018 - 3:43 pm

    <p>I'm only seeing home use SKUs, not business SKUs in the store. Is that correct, or am I missing something?</p>

  • Brandon Mills

    24 January, 2018 - 3:55 pm

    <p>…and it was then, January 24th 2018, that Microsoft *finally* got the apps they should have had for the Windows 8 launch into their online store. Windows 8 launched on <span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); background-color: transparent;">Aug 01, 2012. Glad we're all on schedule here. ( You can make an argument for the Office mobile apps, but they really can't compare to the real thing in the workplace. ) </span></p><p><br></p><p>Now someone go get MS a DeLorean so they can go save Cortana.</p>

    • SvenJ

      24 January, 2018 - 7:32 pm

      <blockquote><a href="#240084"><em>In reply to BrandonMills:</em></a> I had Office on Windows 8. I had it on Windows RT for that matter. What is the big deal about it not being in the 'store'? I went to Microsoft to buy it, or Best Buy, or SAMS, or any number of software retailers. It is not, IMHO, a 'store' app, it's a port to let it be installed from the store. Only people who need this are the two who are running Win 10 S (to use a Paul hyperbole). </blockquote><p><br></p>

      • Jeff Jones

        24 January, 2018 - 11:48 pm

        <blockquote><a href="#240132"><em>In reply to SvenJ:</em></a></blockquote><p><br></p><p>The problem is mainly that Microsoft introduced an application framework and app store that wouldn't work with their flagship product. Then they took 5 years to improve it to something that is usable for anything greater than a basic phone app. Pretty much all of the potential for excitement around a new streamlined application format on the desktop basically died and now almost no one considers it worth the time.</p>

        • PeteB

          25 January, 2018 - 12:42 am

          <blockquote><a href="#240166"><em>In reply to DataMeister:</em></a></blockquote><p>Bingo. But then metro and the awful windows Store was DOA to begin with if we're being very honest.</p><p><br></p><p>And the ugly Fisher Price tiles didn't win MS any new customers. In fact it just turned people away and singlehandedly cost them any foothold in the mobile race.</p>

          • hrlngrv

            Premium Member
            25 January, 2018 - 1:29 am

            <p><a href="#240174"><em>In reply to PeteB:</em></a></p><p>Liking or disliking the tiles is subjective. I won't fault MSFT for creating live tiles, but I will fault MSFT for making it the one &amp; only UI for Windows 8. All previous Windows versions back to Windows 95 came with a means of using the previous version's UI. That was wise. The Windows 8 clean break with the past approach was either a big gamble (which lost) or hubris mixed with extreme foolishness.</p>

    • Winner

      24 January, 2018 - 11:57 pm

      <blockquote><a href="#240084"><em>In reply to BrandonMills:</em></a></blockquote><p>…but are they actually UWP, or just wrapped?</p><p>You know, UWP, the technology Microsoft wants/wanted all of its application vendors to use…</p>

      • Jeremy Petzold

        27 January, 2018 - 3:13 pm

        <blockquote><a href="#240168"><em>In reply to Winner:</em></a></blockquote><p>They are Centennial bridge applications. Good enough for me.</p>

  • lilmoe

    24 January, 2018 - 4:32 pm

    <p>Did I miss something? Why is Onenote 2016 missing? Why the UWP version?</p>

    • SocialDanny123

      24 January, 2018 - 4:50 pm

      <blockquote><a href="#240089"><em>In reply to lilmoe:</em></a></blockquote><p><br></p><p>https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/CFQ7TTC0K56B</p&gt;

      • lilmoe

        24 January, 2018 - 4:55 pm

        <blockquote><em><a href="#240095">In reply to SocialDanny123:</a></em></blockquote><p>That url returns page not found…</p>

    • rameshthanikodi

      25 January, 2018 - 1:27 am

      <blockquote><a href="#240089"><em>In reply to lilmoe:</em></a></blockquote><p>OneNote 2016 is dead my friend</p>

      • Orin

        25 January, 2018 - 7:20 am

        <blockquote><a href="#240183"><em>In reply to FalseAgent:</em></a></blockquote><p>What do you mean exactly?</p>

        • rameshthanikodi

          25 January, 2018 - 2:38 pm

          <blockquote><a href="#240209"><em>In reply to Orin:</em></a></blockquote><p>they're killing it. It's on life support. All of the new features will come only to OneNote UWP, not OneNote 2016. And I believe there won't be a OneNote 2018/9.</p>

  • Edward Grego

    24 January, 2018 - 4:38 pm

    <p>Wow, just WOW! How many years has it taken MS to get it own software in its own store??? Look no further than this example as a reason why MS keeps failing. If you do something, you have to commit and go all in, not half step and hope others will carry the weight. </p><p>Good job I guess? For sure, it's about damn time….</p>

    • wshwe

      26 January, 2018 - 10:23 am

      <blockquote><a href="#240090"><em>In reply to Edward_Grego:</em></a></blockquote><p>Finally!</p>

    • mrdrwest

      01 February, 2018 - 4:36 pm

      <blockquote><a href="#240090"><em>In reply to Edward_Grego:</em></a></blockquote><p>Office is a legacy app deeply routed in the old ways (Win32).</p><p><br></p><p>That's not a project that you refactor in a few months so it can be available for d/l in the Microsoft Store.</p>

      • Edward Grego

        02 February, 2018 - 5:42 pm

        <blockquote><a href="#242252"><em>In reply to mrdrwest:</em></a></blockquote><p>You're absolutely right, but how long ago did MS introduce the store to PC? 5-6 years ago? Does that seem feasible? </p><p><br></p><p>How long ago did they introduce UWP?? I would think they would have used their own software as an example for how a UWP could be? </p><p><br></p><p>Don't think there is really an excuse for the amount of time its taken them to get this software to it's own store, its a fail of epic proportion.</p>

  • Skolvikings

    24 January, 2018 - 4:48 pm

    <p>I must be missing something. I checked the Microsoft Store and I can't find any of them.</p>

    • Skolvikings

      24 January, 2018 - 5:48 pm

      <blockquote><a href="#240094"><em>In reply to Skolvikings:</em></a></blockquote><p>Ah. On the Neowin article it says they only appear if you don't have them installed.</p>

  • skane2600

    24 January, 2018 - 4:56 pm

    <p>I don't think these can be full Office apps since some functionality isn't possible in the UWP environment even when an app is "bridged".</p>

    • SvenJ

      24 January, 2018 - 7:26 pm

      <blockquote><a href="#240098"><em>In reply to skane2600:</em></a> Not sure what you are missing. I installed these on a 10S test machine to see what they could do. My specific purpose to ensure VBA worked in Access. I found nothing lacking there. I imagine there may be issues with third party add-ins if you are on Win 10S, but because of the OS, not necessarily the Office capabilities. Not sure what happens when these are installed on a regular Win 10 box.</blockquote><p><br></p>

      • skane2600

        24 January, 2018 - 8:35 pm

        <blockquote><a href="#240131"><em>In reply to SvenJ:</em></a></blockquote><p>Are you referring to VBA functionality within an Office application? I was referring to the ability to automate an Office application from outside Office which is an important capability. </p><p><br></p><p>In other words can one from outside Office do this within the UWP environment? </p><p><br></p><p>set ComWordObj = CreateObject("Word.Application") // VBScript</p><p>or</p><p>var ComWordObj = new ActiveXObject("Word.Application") // JScript</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>

    • Jeremy Petzold

      27 January, 2018 - 3:10 pm

      <blockquote><a href="#240098"><em>In reply to skane2600:</em></a></blockquote><p>These are the full applications. They are using the centennial bridge.</p>

      • skane2600

        28 January, 2018 - 1:17 pm

        <blockquote><a href="#240888"><em>In reply to Jeremy_Petzold:</em></a></blockquote><p>Using the centennial bridge doesn't guarantee 100% compatibility with the non-bridged version, and thus not full versions.</p>

  • Maelstrom

    24 January, 2018 - 6:24 pm

    <p>@Mehedi: Your usage of the term "apps" is confusing because we don't know for sure if you're talking about the UWP or x86 versions here. So, it may be better to make the distinction between mobile programs, that is to say "apps" and x86 software which Paul has distinguished from the former by calling them "applications", if I'm not mistaken.</p>

    • skane2600

      24 January, 2018 - 9:44 pm

      <blockquote><a href="#240122"><em>In reply to Maelstrom:</em></a></blockquote><p>Good point. "Programs" might be even better to use than "applications" given that "app" could be considered an abbreviation for "applications"</p>

    • Winner

      24 January, 2018 - 11:56 pm

      <blockquote><a href="#240122"><em>In reply to Maelstrom:</em></a></blockquote><p>I think we blame Apple for this. They started using "apps" for applications on iOS. And the normal term for an on-computer piece of software was "application". "Apps" were for mobile devices. But now everybody is using "apps" for everything so it's a mess.</p>

      • NT6.1

        25 January, 2018 - 5:09 pm

        <blockquote><a href="#240167"><em>In reply to Winner:</em></a></blockquote><p><br></p><p>I call mobile software "apps" and desktop software "programs".</p>

  • hrlngrv

    Premium Member
    24 January, 2018 - 8:33 pm

    <p>FWIW, I already had Office 365 Home installed on my Windows 10 Insider VM, and the Install button in the MSFT Store app page kept sending me in the browser to store.office.com. I had to remove the VM as an active Office device <strong>and</strong> uninstall Office from it <strong>and</strong> reboot it before Office 365 would install from the Store.</p><p><strong><em>ADDED:</em></strong> btw, a really odd picture for this product, the family gathered around the PowerPoint?</p>

    • hrlngrv

      Premium Member
      25 January, 2018 - 2:16 am

      <p><a href="#240147"><em>In reply to hrlngrv:</em></a></p><p>FAR MORE ANNOYING!</p><p>The Store version of Office doesn't include OneNote2016, the <em>desktop</em> version. Windows 10 comes bundled with UWP OneNote, and that seems to be the only version MSFT really wants people to use.</p><p>Foolishly when I noticed that Store Office didn't include OneNote, I tried installing the free a la carte desktop OneNote. Sadly, that uninstalled Store Office and reinstalled desktop Office. Further, it left two program entries in Control Panel's installed programs listing, one for Office and the other for OneNote Home &amp; Student. Both need to be uninstalled before the Store app will allow installing Store Office.</p><p>tl;dr — if you want Store Office, you're stuck with UWP OneNote. If you want desktop OneNote, you can't have Store Office. Don't hold your breath waiting for MSFT to include desktop OneNote in Store Office.</p>

      • Orin

        25 January, 2018 - 6:47 am

        <blockquote><a href="#240186"><em>In reply to hrlngrv:</em></a></blockquote><p>Thanks for this. Prevented me from going through this hassle. I appreciate it.</p>

      • andrewtechhelp

        Premium Member
        25 January, 2018 - 8:29 am

        <blockquote><a href="#240186"><em>In reply to hrlngrv:</em></a></blockquote><p>You can download OneNote 2016 from the Store too. Microsoft have hidden it, but this link will take you to it: <a href="http://aka.ms/CFQ7TTC0K56B " target="_blank">http://aka.ms/CFQ7TTC0K56B </a></p>

        • hrlngrv

          Premium Member
          25 January, 2018 - 11:35 am

          <blockquote><a href="#240216"><em>In reply to andrewtechhelp:</em></a></blockquote><p><em>That link doesn't work, but I don't have a Surface laptop. This page seems to say the link only works with Surface laptops.</em></p><p>My mistake. The link does work.</p>

      • Jeremy Petzold

        27 January, 2018 - 3:08 pm

        <blockquote><a href="#240186"><em>In reply to hrlngrv:</em></a></blockquote><p>Um….OneNote 2016 is free to install so….</p><p><br></p>

  • gregsedwards

    Premium Member
    25 January, 2018 - 8:49 am

    <p>Ok, definitely gonna check this out today.</p>

  • mrdrwest

    01 February, 2018 - 4:44 pm

    <p>Downloading now.</p><p><br></p><p>I'm surprised I didn't see a store ad for this, so thanks for the tip.</p>

  • JAMES495

    25 April, 2018 - 8:59 am

    <p>I am afraid that in the future I cannot pay monthly descriptions for Microsoft Office home 365. I am disabled on disability. I am not to subscribe to Thurrout premium right now.</p>

  • mahimk300

    08 March, 2019 - 10:38 pm

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  • craziyogi07

    15 March, 2019 - 1:59 am

    <p>Nice <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appybuilder.craziyogi07.ImproveEnglishSpeaking&quot; target="_blank">information</a> regarding office 365.</p>

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