Office LTSC Professional Plus 2021

Description

Office LTSC 2021 is the latest version of Microsoft’s productivity software that’s available to organizations through a volume licensing agreement.

Office LTSC 2021 is separate from Office that’s available through Microsoft 365 (or Office 365) plans. For example, if you’ve deployed Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise (previously named Office 365 Pro Plus) to the users in your organization, you don’t need Office LTSC 2021. Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise already has all the features that are included in Office LTSC 2021, along with many more features that aren’t in Office LTSC 2021.

These Office products use Click-to-Run, instead of Windows Installer (MSI), as the installation technology. But, how you activate these Office products – for example, by using Key Management Service (KMS) – remains the same.

Office LTSC 2021 is supported on devices running Windows 10 or Windows 11. For more information, see System requirements for Microsoft 365 and Office.

For devices running macOS, Office LTSC Standard for Mac 2021 is available for volume licensed customers. For more information, see Deployment guide for Office for Mac.

What’s changed in Office LTSC 2021?

The following are changes in Office LTSC 2021 compared to the volume licensed version of Office 2019.

Privacy-related policy settings

The following policy settings are available when using Group Policy:

• Configure the level of client software diagnostic data sent by Office to Microsoft
• Allow the use of connected experiences in Office that analyze content
• Allow the use of connected experiences in Office that download online content
• Allow the use of connected experiences in Office

These policy settings are located under User Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Microsoft Office 2016\Privacy\Trust Center in the Group Policy Management tool.

For more information, see Use policy settings to manage privacy controls. Even though the article isn’t specifically for Office LTSC 2021, the information covered in the article about how the policy settings work does apply to Office LTSC 2021.

Support duration

Office LTSC 2021, including Project and Visio, have five years of Mainstream Support. There won’t be any Extended Support available for these products after the five years of Mainstream Support ends. For more information, see Microsoft Lifecycle Policy.

Microsoft Teams

Office LTSC 2021 includes the Teams client app. When the user launches the Teams client app, they’ll be prompted to sign in. Users whose Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) account is linked to an existing Teams, Microsoft 365, or Office 365 service plan will be able to use that account to sign in to their existing licensed version of the Teams service.

Users without an existing license for Teams will be able to use the free or the Exploratory service for Microsoft Teams.

• The free version of Microsoft Teams is for users who don’t have an existing Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) account. For more information, see Manage the free version of Microsoft Teams.
• The Exploratory experience is for users in an organization who have existing Azure AD accounts but aren’t licensed for Teams. For more information, see Manage the Microsoft Teams Exploratory license.

For more information about the installation of the Teams client app with Office LTSC 2021, see Microsoft Teams in Office LTSC 2021.

Language support

Office LTSC 2021 adds support for the following three languages:

• English (United Kingdom), en-gb
• French (Canada), fr-ca
• Spanish (Mexico), es-mx