Microsoft will block Office 2016 users from accessing Office 365
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How do you drastically improve technology and add features while still allowing decades-old software to continue to use it, which is most likely using old and outdated technologies and practices itself?
I get why they are doing it, and it actually does make sense.
The easy solution is to just keep your software recent.
Office 2010 is problematic enough to want to upgrade.
Edit: Here's the real, less-dramatized article: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Office-365-Blog/Office-365-system-requirements-changes-for-Office-client/ba-p/62327
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If I understand the article correctly, MS is only forcing users to use currently supported software to connect to Office 365 products so while even Office 2016 is no longer officially going to be able to connect to Office 365 services, whatever version of the then current MS Office would be able to (that's assuming they will produce another perpetual version by then - which would be doubtful now).
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I wasn't able to find any information about if/how this would impact mobile devices, either using the official MS Outlook client or the native mobile email clients.
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@nashbrydges said in Microsoft will block Office 2016 users from accessing Office 365:
If I understand the article correctly, MS is only forcing users to use currently supported software to connect to Office 365 products so while even Office 2016 is no longer officially going to be able to connect to Office 365 services, whatever version of the then current MS Office would be able to (that's assuming they will produce another perpetual version by then - which would be doubtful now).
My understanding was that no more connecting standalone products with the Office 365 products.
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I can see both sides the issues and why they do it.
Think I not keen as I'm still not a believer of subscription based stuff (mainly down to costs lol)
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@hobbit666 said in Microsoft will block Office 2016 users from accessing Office 365:
I can see both sides the issues and why they do it.
Think I not keen as I'm still not a believer of subscription based stuff (mainly down to costs lol)
Subscription != higher cost
That's an illusion. No one likes higher costs. The difference is purely capex vs opex
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@scottalanmiller Yeah I know I just don't like paying monthly. Buy it out right and be down lol.
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@hobbit666 said in Microsoft will block Office 2016 users from accessing Office 365:
@scottalanmiller Yeah I know I just don't like paying monthly. Buy it out right and be down lol.
Do you outright buy your cellular phone and plan?
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@dustinb3403 Phone I do then cheapest plan possible.
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@hobbit666 said in Microsoft will block Office 2016 users from accessing Office 365:
@dustinb3403 Phone I do then cheapest plan possible.
Lies, no one outright buys their phone.
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@dustinb3403 said in Microsoft will block Office 2016 users from accessing Office 365:
@hobbit666 said in Microsoft will block Office 2016 users from accessing Office 365:
@dustinb3403 Phone I do then cheapest plan possible.
Lies, no one outright buys their phone.
I outright buy my phones
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@dustinb3403 said in Microsoft will block Office 2016 users from accessing Office 365:
@hobbit666 said in Microsoft will block Office 2016 users from accessing Office 365:
@dustinb3403 Phone I do then cheapest plan possible.
Lies, no one outright buys their phone.
I do.
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@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft will block Office 2016 users from accessing Office 365:
@dustinb3403 said in Microsoft will block Office 2016 users from accessing Office 365:
@hobbit666 said in Microsoft will block Office 2016 users from accessing Office 365:
@dustinb3403 Phone I do then cheapest plan possible.
Lies, no one outright buys their phone.
I do.
I do too, it's a lot cheaper to do it that way.
You can pay monthly through your carrier for an over-priced locked U.S. version PLUS interest... or you can buy an international unlocked version cheaper from Amazon.
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@dustinb3403 I do when they cost me £75
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4000mAh-5-0Inch-Android-6-0-DOOGEE-X5-MAX-PRO-4G-Mobile-Smartphone-Dual-SIM-GPS/272662555351?_trkparms=aid%3D555014%26algo%3DPL.DEFAULT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20151005190540%26meid%3Df96770da78dc4023a2394d86a1058fb2%26pid%3D100505%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26&_trksid=p2045573.c100505.m3226 -
@dustinb3403 said in Microsoft will block Office 2016 users from accessing Office 365:
@hobbit666 said in Microsoft will block Office 2016 users from accessing Office 365:
@dustinb3403 Phone I do then cheapest plan possible.
Lies, no one outright buys their phone.
I do. It's becoming more and more common.
