Office 365 Home work on both Windows and Mac. Will Office be identical on a PC and on a Mac? Gcn emulator mac. Office applications are tailored for each platform. Microsoft has announced a slew of new features coming to its Office 365 suite of applications. Both the desktop and mobile versions of the applications have received updates, with Outlook for iOS. ![]() ![]() Mac users have travelled down a long bumpy path when it comes to Office 365, but things are starting to look up PHOTO: Steinar Engeland The relationship between Microsoft applications and services on macOS (formerly OS X) over the years can be described as shaky at best. It epitomizes the up and down relationship between the two companies. But lately things seem to be changing for the better. When Satya Nadella took over as Microsoft CEO three years ago, he brought with him a renewed desire to see Microsoft thrive on all platforms and contexts. Under his watch, Microsoft has renewed its commitment to macOS. So how has Microsoft evolved the usage of Office 365 on macOS? Office 365 is a big umbrella, but for the purposes of this article will concentrate on: desktop applications, email, VOIP/IM and web-based collaboration. Office on Mac: Turning Around a Sad Story When we think of Microsoft, it's hard to avoid Microsoft Office. Office has long been the standard bearer in productivity applications. Apple tried to enter the space with its iLife suite, but never managed to displace Office. Unfortunately, Office on the Mac has been a sad story for a long time. Microsoft released Office 2010, 2013 and 2016, but only released one version of Office for Mac. Office 2011 was its poor attempt to bring the collaboration paradigms of Office, such as the Ribbon and SharePoint integration, to Mac users. It used old APIs and interaction models that left Mac users limping for a long time. Thankfully, the release of Office 2016 for Mac has changed this. A comparison between Word on Windows (top) and Mac (bottom) This version runs under the same banner of Office 365 with its constant stream of updates and innovation. The updated versions of Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote dramatically improved on their predecessors (more on Outlook later). The Microsoft team successfully designed a set of applications that feel native to Office UI paradigms as well as a great Mac application. Despite some feature parity issues between Office on Windows and macOS, Office for Mac shines today. Email: From Email 'Light' to Greater Functionality As much as we may wish to move away from email, it is thoroughly entrenched in our workflows. Microsoft continues to shine in this area with Microsoft Exchange and its implementation under the larger umbrella of Office 365. Once upon a time, Mac users were forced to use “light” version of Outlook for the web, but those days are gone. Instead they now have a quick and modern email interface. In addition to email, Exchange also excels in calendar and contact management. Exchange first came to the Mac through Microsoft Entourage, the early version of Outlook for Mac.
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