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 free version of Microsoft Teams. The free version of Microsoft Teams is for users who don't have an existing Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) account. Users without an existing license for Teams will be able to use the free or the Exploratory service for Microsoft Teams.

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. When the user launches the Teams client app, they'll be prompted to sign in.

Office LTSC 2021 includes the Teams client app. For more information, see Microsoft Lifecycle Policy. There won’t be any Extended Support available for these products after the five years of Mainstream Support ends. Office LTSC 2021, including Project and Visio, have five years of Mainstream Support. 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. But that's not considered a change because that policy setting is already available for volume licensed versions of Office 2019.įor more information, see Use policy settings to manage privacy controls. The “Allow the use of additional optional connected experiences in Office' policy setting is also available for Office LTSC 2021. The following are changes in Office LTSC 2021 compared to the volume licensed version of Office 2019. For more information, see Deployment guide for Office for Mac. For more information, see System requirements for Microsoft 365 and Office.įor devices running macOS, Office LTSC Standard for Mac 2021 is available for volume licensed customers. Office LTSC 2021 is supported on devices running Windows 10 or Windows 11. But, how you activate these Office products – for example, by using Key Management Service (KMS) – remains the same. These Office products use Click-to-Run, instead of Windows Installer (MSI), as the installation technology. The following volume licensed Office products are available for devices running Windows: Office LTSC 2021 is available for enterprise admins to download and deploy to the users in their organization. You already have all the features that are included in Office LTSC 2021, along with many more features that aren't in Office LTSC 2021. For example, if you've deployed Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise (previously named Office 365 ProPlus) to the users in your organization, you don't need Office LTSC 2021. Office LTSC 2021 is separate from Office that's available through Microsoft 365 (or Office 365) plans.

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