
The notification can be closed and won't show up the next time. The trial of Office 2016 Preview expires in 179 days according to notifications displayed in the apps when you run them. The other option listed on the page is to uninstall the preview to go back to the original version (if one was installed on the PC).ĭoes this mean that an Office 365 subscription is mandatory for Office 2016? Or is this just about the Preview itself only which you need to upgrade or uninstall when it expires?Ībout the trial period. Office 365 subscribers can participate in the preview if their subscription comes with Office 365 ProPlus rights.Ī wording on the Office 2016 Preview page indicates that preview users need to purchase an Office 365 subscription once the trial period expires to continue using Office 2016.

The preview includes the following programs:

You are asked to activate Office when you launch one of the applications that ship with it for the first time. Use the product key NKGG6-WBPCC-HXWMY-6DQGJ-CPQVG on the system after installation when asked to enter it. There is no information on how large that download is, but expect it to be hundreds of Megabyte large. If you are not an Office 365 subscriber, you can download a 32-bit or 64-bit installer for the Office 2016 Preview from the site.Ī click on one of the download links loads a small stub installer to the computer system which downloads the full installation package when executed on it.
