Office 2016

Microsoft Office 2016 is a version of Microsoft Office, released on 22 September 2015. New features include saving files directly in the cloud, Insights, etc. A version for Mac was released later, on 9 July 2016. It was the first version of Microsoft Office to drop the traditional Service Pack update mechanism in favor of cumulative security updates as with Windows 10.

As with earlier versions, an MSI version, as well as a C2R (Click-to-Run) version, are available. The MSI version is only available via volume licensing. This is the first version of 64-bit Microsoft Office to drop support for processors without CMPXCHG16b, PrefetchW and LAHF/SAHF instructions. Also, this is the last official version of Office for Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2.

Mainstream support for Office 2016 ended on 13 October 2020 and extended support will end on 14 October 2025—together with Windows 10 and Office 2019.

On all systems, the icons have been unified, featuring the similar icon set on Windows, macOS, the web version, as well as iOS and Android. However, on Apple devices, the icons have a slight color gradient instead of a solid color.