Glossary
Microsoft 365 Apps
The installable Office desktop applications — Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote — delivered as a subscription.
Microsoft 365 Apps is the brand for the installable Office desktop applications — Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, OneDrive, Teams, Access (Windows), plus Publisher and Project where licensed. Delivered as Microsoft 365 Apps for Business (with Microsoft 365 Business plans), Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise (with Microsoft 365 Enterprise plans), or standalone subscriptions. Updates flow through one of several update channels — Current Channel, Monthly Enterprise Channel, Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel — managed via Intune or the Office Deployment Tool. Different from older perpetual-licence Office LTSC which doesn't receive new features. The brand replaced Office 365 ProPlus in 2020.