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Office 2016, the last office suite you will ever need (until 2025 when support ends)
December 13, 2021

Office 2016, the last office suite you will ever need (until 2025 when support ends)

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)

Microsoft Office 2016 Standard has been the main office solution in our company for 5 years now. We used to use Microsoft Office 2010 and we made the migration to Microsoft Office 2016 Standard along with the Exchange Server 2016. We have also an on-premise installation of Skype for Business 2015. We used to have the x86 version installed, but a few months ago we migrated to the x64 version. We had to wait for SAP to support x64 version of Office 2016, before we could switch over to x64. We have also tried Office 2019, but the fact that Office 2019 does not support updates over WSUS made us stick with Office 2016 and no longer consider switching over to Office 2019. We have really checked all scenarios that we have and Office 2016 more than covers all our needs. If the Office 2016 support was extended past 2025, we would really see no reason to ever make an upgrade!
  • Email communication with Outlook 2017 is exceptional!
  • Spreadsheets really work great, especially in the x64 version, which supports really big spreadsheets.
  • Word 2016 also offers basic PDF editing support, which really a great feature!
  • Word 2016 better and more extensive PDF editing support would be great.
  • Excel better graphs would be welcome!
  • It would be great if PowerPoint 2016 would have more effects embedded.
  • Excel could have better watermark functionality.
  • Office 2016 really has a great integration with Exchange Server 2016, Skype for Business Server 2015 and active directory. This is an unbeatable combination!
  • Creating shared Excel files really has boosted team work performance!
  • Outlook has really cover our communication needs in an exceptional way.
  • We had some compatibility problems with the Office 2010 x64 version. These problems were all resolved in Office 2016.
  • Excel 2010 size limits we beginning to be a problem, so the extended Excel 2016 x64 limits were a relieve.
  • The Outlook 2016 improved search functionalities really made us happy!
Office 2010 is no longer supported, so this was no longer an option, we had to upgrade. Also the Office 2010 has several limits that restricted us. Office 2019 does not support updates over WSUS, so it does create an extra administrative cost compared to Office 2016. Their differences are not so big to justify the upgrade and extra cost. Also the maintenance period of Office 2019 is exactly the same as this of Office 2016 (epic fail there Microsoft).

Do you think Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)'s feature set?

Yes

Did Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) again?

Yes

Office 2016 is really the best available office suite solution available when it comes to the Windows ecosystem. So all Windows users should be more than covered by it in almost any conceivable scenario. There is really no scenario where Office 2016 would not be the appropriate solution, unless of course one is looking for a free solution! But again, you get what you pay for!