Everything You Need to Know About Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 (Long Term Servicing Channel)

Microsoft has released Office LTSC 2024 edition to public. LTSC stands for Long Term Servicing Channel, which is a special version of Office that has been developed for devices that are not connected to Internet and do not require feature updates.

In this article, we’ll discuss everything that you should know about Office LTSC 2024, such as what are the new features in Office LTSC, its minimum system requirements, how to get it, etc.

Let’s start the FAQ article:

What is Office LTSC 2024 Edition?

Office LTSC 2024 is a special version of Microsoft Office suite that has been specifically developed for commercial and government customers. Devices in such environments are restricted by administrators. For example, most of the times devices in organizations are not connected to the Internet and are not frequently upgraded to newer software versions.

Microsoft has developed Office LTSC 2024 for such kind of devices and environments. Office LTSC 2024 doesn’t require Internet connection for activation or installation in devices. It’ll not receive any major feature updates in future. So companies and organizations can deploy Office LTSC 2024 in their devices without worries.

So basically Office LTSC 2024 is a minimal and offline edition of Office suite that has been released for use in restricted and disconnected environments.

Office LTSC 2024 is different than the existing Microsoft 365 or Office 365 apps. It doesn’t include any cloud-based feature or app such as real-time collaboration, AI-functionality, etc.

Office LTSC 2024 can be considered as a standalone or perpetual-license edition of Office suite.

What Apps are Included in Office LTSC 2024?

Office LTSC 2024 comes with following Office applications bundled:

• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft OneDrive
• Microsoft OneNote
• Microsoft Access

It doesn’t include any mobile app or web app. Also it’ll not support Microsoft 365 Copilot add-on.

Office LTSC 2024 will not receive any feature update or new product features. It’ll only receive important security updates.

What Editions are Available to Purchase Office LTSC 2024?

Microsoft has released Office LTSC 2024 in following 2 editions:

• Office LTSC Standard 2024
• Office LTSC Professional Plus 2024

The difference in both edition is that the standard edition doesn’t contain Microsoft Access app.

Office LTSC 2024 Minimum System Requirements

Office LTSC 2024 can be installed in following operating systems:

• Windows 11
• Windows 10
• Windows 10 LTSC 2019/2021
• Windows Server 2022
• MacOS (only Standard edition of Office LTSC is available)

Other hardware requirements are as following:

• Processor: 1.1 GHz two-core
• RAM: 4 GB
• Hard Disk: 4 GB of available disk space
• Display: Screen resolution of 1280×768. To use Office on 4K and higher resolutions, 64-bit version is required.

How Long Office LTSC 2024 will be Supported?

Office LTSC 2024 comes with 5 years support under the fixed lifecycle policy. Microsoft has not announced about any extended support plan for Office LTSC at the moment. Once the support ends, you’ll need to move to newer Office LTSC version or Microsoft 365 apps.

What are New Features in Office LTSC 2024?

Office LTSC 2024 comes with following new features and changes:

• New default Office theme in apps
• Support for ODF (OpenDocument Format) 1.4
• Improvements to accessibility tools
• Recover session option in Microsoft Word
• New Office add-ins
• Microsoft Teams app is not installed by default but users can manually download and install it.
• Skype for business can be selected and installed during setup.
• ActiveX controls are disabled by default and users are required to manually enable them.

NOTE: Microsoft Publisher is not included in Office LTSC 2024.

How to Download or Upgrade to Office LTSC 2024 Edition?

Interested organizations and customers can purchase and download Office LTSC 2024 from following official download page at Microsoft website:

Download Office LTSC 2024 Editions

Office LTSC 2024 is available in both 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) editions to download and install.

Office LTSC 2024 is deployed using Office Deployment Tool (ODT).

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