Office 365 customers get regular updates of new and improved features, including cloud-based features that are not in Office 2019. Microsoft 365 ‘subscribers’ have a more advanced version of Microsoft Office already. It’s NOT a new version intended for all Microsoft Office users.Īnyone on an Microsoft 365 (was Office 365) plan does NOT need Office 2019. Office 2019 for Mac is NOT like past versions such as Office 2016, Office 2011 etc. In other words, you pay for Office as an annual fee. Do NOT buy Office 2019 if you have Microsoft 365 plan like Microsoft 365 Family (formerly Home), Microsoft 365 Personal or an enterprise plan.