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Office 2019 Home & Student vs Home & Business vs Professional vs Standard vs Pro Plus

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MS Office 2019 is the newest version of Office after Office 2021. There are different versions of Office 2019 on the market, and it can be quite confusing what exactly the differences are, and who they are suitable for. We explain the difference to you.

Which Office applications are in which version of Office 2019?

Every Office 2019 variant has other Office applications:

A detailed overview about the different Microsoft applications you can find here.

Microsoft Office Retail licenses

Microsoft Office 2019 has a number of Retail variants, these are variants that are intended for private and small business use. These are Office 2019 Home & Business, Home & Student and Professional.

1) Microsoft Office Home & Student 2019

This is the basic variant of the Office 2019 packages. It only has the crucial Office applications and is mainly intended for home use and students. They generally get along well with this. Please note that the package can only be installed on 1 device.

Which applications do I get with Home & Student?

  • Word, Excel, OneNote, PowerPoint

How long can I use the license?

  • The Home & Student license is perpetual. This saves you costs compared to monthly licenses such as Office 365.

2) Microsoft Office Home & Business 2019

Office Home & Business 2019 is a slightly more extensive package than Home & Student. It has all the necessary licenses that Home & Student also has, including Outlook. This makes it an extremely suitable package for home and business use.

Which applications do I get with Home & Business?

  • Word, Excel, OneNote, PowerPoint, Outlook

How long can I use the license?

  • The Home & Business license is perpetual. This saves you costs compared to monthly licenses such as Office 365.

3) Microsoft Office Professional 2019

Office Professional is the most extensive Retail license. The license includes all applications that Home & Business is also included, including Access and Publisher. This makes the license suitable for private individuals, but the license is also often used for business because Publisher and Access are very handy for this.

What applications do I get with Professional?

  • Word, Excel, OneNote, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, Publisher

How long can I use the license?

  • Professional’s license is perpetual. This saves you costs compared to monthly licenses such as Office 365.

Microsoft Office volume licenses

Microsoft Office 2019 has two OLP volume variants. These licenses are especially suitable for business use because these volume licenses are more practical in business, for example when you use a server. You can also easily scale up with volume licenses because additional users can be created. In addition, you can easily scale down. Finally, only the volume variants of Office are suitable for working with Remote Desktop Services (RDS). The Office 2019 volume licenses are: Office 2019 Standard and Office 2019 Professional Plus.

4) Microsoft Office Standard 2019

Office 2019 Standard is a suitable volume license for business use. In addition to the applications that Home & Business also includes, it comes with Publisher. This tool is useful for formatting documents and formatting pages.

What applications do I get with Standard?

  • Word, Excel, OneNote, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher

How long can I use the license?

  • Standard’s license is perpetual. This saves you costs compared to monthly licenses such as Office 365.

5) Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019

Office 2019 Professional Plus is the most comprehensive volume license. This package also includes Skype for Business. Because of the handy functionalities that this offers for companies, this license is often purchased for business.

What applications do I get with Professional Plus?

  • Word, Excel, OneNote, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, Publisher, Skype for Business

How long can I use the license?

  • The Professional Plus license is perpetual. This saves you costs compared to monthly licenses such as Office 365.

Here you can read more detailed about the differences between Office 2021 versions.

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