The Subscription-Less Version of Office 2021 Launches Oct. 5 - Gizmodo

While some folks may have migrated over to the cloud-based Microsoft 365, which automatically updates the Office apps with the latest features if you have an active subscription, some of us don’t want to subscribe to use Word or Excel.

That’s why Microsoft is releasing the perpetual license version of Office.

Office 2021 is an upgrade from Office 2019, and while Microsoft hasn’t officially announced new features, the company previewed what we can expect in its version of Office for commercial and government customers that rolled out today.

Office 2021 also won’t include real-time collaboration and or AI-powered automation for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

“Office 2021 also won’t include real-time collaboration and or AI-powered automation for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint”.