Office 2019 Compatible With Windows 7

I don’t see why you couldn’t. Microsoft recently announced that Office 2019, the company's next perpetual Office suite (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Skype for Business applications as well as Exchange, SharePoint, and Skype for Business servers) will be released some time this fall, with previews beginning to ship in the second quarter of 2018.

Earlier today, Microsoft announced Office 2019 for Windows and Mac. Like its earlier versions, Office 2019 also includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Visio, Project, Outlook, and Publisher applications.

Office 2019 includes all the features that have been added to Office 365 since the release of Office 2016.

Ever since Microsoft announced Office 2019 preview earlier this year, some users have been asking if they can install and run Office 2019 on Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1.

Is Office 2019 compatible with Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1?

Well, Office 2019 doesn’t support Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1. It is compatible with only the latest version of Windows operating system, which is Windows 10. On the server side, it requires Windows Server 2019.

The Workaround to get Office 2019 on Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1

There is no way out there to install Office 2019 on Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1. However, since Office 365 is compatible with Windows 7 SP 1 and Windows 8/8.1, you can buy Office 365 (which offers all the features of Office 365 and much more) subscription and install it on Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1 with ease.

For those who are hearing Office 365 for the first time, Office 365 is a subscription service whereas Office 2019 is a one-time purchase.

So, in short, you cannot install Office 2019 on Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1. For your reference, here are the minimum system requirements for running Office 2019.

Office 2019 minimum system requirements

# 1.6 GHz or faster, 2-core processor

2.0 GHz or faster recommended for Skype for Business

# 4 GB RAM for 64-bit; 2 GB RAM for 32-bit

Office 2019 Windows 7 Install

# 4.0 GB free disk space

# 1280 x 768 or higher screen resolution

Office 2016 Compatible With Windows 7

# Windows 10, Windows Server 2019

# Graphics hardware acceleration requires DirectX 9 or later, with WDDM 2.0 or higher for Windows 10

NOTE 1: If you are running Windows 10 Fall Creators Update or later version, it requires WDDM 1.3 or higher.

Office 2016 Windows 7 Compatibility

NOTE 2: Skype for Business requires DirectX9 or later, 128 MB graphics memory and 32 bits per pixel capable format

You might need to install .NET 3.5 or 4.6 and higher to use some features.

It’s worth mentioning that Office 2019 cannot be installed alongside Office 2016.

As reported yesterday, Microsoft changed the way how they license Windows 10 to their OEM partners. But buckle in folks, the changes just keep on coming. In what looks like an effort to push Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 owners to upgrade, Microsoft has officially announced that Office 2019 will only work on machines with Windows 10 and the next LTSC release of Windows Server. That's only the tip of the iceberg though. Unlike previous version of Office that came with 10 years of support, Office 2019's support lifecycle is shortened to five years of mainstream support and two years of extended support. Additionally, the client applications are only available with a Click-to-Run installer. However, Microsoft will continue to provide a MSI installer for the server applications.

Source: Microsoft

Is Ms Office 2019 Compatible With Windows 7

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85 Commentson Microsoft Office 2019 Will Run on Windows 10, and Only Windows 10

Office 2019 Windows 7 Reddit

I don't see how this pushes anyone to upgrade. There really isn't any need to 'buckle in'. Users are always free to keep using Windows XP (wat), Windows 7, Windows whatever and any version of office released while in mainstream support. Office 2010, 2013, and Office 2016 work great. Windows 7 works fine. Windows 8 works fine. Windows 10 works fine. Each OS version, just like the competition, have flaws or annoyances. Always have, always will. No need to sit around and whine - if you don't like the OS you use feel free to write your own and see how it goes.
Microsoft is designing Office 2019 to work with Windows 10 instead a gimped version that is unstable or missing features in older outdated OS releases. It is really simple.