Microsoft Office 2024 & LTSC 2024 Features and Updates

Here’s a detailed summary of Microsoft Office 2024 and Office LTSC 2024 — what they are, what’s new, how they differ, and what features each includes. If you want, I can also compare them vs Microsoft 365 or older Office versions.

What are they

Office 2024 is the new perpetual-license (one-time purchase) version of Microsoft Office for consumers (home, personal, small business) and includes classic Office apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).
Office LTSC 2024 (“Long Term Servicing Channel”) is the version intended for commercial, government, or regulated-use environments that need on-premises installations, disconnected or restricted systems, or where feature updates aren’t desired. LTSC versions are locked in time (no feature updates after release), get longer support, and omit certain cloud-based or advanced features.

Key features & what’s new

Here are some of the major improvements in Office 2024 / LTSC 2024 compared to previous versions:

Area	New or Improved Features
User interface & design	A refreshed, modern “Fluent” look across Office apps, with improved cohesiveness and updated visuals.
Accessibility	Better accessibility-features: tools to detect accessibility issues in documents, improved support and attributes for accessibility in ODF 1.4, etc.
Excel enhancements	New functions, dynamic arrays, better performance, new “IMAGE” function to pull images from web, chart improvements.
Word / Document recovery	Better session recovery in Word (e.g. recovering open documents in certain failure cases), more reliable performance.
PowerPoint updates	“Cameo” feature (embed live camera feed in slides), improved recording studio tools, enhancements in video/audio handling, captions/subtitles.
Outlook / Mail / Meetings	Improved search experience in Outlook, better tools around scheduling and meeting creation.
Document formats	Default support for OpenDocument Format (ODF) 1.4 in Word, Excel, PowerPoint; improvements in inclusivity of ODF features (tables within shapes, more accessibility metadata, etc.).
Add-ins / APIs	Expanded JavaScript Office Add-in APIs, new requirement sets for various apps (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word).

What’s included / omitted (especially in LTSC)

Because LTSC is meant for locked-down, on-premises use, it has some omissions or differences compared to Microsoft 365 Apps (the subscription version). Key points:

LTSC does not receive feature updates after it is released. The features you get are those included at launch.
It excludes many cloud-backed features. So anything that needs continuous cloud connection, or frequent online updating of features, may be missing or limited.
Some specific apps/features are removed or changed:
• Microsoft Publisher is not included in LTSC 2024.
• Teams is not preinstalled with Office LTSC 2024 (you may install separately if needed).
ActiveX controls are disabled by default; admins can re-enable if needed.
• Features like “Publish to Power BI” are removed from Excel in LTSC.

System & support details

Operating system support: Office 2024 / LTSC 2024 require at least Windows 10 or Windows 11 for PC.
Support lifecycle:
• LTSC 2024: 5 years of mainstream support; no extended support after that.
• Consumer version of Office 2024 follows Microsoft’s Modern Lifecycle Policy (updates etc.).
Installation tech: LTSC 2024 uses Click-to-Run installer (not MSI) which is different from older perpetual-license versions.

Comparison: Office 2024 / LTSC 2024 vs Microsoft 365 Apps

To understand when you might prefer one over the other:

Microsoft 365 Apps gets new features more frequently, plus more collaboration, cloud features, AI enhancements, etc. LTSC is static after launch.
For users/devices that are often offline, in secure / regulated environments, or where feature stability is more important than having the very newest tools, LTSC makes sense.
For users who need ongoing enhancements, shared collaboration, cloud integration, etc., Microsoft 365 is still more feature-rich.

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