--- title: Microsoft Office 2016: Sept. 22 Is Software’s Release Date description: The new Microsoft Office software roll-out begins later this month on Sept. 22. canonical: https://time.com/4030024/microsoft-office-release-date/ author: Benjamin Snyder/Fortune article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-10T18:35:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:06:35.575Z article:section: Business og:title: Here’s When the New Microsoft Office Is Coming Out og:description: The company has confirmed the date. og:url: https://time.com/4030024/microsoft-office-release-date/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt499949cb559355d7/69886316ab6d774e0c6a61d1/185189218-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Microsoft's Windows 8.1 Goes On Sale og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here’s When the New Microsoft Office Is Coming Out twitter:description: The company has confirmed the date. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt499949cb559355d7/69886316ab6d774e0c6a61d1/185189218-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here’s When the New Microsoft Office Is Coming Out by [Benjamin Snyder/Fortune](/author/benjamin-snyderfortune/) ## Benjamin Snyder/Fortune Sep 10, 2015 6:35 PM CUT  The Microsoft Corp. logo is displayed at a launch event for the company's Windows 8.1 operating system in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013\. Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer, who will be retiring within a year, said the company is still working to make sure that the personal computer remains relevant as "the device of choice." Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images The Microsoft Corp. logo is displayed at a launch event for the company's Windows 8.1 operating system in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013\. Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer, who will be retiring within a year, said the company is still working to make sure that the personal computer remains relevant as "the device of choice." Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images by [Benjamin Snyder/Fortune](/author/benjamin-snyderfortune/) ## Benjamin Snyder/Fortune Sep 10, 2015 6:35 PM CUT The latest version of Microsoft Office will be released on Sept. 22, the company confirmed Thursday. A Microsoft release said that the new software will be “broadly available on September 22.” Office customers with volume licensing agreements will be able to download Office 2016 “from the [Volume Licensing Service Center](https://www.microsoft.com/Licensing/servicecenter/default.aspx "undefined") starting October 1st,” [according to company a blog post](https://blogs.office.com/2015/09/10/admins-get-ready-for-office-2016-rollout-begins-september-22/ "undefined"). In August, a document leaked stating that the Office release date would be Sept. 22. As _Fortune_ reported last month, features include: --- > “” --- _Fortune_ [interviewed Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella](http://fortune.com/2015/05/04/satya-nadella-ceo-microsoft/ "undefined") in May. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4030024/microsoft-office-release-date/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4030024/microsoft-office-release-date/"},"headline":"Here’s When the New Microsoft Office Is Coming Out","datePublished":"2015-09-10T18:35:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:06:35.575Z","description":"The company has confirmed the date","url":"https://time.com/4030024/microsoft-office-release-date/","keywords":["Tech","Microsoft","cloud","pubdesk"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt499949cb559355d7/69886316ab6d774e0c6a61d1/185189218-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Benjamin Snyder/Fortune","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/benjamin-snyderfortune/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt499949cb559355d7/69886316ab6d774e0c6a61d1/185189218-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Microsoft's Windows 8.1 Goes On Sale","caption":"Microsoft's Windows 8.1 Goes On Sale","creditText":"Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4030024/microsoft-office-release-date/","name":"Here’s When the New Microsoft Office Is Coming Out"}}]}] ```