Microsoft today released Office 2016 for Mac to subscribers of its Office 365 rent-not-own plans, and said that standalone licenses would go on sale in September.

The Redmond, Wash. company also extended support for the precursor, Office for Mac 2011, by almost two years, giving customers more time to migrate to the newest before pulling the patch plug on the older.

Microsoft introduced Office 2016 for Mac four months ago as a preview, but today removed the under-construction signage from the suite of five applications: Excel, OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word.

“Office 365 subscribers can get the newest version of Office for Mac today,” said Kirk Koenigsbauer, Microsoft’s top executive for the Office team. “All you need is an Office 365 subscription (Office 365 Home, Personal, Business, Business Premium, E3 or ProPlus), which includes the rights to use Office applications on Mac, Windows, iOS and Android devices.”

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