Office 2024 Professional Plus vs. Microsoft Office Home 2024: One-Time Purchase License for Office Apps
Office 2024 Professional Plus: classic Office apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote) as a one-time purchase for €16.85, compared with Microsoft 365.
Office 2024 Professional Plus — Windows, 1 PC
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Office 2024 Professional Plus (sometimes shortened to MS Office 2024) is a one-time purchase license for Windows priced at €16.85. It installs Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, and Access (the classic Office apps) on a single PC, with no recurring subscription: pay once, install this office suite, and keep using that version of Office for as long as it stays supported. You own it without a subscription. Upon purchasing, your product key and instructions are sent by email. Buy this license now once you have confirmed below that this edition matches what you need.
This is not the same product as Microsoft 365, and it is not the same edition as the consumer Microsoft Office Home 2024 or Office Home & Business 2024 packages sold directly by Microsoft. This purchase model suits buyers who want to pay once rather than sign up for subscription plans. The sections below cover what is included, how this office version compares with the current Office 2021 release, and how the purchase and license delivery work.
What's included in Microsoft Office 2024 Professional Plus
Professional Plus includes Access, Excel, OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word, with Skype for Business available as an optional install during setup. Microsoft Teams is not preinstalled; it can be downloaded separately if needed. Microsoft Publisher is not part of the lineup at all: Microsoft has scheduled Publisher's retirement, and it will no longer be supported after October 2026.
By comparison, the consumer edition Office Home 2024 includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote for home or school use (sold through the Microsoft Store), and Office Home & Business 2024 adds Outlook plus commercial-use rights, useful context if you searched for the home version rather than this volume-licensed one. See our comparison of this license, Microsoft 365, and Office 2021 for the full apps-by-edition breakdown, including how each one handles spreadsheet and presentation apps.
System requirements and feature requirements for Professional Plus
Compatible versions of Windows: Windows 11, Windows 11 LTSC 2024, Windows 10 LTSC 2021, Windows 10 LTSC 2019, Windows Server 2022, or Windows Server 2025. Hardware: a 1.1 GHz dual-core processor; 4 GB of RAM; 4 GB of free disk space; and a display resolution of at least 1280×768 (a 64-bit installation is required for 4K and higher resolutions). Feature updates are not part of this edition, so compatibility with your current setup at install time is what matters: check this list before you buy rather than after.
Professional Plus vs. Microsoft Office Home 2024
Professional Plus is a different application lineup and a different distribution channel from the consumer editions Microsoft sells directly. The wider Office 2024 family (Home and Home & Business) installs once on a PC or Mac; this Windows-only Professional Plus edition follows the same one-time-install model, just through volume licensing and sold here as a single license key rather than through the Microsoft Store. If a home office only needs Word, Excel, and PowerPoint without ongoing fees, Office Home 2024 and Professional Plus are both one-time-purchase alternatives to Microsoft 365 Personal or Family plans, or to Microsoft 365 Business Premium for a small company.
How it compares with a Microsoft 365 subscription and new features
Professional Plus is installed once, on one PC; the subscription installs across multiple devices, with up to five simultaneous sign-ins per subscription account. With this license you receive security updates but no new features going forward; the subscription keeps adding the latest version of each app continuously. Cloud storage is not included here, while the subscription plans add 1 TB of OneDrive storage per user on Family, Premium, and Pro tiers. Support differs too: this edition gives access to Microsoft Support resources and chat, with phone call-back limited to the activation process, whereas the subscription includes ongoing phone and chat support. Above all, this is a single upfront payment, while the alternative is billed monthly or annually. No usage limits apply either way once you're set up, but only the subscription keeps improving after purchase.
Compared with the previous version of Office, this release keeps the same major version number (16.0) as its predecessor and the volume-licensed Office 2019, so existing group policies and add-ins remain compatible with the current release. Word, Excel, and PowerPoint gain the ability to open documents in OpenDocument (ODF) 1.4 format by default, and ActiveX controls are now disabled by default (administrators can reactivate them where needed). Publisher, present in the old version, is dropped here. For a side-by-side look at pricing, apps, and support timelines, see our full comparison page, sourced from Microsoft Learn and the Microsoft 365 Blog.
If you are on a Mac, note that Professional Plus is Windows-only: the volume-licensing equivalent for Mac OS devices (macOS) is Office LTSC Standard for Mac 2024, and Access is not available on Mac OS in any edition.
Getting your product key and activation instructions
After you place your order on our secure checkout page, your 25-character product key and activation instructions are sent by email once payment is confirmed. There's nothing to redeem until then, and that key is used to redeem the license against a Microsoft account. From there, the installation process follows Microsoft's standard steps: sign in to Microsoft account using the credentials tied to that key at office.com/setup, and the license is attached to your account for future reinstalls on the same or a new device, without having to create a new account each time. Our install and activate guide walks through every step in order.
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How long will it stay supported
Office LTSC 2024 (the family Professional Plus belongs to) receives mainstream support until October 10, 2029, with no extended support period afterward, per Microsoft's lifecycle documentation: a multi-year runway from today. By contrast, Office 2021, both the consumer edition and Office LTSC 2021, is scheduled to go out of support in mid-October 2026, only weeks away. If you are still on that old version and weighing whether to move to this new version rather than a subscription, this support timeline, and the fact that this current version keeps running well past 2029, is one concrete reason to compare the two before updates stop.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is this a one-time purchase? Yes. You pay once for the license; there is no recurring fee, unlike a subscription.
Is Office 2024 compatible with Mac and older Windows versions? Professional Plus, as sold here, is for Windows only (Windows 11 or Windows 10 LTSC 2019/2021, Windows Server 2022/2025). A Mac edition of the wider lineup exists, but the volume-licensing equivalent is Office LTSC Standard for Mac 2024, not Professional Plus. See the full answer for exact requirements.
Is Office 2024 the same as Office 365? No. Office 365 was renamed Microsoft 365 and is a subscription with continuously updated apps and cloud storage; this is a perpetual license limited to the version you install, with no ongoing fee. See the full answer for a side-by-side breakdown.
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