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Office 2011 For The Mac Brings Outlook To The Apple Platform

Posted by on Oct 26, 2010 | 2 Comments

imageToday marks the release of Office 2011 for the Mac, as described in the official release notice. And in a new feature twist, the software is also available for download to BizSpark (startup program) MSDN subscribers as of this morning. Typically Mac-based software has not been made available there, so this is a pretty cool change.

It’s available to people with membership at the following programs and levels:

  • VS Pro with MSDN Premium (Empower)
  • VS Premium with MSDN (MPN)
  • VS Pro with MSDN Premium (MPN)
  • BizSpark Admin
  • BizSpark
  • VS Ultimate with MSDN (VL)
  • VS Premium with MSDN (VL)
  • VS Premium with MSDN (Retail)
  • VS Ultimate with MSDN (Retail)
  • VS Ultimate with MSDN (MPN)

Of course, use is governed by your subscription license limitations and terms of use, so make sure you know what those are.

Why Office 2011 for the Mac?

There are a few reasons why you might be interested in Office 2011 on the Mac, but for me the number one reason is the brand new Outlook 2011. No more Entourage software, now we get the actual Outlook experience, which is enough for me to upgrade with no other changes in the suite. Add in all the other changes, and it’s a pretty slick new version.

Mac user? Are you going to get Office 2011?

To read more about this sort of thing, converting HD DVDs to Blu-ray, exchanging water-damaged iPhones, network security, Easter eggs, or whatever else Greg Hughes feels like talking about, you should drop by his blog. He may not update daily, but the wait’s always worth it!

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  • Floyd

    I have used Outlook where the office I’m working in mandates that application on every workstation, which is not uncommon.

    Other places I’ve worked have used Lotus Notes or other messaging/mail programs, and I’ve also used various Unix messaging utilities.

    At home I use GMail with the Thunderbird interface, which seems to be compatible with most other mail applications and is easy to use.

  • http://www.LensTraveler18.com Mitch

    I just upgraded and Outlook for Mac 2011 is crashing every 15 minutes. Then it started a spontaneous rebuild cycle. You might want to wait for the next release, I have too many arrows in my back to wait, so I will put up with this and it will hopefully be fixed soon.