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Office 2019 for Mac and its predecessor, Office 2016 for Mac, cannot be run concurrently, the Redmond, Wash. Microsoft has not set a release date for a more broadly-distributed Office 2019 for Mac beta available to the general public. Just like the commercial previews for Office 2019 on Windows and Mac, Microsoft is giving enterprise users early access to the latest version of its perpetual server products, in that case Skype.

Microsoft last week kicked off the preview process for Office 2019, the next in its long line of productivity bundles. This first effort was aimed at corporate customers, not individuals.

And while it wasn't an invite-only beta, not every organization that runs Office will want to jump into testing. Further reading: But for those customers who do, here's how to get hold of the Office 2019 preview. Check for prerequisites When Microsoft, it asserted that Office 2019 would only be supported on Windows 10, but did not categorically rule out running the suite on older operating systems, such as Windows 7. 'Office 2019 Preview can only be installed on Windows 10. Only versions of Windows 10 that are currently receiving servicing updates are supported,' a supporting document confirmed. Microsoft also repeatedly stressed that the preview is intended for organizations that plan to buy and deploy the volume licensed version - what the Redmond, Wash.

Developer dubs the 'perpetual' version - when it launches later this year. In other words, businesses running Office applications as part of an Office 365 subscription need not apply.

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The preview doesn't actually sniff out an Office 365 subscription, then balk at installation. Instead, there's no reason for subscribers to probe the preview because they've already seen what it offers. Because the perpetually-licensed version is built on the changes that have accumulated in Office 365's core component, Office 365 ProPlus, since Office 2016's debut. Microsoft will take the version of Office 2016 now available to Office 365 ProPlus users - that Office 2016 is different from what's still sold as a one-time purchase of Office 2016 - freeze the code, and call it Office 2019.

Not surprisingly, though, even at the launch of Office 2019, Office 365 ProPlus will hold the advantage, Microsoft pledged. 'Office 2019 will include some, but not all, features that have been released through Office 365 since September 2015 (when Office 2016 was released),' the firm said in a support document. Register with Microsoft Collaborate Only customers who have rights to Microsoft Collaborate, the portal and service that last year replaced the long-running beta program called Microsoft Connect, are eligible for the Office 2019 preview. To register with Collaborate, users must have access to the Microsoft Dev Center Dashboard, and have a Microsoft account or credentials provided via their employer's Azure Active Directory. Join the preview Here's how to get to the preview:. Access the Dev Center Dashboard, sign into Collaborate and click Overview in the sidebar on the left.

Select Engagements from the row of four choices. Pick Office 2019 Commercial Preview from the list of available 'engagements' - what Microsoft now calls a preview program - select Join, accept the terms offered and click Join once again.

Download the preview and documentation To access the preview - finally! - click on the Packages icon in the sidebar on the left. It's the second from the bottom.

Two items should appear. The 'Office Deployment Tool (Win32)' is a 2MB.exe file that Microsoft billed as the tool to '.download and configure the Office 2019 Preview.' The 'Office 2019 Commercial Preview Documentation (Win32' is a 192KB archived file - in.zip format - that includes several Microsoft Word files. The documents spell out how to use the deployment tool to install the preview, how IT can use System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) to deploy the beta, across multiple machines, how the preview will be updated, and more.

Microsoft on that 'commercial previews' of Exchange Server 2019 and Skype for Business Server 2019 are now available. Both servers are expected to be commercially available later this year, but they can be tested today. The commercial preview term is a new one from Microsoft. It first popped up with the commercial preview release of Office 2019 for Windows. Microsoft subsequently released a commercial preview of Office 2019 for Mac.

A commercial preview is software that can only be tested by Microsoft's volume-licensing customers, which are organizations that license 'more than five but fewer than 250 users or devices,' according to a Microsoft reference guide definition. These previews are not available to consumers, as explained in Microsoft's.

Exchange Server 2019 Highlights On the Exchange Server 2019 side, Microsoft described just a few details about the product's hardware support, installation options and end user perks. Microsoft plans to offer more details at its Ignite event in September.

Supposedly, the preview can be downloaded, but the link didn't work at press time. Exchange Server 2019 will take advantage of hardware improvements and will be capable of running with 'up to 48 processor cores and 256GB of RAM,' indicated. Microsoft is touting the installation of Exchange Server 2019 on the Server Core option of Windows Server as being the 'most secure platform for Exchange.' It'll be supported as well, though, on both the Core and Desktop installation options of Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server 2016. Microsoft plans to cut the Unified Messaging role from Exchange Server 2019. Here's what that'll mean for organizations, according to the announcement: Customers who currently connect either a 3rd party PBX or Skype for Business Server to Exchange Server won't be able to do so with Exchange Server 2019 mailboxes. Those customers considering an upgrade to Exchange Server 2019 should consider migrating to Skype for Business Server 2019 and using Cloud Voicemail, or migrating to Office 365 with Cloud Voicemail.

Cloud Voicemail possibly is the same thing as the 'Office 365 Cloud PBX Voice Mail' service that's described in this, although Microsoft, calling it 'Phone System.' The 2017 TechNet article had stated back then that 'you CANNOT use Cloud Voice mail if you use Skype for Business Server or Lync Server ON Premise,' but apparently that restriction will be relaxed in the case of Skype for Business Server 2019. Microsoft is also signaling that it's adding a 'tiered storage read/write capability to Exchange Server 2019,' although it's not part of this preview release. The tiered storage is associated with a Microsoft rethink of its storage strategy. It now favors using fast solid-state drives for search data and message retrieval, while low-cost drives should be used for everything else. The search experience in the Exchange Server 2019 commercial preview was improved using Bing technology, which also resulted in improved database failover performance, Microsoft indicated. IT pros will get the ability to manage events on end users' calendars.

End users will get feature additions such as simplified calendar sharing and a 'do not forward' option. Skype for Business Server 2019 Highlights The commercial preview of Skype for Business Server 2019 is available as a 1.7GB ISO download that initiates from. The main perk for IT pros highlighted in of the Skype for Business Server 2019 commercial preview will be the ability to upload call quality data to Office 365 to get a 'consolidated view of calling diagnostics,' instead of having to store the data locally. It'll get done using a new 'Cloud Call Data Connector' feature.

IT pros will see the data using a new Office 365 'Call Quality Dashboard,' which will be arriving 'later this year.' The Call Data Connector can be used to monitor end user experiences, troubleshoot problems, and assign helpdesk and administrator roles, according to Microsoft's. Microsoft also plans to add a 'Cloud Auto Attendant' capability (possibly a rename of ') later this year that users of Skype for Business Server 2019 will be able to leverage to keep their Auto Attendant feature up to date. Auto Attendant is a voice-driven menu system that's used for placing or transferring phone calls in an organization. Getting the automatic update capability will require synchronizing user identities using the Azure Active Directory service, the announcement added. In addition to Cloud Voicemail support planned for Skype for Business Server 2019, Microsoft intends to make it easier for organizations to move to Microsoft Teams. Microsoft's announcement indicated that the Teams migration process has been simplified, but it didn't provide any details.

More information will be disclosed at the Ignite event in September, Microsoft promised.