Retail versions of Office 2016 C2R and Office 2019 The following information applies to volume licensed versions of Office 2019, such as Office Professional Plus 2019, purchased through a volume licensing agreement. Only the most recent volume licensed and retail releases listed below are supported.

Office 20 are supported under the Fixed Lifecycle Policy.

Starting on August 11, 2020, the security updates (CVE articles) for Office 20 are listed on the security update page, instead of this page.

New versions contain all the updates contained in previous versions. The following tables provide the update history for the volume licensed version of Office 2019, as well as the retail versions of Office 2016 C2R and Office 2019, with the most recent release date listed first. If not, you can manually update to get the latest version of Office. If the version number matches the most current version, you're up to date.

Under Product Information, note the version number under the About section.

Open any Office application, such as Word or Excel.

To check your version of Office, do the following: If you'd like to verify that you're up to date, check your Office version number and manually update Office if necessary. These updates are released approximately once a month, usually on the second Tuesday of the month.

Microsoft releases security and quality updates for the Click-To-Run (C2R) version of Office 2016 and for Office 2019, which is exclusively C2R.

Word 2016 upgrade