Office 2016
Buy a genuine Office 2016 Professional Plus key for 1 or 5 PCs, Office 2016 Home and Student, or Home and Business for Mac. It is the newest Office suite that installs on Windows 7 and 8.1 as well as Windows 10 and 11. Every license is a perpetual, one-time purchase, delivered by email within minutes with the official Microsoft download link and a 30-day money-back guarantee.
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Office 2016 Professional Plus and the Office 2016 editions
Office 2016 is the perpetual Office release that still matters for one large group of computers: anything running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1. It is the newest Microsoft Office suite that installs on those systems, and it also runs on Windows 10 and Windows 11, which makes it a flexible choice for mixed fleets and older hardware. This category contains every Office 2016 license we sell: Office 2016 Professional Plus for 1 PC or 5 PCs, Office 2016 Home and Student for 1 PC, and Office 2016 Home and Business for Mac. All are genuine perpetual licenses, bought once and kept.
The support position is straightforward. Microsoft extended support for Office 2016 ended on October 14, 2025, so the suite no longer receives security updates. It continues to install, activate and work normally. We recommend it for the situations where it fits: legacy operating systems, offline or lightly used machines, matching a version already in use, or keeping older macros, templates and add-ins running unchanged. For a primary PC handling email and shared files, Office 2021 or Office 2024 is the safer buy, and we say so on every page.
What is included in each Office 2016 edition
Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2016 is the complete suite of its generation, and the editions below differ mainly by which applications are present.
| Edition | Apps included | Runs on | Installs per key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office 2016 Professional Plus (1 PC) | Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Access, Publisher | Windows 7 SP1, 8.1, 10 or 11 | 1 PC |
| Office 2016 Professional Plus (5 PCs) | Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Access, Publisher | Windows 7 SP1, 8.1, 10 or 11 | 5 PCs |
| Office 2016 Home and Student | Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote | Windows 7 SP1, 8.1, 10 or 11 | 1 PC |
| Office 2016 Home and Business for Mac | Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote | macOS versions supported at release | 1 Mac |
Why Office 2016 Pro Plus is the version for Windows 7 and 8.1
Office 2019, 2021 and 2024 require Windows 10 or later. Office 2016 does not. If you maintain a workshop PC, a lab instrument controller, a point-of-sale terminal or simply a family laptop that cannot be upgraded past Windows 7 or 8.1, office pro plus 2016 is the most modern Office suite you can legitimately install. It opens and saves the same .docx, .xlsx and .pptx files as newer versions, so documents move between machines without conversion.
Which Office 2016 edition should I choose?
These are the products in this category and the buyers each one suits.
- Microsoft Office 2016 Professional Plus for 1 PC: the full Windows suite with Access and Publisher for one computer. This is the product most searches for microsoft office 2016 professional plus are looking for.
- Microsoft Office 2016 Professional Plus for 5 PCs: one key for up to five Windows computers, sensible for a small business standardizing several older machines on one version.
- Microsoft Office 2016 Home & Student for 1 PC: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote without Outlook, for schoolwork and home use on a modest budget.
- Microsoft Office 2016 Home & Business for Mac: the Office 2016 edition for macOS, with Outlook included, for older Macs that cannot run current macOS releases.
System requirements for Office 2016
Office 2016 for Windows requires a 1 GHz processor, 2 GB of RAM, 3 GB of free disk space and a 1280 by 800 display, running Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 or Windows 11. Those figures are far below what any computer built in the last decade offers, which is part of the appeal. Office 2016 Home and Business for Mac was built for the macOS versions current between 2015 and 2020; if you are on a recent macOS, Office 2021 or Office 2024 for Mac is the better fit, and the product page notes the requirement. Installation and activation need an internet connection, and Microsoft's download link is included in your delivery email.
How activation and delivery work
Ordering a Microsoft Office 2016 license from us follows the same digital process as every product we sell.
- Choose your edition and pay by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay through our encrypted, PCI-compliant checkout.
- Within minutes of payment, 7 days a week, an email arrives with the 25-character key, the official Microsoft download link for Office 2016 and a short installation guide. The key is also saved under My Account.
- Download the installer from Microsoft, run it and enter the key when asked. Home and Student and the Mac edition link the license to a Microsoft account during setup; Professional Plus activates directly with the key.
- Confirm activation under File, then Account, in Word or Excel.
- If Microsoft asks for phone activation, which is more common on older releases, send us the Installation ID and our team returns the Confirmation ID by email. If a key cannot be activated and support cannot fix it, you receive a replacement or a full refund under our 30-day money-back guarantee.
Retail, OEM or volume: the license type is stated on every page
Office 2016 keys are sold as retail, OEM or volume, and the product page tells you which. A retail key moves to a new PC after you uninstall it from the old one. An OEM key stays with the first computer it activates on. A volume key, sometimes called a MAK key, has a limited number of activations and is meant for organizations, which is how the 5 PC product works. For an older machine that will be retired rather than replaced, OEM or volume is a sensible fit. If you may carry the license forward, choose retail.
Office 2016 or a newer version?
Choose Office 2016 when the operating system is Windows 7 or 8.1, when a legacy add-in or macro has only been tested on 2016, when the computer is offline or lightly used, or when the budget is fixed. Choose Office 2019 for a Windows 10 or 11 PC where you want something slightly newer but still economical. Choose Office 2021 for Publisher plus security updates through October 13, 2026, or Office 2024 for updates through October 9, 2029. All are one-time purchases, and files move between them without conversion.
Frequently asked questions about Office 2016
Is Office 2016 still supported by Microsoft?
No. Extended support for Office 2016 ended on October 14, 2025, so Microsoft no longer publishes security or bug fix updates for it. The suite still installs, activates and runs normally, and it continues to open and save current Office file formats. We sell it for legitimate legacy needs such as Windows 7 and 8.1 computers, offline workstations and environments standardized on 2016. If the computer handles email attachments and shared files from the internet as its main job, Office 2021 or Office 2024 is the version we recommend.
Does Office 2016 Professional Plus work on Windows 7?
Yes. Office 2016 Professional Plus installs on Windows 7 with Service Pack 1, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 and Windows 11. It is the newest Office suite that supports Windows 7 and 8.1, since Office 2019 and later require Windows 10. Remember that Windows 7 and 8.1 themselves are long out of Microsoft support, so a machine running them should be kept off untrusted networks where possible. For those systems Office 2016 is the practical way to keep a full, genuine Office suite running.
Does Office 2016 Pro Plus include Publisher and Access?
Yes. Office 2016 Professional Plus includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Access and Publisher. The Home and Student edition includes only Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote, and Home and Business for Mac includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote, with no Access or Publisher, since those two apps have never been released for macOS. If Publisher or Access is part of your work, Professional Plus is the edition to buy, on Windows only.
Can Office 2016 open files created in Office 2024?
Yes. Office 2016 uses the same Open XML file formats, .docx, .xlsx and .pptx, as Office 2019, 2021 and 2024, so documents open and save across all of them. A file that uses a feature introduced after 2016, such as certain new Excel functions or PowerPoint transitions, will still open, but that specific feature may display differently or be read-only. For everyday documents, spreadsheets and presentations the versions are fully interchangeable, which is why mixed offices run 2016 alongside newer releases without trouble.
How many computers can I install Office 2016 on with one key?
One computer per key unless the product says otherwise. The Office 2016 Professional Plus 5 PC product in this category is a single key that activates the suite on up to five Windows computers, which suits a small office or a household with several machines. The 1 PC products activate on one machine only, and the product page states the license type, retail, OEM or volume, so you know whether the key can later move to a replacement computer. Keep your delivery email so the key is always at hand.
Every Office 2016 key ships by email within minutes with the official Microsoft download link and is backed by our 30-day money-back guarantee. Read how it works for the full process, or move up a generation with Office 2019 if the PC already runs Windows 10 or 11.