What is included in Office Home and Business 2024
Office Home and Business 2024 comprises the four most widely used Office programs: Word for documents, Excel for spreadsheets, PowerPoint for presentations and Outlook for email and calendar. It is a perpetual licence for one device, Windows or Mac, with security updates until 09.10.2029.
The name can be misleading: Home and Business is not a business-only edition. It is an edition for home users that is also explicitly allowed to be used commercially. So anyone who is self-employed on the side or works as a freelancer is, with this edition, on the safe side in terms of licensing.
When Home and Business is the right fit and when it isn't
| Edition | In addition to the four core apps | Right for |
|---|---|---|
| Home and Business 2024 | Nothing more | Most home users and small-business owners |
| Standard 2024 | Publisher, OneNote | Anyone who actually uses Publisher or OneNote |
| Professional Plus 2024 | Publisher, OneNote, Access | Power users who need their own databases |