How to Download and Install Office 2024 or Microsoft 365 Apps in 2026

— the modern equivalent of the old Office 2013/2016 model) and Microsoft 365 Apps (the subscription version, always on the latest features).

Option 1: Microsoft 365 Apps (subscription)

This is the right choice if you or your organisation has a Microsoft 365 plan that includes desktop apps (Business Standard, Business Premium, E3/E5, or a personal/family subscription).

1. Sign in at office.com with the Microsoft account (personal) or work/school account tied to the subscription.
2. Click Install apps (or, from the admin centre for organisational installs, deploy via the Microsoft 365 Apps admin centre for a managed rollout).
3. Run the downloaded installer — it pulls the current build directly, no separate ISO needed.
4. Sign in again inside any Office app (Word, Excel, etc.) to activate the licence.

Project and Visio online plans work the same way if they’re part of your subscription — they show up alongside Word/Excel/PowerPoint in the Install apps list.

Option 2: Office LTSC 2024 (perpetual licence)

This is the direct equivalent of what the old Office 2013 ISO post was about — a one-time purchase, installed once, no ongoing subscription, but also no rolling feature updates (LTSC gets security patches only, with new features arriving in the next LTSC release rather than continuously).

1. For volume-licensed copies, download via the Volume Licensing Service Center (VLSC) or the Microsoft 365 admin centre, depending on how your organisation purchased it.
2. For retail Office LTSC 2024 (Home & Business, Home & Student), sign in at office.com with the Microsoft account the licence is tied to, and download from the Install apps page the same way as a subscription — the retail perpetual SKUs use the same delivery mechanism now, just without a recurring subscription behind them.
3. For a managed enterprise deployment, use the Office Deployment Tool (ODT) with a configuration XML specifying the LTSC 2024 product ID and the volume/retail channel — this is the standard method for scripted or image-based installs, replacing the old standalone ISO approach entirely.

Project and Visio specifically

Both are now sold and delivered the same way as Office itself — either as part of a Microsoft 365 plan (Project Plan/Visio Plan subscriptions) or as LTSC 2024 perpetual licences, downloaded via the same office.com Install apps page or VLSC/ODT for volume licensing. There’s no separate standalone ISO download page for either anymore.

If you specifically need offline installation media

The Office Deployment Tool can also download a local, offline install source you can copy to USB or a network share — useful for machines without internet access. Run setup.exe /download configuration.xml with a config file specifying the product and channel you need, and ODT builds the offline source folder for you.