Microsoft Office 2016 Professional Plus

Microsoft Office 2016 Professional Plus is the full 2016 desktop suite for Windows: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Access, Publisher and Skype for Business, bought once and kept. A genuine Office 2016 Professional Plus key from HypestKey activates it on one PC. It suits small offices and home users who rely on Access databases or Publisher files, or whose older PCs and add-ins were built around Office 2016.

Key takeaways

• Eight apps, including Access and Publisher, for one Windows PC.
• Pay once. No subscription, no expiry date on the license.
• Microsoft support for Office 2016 ended on October 14, 2025; the apps keep working, but new security fixes stopped.
• Need a supported suite for the next years? Look at Office 2021 or Office LTSC 2024 instead.

What apps come with Office 2016 Professional Plus?

Office 2016 Professional Plus includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Access, Publisher and Skype for Business. That is the biggest app set Microsoft shipped in the 2016 generation. Office Standard 2016 drops Access and Skype for Business, and home editions also drop Outlook, Publisher or both, depending on the version.

• Word 2016: documents, letters and reports with templates and spell check.
• Excel 2016: spreadsheets, formulas, PivotTables and charts.
• PowerPoint 2016: presentations with transitions and slide templates.
• Outlook 2016: email, calendar and contacts for most mail providers.
• OneNote 2016: notes organised in digital notebooks.
• Access 2016: desktop databases for stock, customers and custom reports.
• Publisher 2016: flyers, brochures, menus and business cards.
• Skype for Business 2016: the client for company meeting servers that still run it.

Everything installs locally. Once activated, Word, Excel and the rest open without an internet connection.

Which features did Office 2016 add?

Office 2016 introduced the Tell Me search box, six new Excel chart types (Treemap, Sunburst, Waterfall, Histogram, Pareto, Box and Whisker), the Forecast Sheet in Excel, and real-time co-authoring in Word for files stored on OneDrive or SharePoint. These tools still cover daily document, spreadsheet and presentation work for most offices.

Tell Me is the one people notice first. Type “merge cells” or “track changes” into the box at the top of the ribbon, and Office takes you straight to the command. No hunting through tabs.

In Excel, the new charts turn sales or budget data into something a client reads in seconds. Forecast Sheet builds a projection from a time series with one click: handy for cash flow or seasonal stock planning.

Co-authoring needs the file in OneDrive or SharePoint. Save it there, share it, and colleagues see each other’s edits in Word as they type. For local files on a shared drive, the classic one-editor-at-a-time rule still applies.

Office 2016 Professional Plus vs Office Standard 2016

Office 2016 Professional Plus adds Access and Skype for Business to everything in Office Standard 2016. Standard already has Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote and Publisher. Choose Professional Plus when you open or build Access databases; for plain documents, spreadsheets and email, Standard covers the same daily work.

Running a small business with an inventory or client database in Access? Then Professional Plus is the only 2016 edition that opens it. Rarely does anyone regret having Access on hand when an old .accdb file turns up.

System requirements for Office 2016 Professional Plus

Office 2016 Professional Plus needs a 1 GHz or faster x86 or x64 processor with SSE2, 2 GB of RAM, 3 GB of free disk space and a 1280 x 800 display. It installs on Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and later, including Windows 10 and Windows 11, and on Windows Server 2008 R2 and later.

Setup asks for 32-bit or 64-bit. Choose 64-bit for large Excel workbooks and Access databases, 32-bit only for old add-ins that need it.

Is Office 2016 still supported in 2026?

No. Microsoft ended support for Office 2016 on October 14, 2025, after a mainstream phase that closed in October 2020. The apps still install, activate and open files as before, but Microsoft no longer ships security fixes or bug fixes for them. That makes Office 2016 best suited to offline PCs, legacy workflows and budget setups.

Source: Microsoft Support, End of support for Office 2016 and Office 2019.

Planning to use the PC on the internet for several more years? Then a supported suite is the better call: Office 2021 Professional Plus is supported until October 13, 2026, and Office LTSC Professional Plus 2024 until October 9, 2029. Both are one-time purchases, like Office 2016.

Note: On a PC that stays online, keep Windows itself updated and avoid opening macros from unknown senders. Office 2016 no longer gets patches for new vulnerabilities.

How do I install and activate Office 2016 Professional Plus?

Download Office 2016 Professional Plus with the link in your order email, run setup, then enter the 25-character product key when an Office app asks for it. Activation goes online and usually takes under a minute. Remove any other Office version first, because mixed versions are the most common reason setup stops.

1. Uninstall other Office versions in Settings > Apps > Installed apps (Windows 11) or Settings > Apps > Apps & features (Windows 10).
2. Download the installer from the link in your order email and run setup.exe.
3. When setup finishes, open Word and enter your key, or go to File > Account > Change Product Key.
4. Select Activate and wait for the confirmation.
5. Command line option: open Command Prompt as administrator, switch to C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice16 (or C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft OfficeOffice16 for 32-bit Office) and run cscript ospp.vbs /inpkey:XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX, then cscript ospp.vbs /act.

Leftover files from an old install often block a new one. Our Office uninstall tool guide shows how to remove them cleanly.

Language and license terms

Office 2016 Professional Plus is a lifetime license for one Windows PC: no subscription, no renewal date, no time limit on use. Interface languages are added through Office language packs after installation, so menus, proofing tools and help can switch to your language. The key works worldwide.

One key, one computer. Two PCs need two keys. Keep your order email somewhere safe: you need the key again if you reinstall Windows or Office on the same machine.

Replacing the PC? Uninstall Office from the old one first, then install it on the new computer and activate with the same key. If online activation refuses, the Office activation wizard offers activation by phone, and our support team can walk you through it.

Delivery and support

Your Office 2016 Professional Plus key is emailed instantly after payment, together with the download link. No account is needed. Most keys arrive within 5 minutes; in rare cases a fraud check takes longer. You can pay by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay through Stripe, and reach us at support@hypestkey.com or in live chat.

Something went wrong? We’ll help you fix it. Typos, firewall blocks and leftovers from old installs cause most activation errors. Send your order number and a screenshot, and we fix the problem or send a replacement key. More Office 2016 editions are in our Office 2016 category.