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bluehex | 1 month ago

Such confusing naming they can't even keep it straight in the announcement.

"The Microsoft 365 Copilot app" in the introductory paragraph. Then there's a button "Buy Microsoft 365" The link below is as "Download Microsoft 365 apps for MacOS"

And the file you get is: Microsoft_365_and_Office_16~Installer.pkg

So is it the "Microsoft 365 Copilot app", or is it just "Microsoft 365" or multiple "Microsoft 365 apps"?

Above it says "formerly Office" and then the installer is named with "and Office". It's a jumble of inconsistency in just the first few lines on this landing page.

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GaryBluto|1 month ago

I'm struggling to determine whether it is a singular "app" or multiple apps for various "Microsoft 365" functions, or both.

WorldMaker|1 month ago

This name change is about a single "app" that was formerly called "Office app", not to be confused with the Office "suite", which in more cases than not also gets renamed, but in a subordinate brand sort of way ("the Office suite of applications, brought to you as a part of Microsoft 365").

The "Office app" itself was mostly just a launcher for the other apps. Now it is also/primarily an LLM chat interface.