Follow these steps to replace Outlook/Office 365 entirely.
- Start quickly with the most recent versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote and OneDrive —combining the familiarity of Office and the unique Mac features you love. Work online or offline, on your own or with others in real time—whatever works for what you’re doing.
- Shop Microsoft 365 Personal (1 Person) (12-Month Subscription-Auto Renew) Android, Chrome, Mac, Windows, iOS Digital at Best Buy. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or in-store pick-up. Price Match Guarantee.
Collaborate for free with online versions of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and OneNote. Save documents, spreadsheets, and presentations online, in OneDrive.
- Alternatives to Outlook/Office 365.
- Contact, Calendar, Tasks and Notes Sync.
- How to Cancel your Office 365 Subscription.
Follow these steps to purchase a perpetual license for Microsoft Outlook/Microsoft Office 365 so you do not need a subscription.
- Change your Online data to Offline Data.
- Use non Office 365 Email.
- Obtain an Outlook Perpetual License.
- Contact, Calendar, Tasks and Notes Sync.
- How to Cancel your Office 365 Subscription.
How to change your Online Data to Offline Data
Copy each Outlook 365 folder containing the data you want to move using the steps below:
- In your Outlook Calendar list, right click on the calendar folder you want to move offline
- Select 'Copy Calendar'
- Select your offline data file > Press OK
- The calendar data will now be copied into the new offline data file
- Repeat these steps for contacts, tasks, notes, email.
Alternate Outlook Back Up StepsHow to Back Up Outlook
Use Non-Office 365 Email
Switch to an email provider that is not Microsoft
- Corporate Email - Switch Outlook and the Phone to use Exchange, IMAP or Pop 3 accounts.
- Gmail - Set up your email to use Gmail directly.
- Your Internet provider also provides standard email services.
- Your domain provider may need to change MX records.
Obtain a One-Time (Non-Subscription) Outlook License
- Microsoft sells an Outlook Perpetual License as a part of the following Office Packages:
- Outlook 2019 $139.99 Outlook Only.
- Office Home & Business 2019 $229.99 Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote.
- Office Professional 2019 $439.99 Outlook, Publisher, Access, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote.
Alternatives to Outlook/Office 365
Alternate Email Client:
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- We recommend Thunderbird!
Alternate to Word, Powerpoint, and Excel:
- We recommend Open Office!
Alternative Contact, Calendar, Task and Note Manager:
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How to Cancel your Office 365 Subscription
- Sign in to the https://account.microsoft.com/services page with the Microsoft account associated with your subscription.
- Look for the Cancel link or Expires on date.
- a. If you see a Cancel link under the subscription name, select Cancel.
- b. If you don't see an option to cancel, automatic renewal might be disabled. Your subscription will end on the Expires on date.
- NOTE: After your subscription is canceled, Office will run in View Only or reduced functionality mode. In View Only mode, you'll still be able to open and print documents, however you won’t be able to edit them or create new ones.
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The easy secret smart businesses use to avoid paying Microsoft a monthly fee for Outlook, Word, Excel and Powerpoint.
Portland, Ore – Kudos for Microsoft in keeping the ability to purchase Microsoft Office outright. Clearly their company focus is on driving subscription revenue. They are not the only company to do this. But it is a double-edged sword. While it may make shareholders happy to see increasing revenue, it also puts the onus on Microsoft to introduce features and services that have value to business people.
Microsoft Office has achieved rare dominance in the professional world. A businessperson’s standing with customers requires presentations in PowerPoint and documents in Word. However, like Comcast, Microsoft products are not dramatically different than ten or twenty years ago. Bold and Underline is the same. Outlook contacts have not gained any more usefulness. Task priorities still do not handle Franklin Covey techniques. So why does Microsoft think you need to pay $12.50 per month for something you can buy outright for $229?
I have owned a business for 31 years, or as I commonly say, “through four of the last three recessions.” I pay hard costs when the economy is good and run lean during the downturns. I buy furniture, equipment and software that lasts, and then milk it when I need. Half the battle of staying in business is to survive the unexpected; the snowstorm that closed our office for two weeks, the 9/11 shutdown of all domestic aviation, the unexpected lawsuit and the IRS audit. Surviving the unexpected means when business veers to idle, our monthly operating cost drops closer to zero. You cannot do that if you are paying a monthly fee to a vendor that is not providing significant ROI.
Moore’s law ensures that technology becomes cheaper, faster, bigger and less expensive. The only rising cost I have is personnel and benefits which rise with the growth of the economy. If the features you need for Microsoft Office and Microsoft Windows is inherently the same, then it should be optional for you to pay for Microsoft’s expensive service model, not a requirement.
CompanionLink has published a guide for people who want to “cut the cord” and free themselves from Microsoft’s subscription model. The guide covers how to capture your data locally, how to set up local email, and how to purchase a one-time license to the appropriate Microsoft Office version.
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You can read our guide here.
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