Microsoft Office was originally released back in 1990 and became an important part of most people’s lives. Now the company has decided to rebrand Office to Microsoft 365. Beginning in November 2022, Office.com, the Office mobile app, and the Office app for Windows will become Microsoft 365 apps.
Microsoft has confirmed that there will be no change to your existing account, profile, subscription, or files. Your apps will automatically get a new icon and name. There will also be no change to Office 365 subscription plans.
Microsoft bundles Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, and OneNote applications under the office suite. These apps will still retain their individual names under the new branding.
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Microsoft has changed the names of several products to include Microsoft branding in recent years. Microsoft Threat Protection became Microsoft 365 Defender, Azure Advanced Threat Protection became Microsoft Defender for Identity, and several other products got the Microsoft branding via a name change. Here’s a list.
| Old Name | New Name |
| Microsoft Threat Protection | Microsoft 365 Defender |
| Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection | Microsoft Defender for Endpoint |
| Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection | Microsoft Defender for Office 365 |
| Microsoft Cloud App Security | Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps |
| Azure Advanced Threat Protection | Microsoft Defender for Identity |
| Azure Security Center/Azure Defender | Microsoft Defender for Cloud |
| Azure Defender for IoT | Microsoft Defender for IoT |
| Azure Sentinel | Microsoft Sentinel |
