The Smart Method is the only publisher that does this to keep our books up to date. At the time of writing this article (in September 2020) we’d recently published the fourth edition covering the July 2020 semi-annual update. The Smart Method supports the ever-changing nature of Office 365 by publishing a new version of our books every six months to support each new release. This provided a solid and tested “Semi-annual” version in January and July each year. Business users could opt in to a six-monthly update channel. Instead of the old 3-year update cycle, 365 is a constantly evolving product with new features arriving as each new version is released.īecause business users don’t want constant change (and need rock-solid reliable releases) Microsoft introduced the concept of “update channels” for Office 365.
Excel 365 is planned to have an infinite life.
