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Silver Contributor

Oct 06, 2016

Excel 2016 and Co-Authoring

I seem to recall hearing that Excel 2016 client application co-authoring is coming soon. Is there anywhere online that has more information about this? Also, does anyone know will co-authoring w...

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Jon Lee

Copper Contributor

Mar 08, 2017

Hi Brent,

Sorry if you've already read my other replies about excel co-authoring but seems a lot of people are waiting on MS for this. Until then ...

give http://www.xlshare.net a try. It does co-authoring and real-time collaboration in Excel 2016 (desktop). This is available now and there is a free version to use. There is a video on the website which demonstrates it's capabilities.

It is very simple to use. Should take less than a minute to install and doesn't require any additional software.

As for RMS-protected files. If it opens up in Excel 2016 then it'll work. XLShare is just an addin to Excel.

Jon

kallaswamy
Microsoft
Nov 15, 2021
Jon Lee Co-Authoring Truly works only post the Excel 365 September 2019 Release. Collaborate on Excel workbooks at the same time with co-authoring (microsoft.com)

Note: This feature is only available if you have a Microsoft 365 subscription . If you are a Microsoft 365 subscriber, make sure you have the latest version of Office .