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Bronze Contributor

Sep 07, 2017

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What version of Excel (on Windows) is required to do co-authoring?

I recently say this post: https://blogs.office.com/en-us/2017/08/31/new-to-office-365-in-august-enriching-teamwork/ That says Excel real time co-authoring is now generally available. What version o...

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Detlef_Lewin

Silver Contributor

Sep 07, 2017

Eric,

co-authoring is available as of version 1707 build 8326.2058.

Rob Barker

Iron Contributor

Apr 13, 2018

I have two users running Version 1708 Build 8431.2236 ...higher than the stated requirements for desktop Excel co-authoring. Neither of them can open an Excel that I shared with them from my OneDrive for Business. They can co-author in Excel online (i.e., the browser version) but they cannot co-author in Excel desktop (the file will not open for them if I already have it open.) If I'm not in the file, they can open it individually and save changes, which I see later after they've closed it and I re-open it.

They are on Office 365 semi-annual channel and I'm on Monthly targeted channel. They do not have the AutoSave button in the upper left corner of Excel (which I believe it supposed to provide a good visual indicator that the user has the correct version for co-authoring.)

How do I get them co-authoring in Excel desktop? What version is required?