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No co-authoring in Teams without Office ProPlus?
What version of Office client is required for Teams to have full functionalities/best UX?
Nothing is mentioned in the https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/upgrade-plan-journey-prerequisites, yet I read that without ProPlus you can't co-author on files stored in Teams (SharePoint) because the Office apps must be authenticated with O365. Without that co-authoring is only possible in the browser
EDIT:
Just found https://support.office.com/en-us/article/collaborate-on-word-documents-with-real-time-co-authoring-7dd3040c-3f30-4fdd-bab0-8586492a1f1d:
For Word - You'll still be coauthoring, as long as you're an Office 365 subscriber, using one of these versions of Word:
- Word 2016 for Windows
- Word 2016 for Mac
- Word on a mobile device (Android, iOS, or Windows)
If you're using an older version of Word, or if you're not a subscriber, you can still edit the document at the same time others are working in it, but you won't have real-time collaboration
For Excel however https://support.office.com/en-us/article/collaborate-on-excel-workbooks-at-the-same-time-with-co-authoring-7152aa8b-b791-414c-a3bb-3024e46fb104
Michele Casazza It is good you found the information already on desktop application requirements.
However, I'd like to point out also that Office Online allows co-authoring. So you can co-author many documents without the need for Office Proplus. However, Online doesn't come en par with desktop application functionalities and there are limits in documents (especially Excel) that is supported.
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Michele Casazza It is good you found the information already on desktop application requirements.
However, I'd like to point out also that Office Online allows co-authoring. So you can co-author many documents without the need for Office Proplus. However, Online doesn't come en par with desktop application functionalities and there are limits in documents (especially Excel) that is supported.
Vesa Nopanen Is it fair to say that without Office 365 client apps you don't get the full co-authoring experience on desktop? (The limitation seems to be attributable to Excel)
- Not exactly. Office Online provides a real good co-authoring experience - with quite fast updates.
What Office Online lacks, is the full support to features desktop applications provide. Especially on Excel. But this depends a lot of what kind Excel spreadsheet you have.
Usually the best practice is to use latest versions of Office 365 client apps to make sure co-authoring also works the best way - and be used with Online versions also.
