Microsoft 365 Copilot has replaced Microsoft Office
It’s a matter of taste, but many people don’t understand the weird names Microsoft gives its products. Even less does it deny a globally recognized brand like Office in favor of something as incomprehensible as Microsoft 365. Which is now called Microsoft 365 Copilot.
Microsoft is good at the basics: Windows, Office, Xbox, and Surface; they're flawless. But when it comes to releasing new parts, the chaos begins.
At first, they start well: Windows 1.0, Windows 3.1, etc. But then I started changing to XP, Vista, then back to Windows 7, no more Windows 9, etc.
Something similar happened with Xbox. As it went on, instead of using Xbox 2, I used Xbox 360, then Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S... who understands this?
Office follows a regular numbering, using release years, except for Office XP: Office 95, Office 97, 2016, 2019, Office 2024, etc.
But then Microsoft decided to destroy a global brand it had nurtured for over 30 years, adopting the name Microsoft 365, which is confusing and says absolutely nothing.
The version with the online Office apps was called Microsoft 365 Office, or at least that's what people called it so they wouldn't get lost. But now, if you search for it in the Windows Store, it's been renamed Microsoft 365 Copilot.
The Office name is slowly disappearing from Microsoft platforms. If you want to use Word, Excel, Access, etc., remember that they are now part of Microsoft 365 Copilot.