To start with, just get your head around Click to Run being an installation method, NOT a software subscription license, and it will make it easy to use the right terminology.In earlier versions of Microsoft Office, users could select Install options and customize the installation by installing only selected Office applications, or select an application to be installed on first use, or completely disable an application. Just to add a little more confusion, Office Professional Plus 2013 with a volume license agreement IS an MSI installer package. That’s still a delivery channel that Microsoft makes available - a one-time purchase for installation on one PC or Mac.
Now more commonly it’s bought as a card (Office 2016), with a download link and an activation code. Microsoft Office Home and Business used to be available in a retail store as a DVD (Office 2013). And it’s installed via the Click to Run installation technology. It’s the version of Office that you only get to use while you are paying for a valid Office 365 license subscription and it’s the version that you’re allowed to install & run on a Remote Desktop Server. It’s the version of Office that’s activated with your Office 365 plan license, installed on your PC/Mac, and regularly updated. Office 365 ProPlus gets a little lost in the Office 365 plan terminology. What they are usually asking though is “Does x thing apply to the Office 2013 DVD from my local retailer too or only to the Office 365 ProPlus software?” Here’s the thing - an Office 2013 retail DVD IS a Click to Run installation. “Does x thing apply to Office retail editions too or only to the Click to Run version?” There is a bit of confusion with terminology and I’ve seen several IT Pro conversations start like this:
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