ITTA offers a Microsoft Office 2021 catalogue with the Office 2021 – What’s New course. It covers the on-premises version’s contributions (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote 2021) compared to previous versions: new Excel data types, XLOOKUP and LET functions, simplified co-authoring, Morph transitions in PowerPoint, improved Outlook search, native HEIF/HEVC support. Audience: Office users moving from 2016/2019 to Office 2021. Sessions delivered in Geneva, Lausanne and interactive virtual classroom.
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Office 2021 training in Geneva and Lausanne. 1 day to discover all Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook new features at ITTA Switzerland.
Microsoft Office 2021 is the perpetual on-premises version of the Office suite, distributed as a one-time licence without subscription, released in October 2021. It differs from Microsoft 365 (subscription, continuous updates, cloud services) through a one-shot purchase model, updates limited to security fixes and the absence of cloud features specific to 365 (real-time co-authoring on OneDrive, Copilot, Loop, Stream, Planner). Office 2021 targets organisations and users not wanting to switch to subscription, with connectivity constraints, or needing a stable environment over several years.
The 2021 version includes Word 2021, Excel 2021, PowerPoint 2021, Outlook 2021, OneNote 2021 and, depending on the edition, Access and Publisher. It comes in Office Home and Student 2021, Office Home and Business 2021, Office Professional 2021 and Office LTSC 2021 (Long-Term Servicing Channel) for organisations wanting a locked, certified version for mass deployment. In French-speaking Switzerland, many organisations keep Office 2021 on certain devices (offline workstations, industrial environments, public organisations) alongside Microsoft 365 on others.
Office 2021 brings a series of evolutions compared to Office 2019. On Excel: new dynamic XLOOKUP, LET functions, dynamic array functions (FILTER, SORT, UNIQUE, SEQUENCE), Stocks and Geography data types. On PowerPoint: Morph transitions, 4K video export, improved narration recording. On Word: asynchronous co-authoring via personal OneDrive or SharePoint, improved sidebar navigation. On Outlook: improved search, integrated translation, quick reply experience. All modules benefit from a new visual interface close to Fluent Design, native HEIF/HEVC support and enriched digital ink writing.
The Office 2021 – What’s New course is designed for Office users already comfortable with Office 2016 or Office 2019 moving to the 2021 version. The programme covers identifying interface changes, taking in hand new Excel functions (XLOOKUP, LET, FILTER, SORT, UNIQUE), Morph transitions and improved video recording in PowerPoint, Word evolutions (asynchronous co-authoring, navigation), Outlook improvements (search, translation), OneNote novelties, and an Office 2021 vs Microsoft 365 comparison to help arbitrate between the two models. It is a short course, upgrade-oriented, designed to limit productivity loss when changing version.
Office 2021 shares the application engine with Microsoft 365. Many best practices are common to both. Our catalogue covers both universes in a complementary way. The Microsoft Office publisher regroups the entire Office suite catalogue by module (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook). The Microsoft 365 publisher covers the subscription version with cloud services (Exchange Online, SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, Copilot). For per-module detail, the Microsoft Word publisher deepens word processing and the Microsoft Excel publisher addresses spreadsheet use and data analysis.
Many organisations renew their Office fleet every 3 to 5 years. The move to Office 2021 requires a refresh for users accustomed to older interfaces and functions, particularly on Excel where new dynamic functions deeply change how to write formulas.
Some contexts (industrial sites, laboratories, classified services, regulated environments) require Office workstations without permanent cloud connection. Office 2021 LTSC is designed for these scenarios: controlled deployment, security updates only, long lifespan.
Many organisations use both: Office 2021 for stable profiles (back-office, operations), Microsoft 365 for mobile and collaborative profiles (sales, projects, management). Understanding feature differences allows arbitrating correctly.
Should I choose Office 2021 or Microsoft 365?
Office 2021 if you want a perpetual licence, without subscription, on stable workstations, without need for cloud features. Microsoft 365 if you want cloud services (Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Exchange Online), Copilot, continuous updates, and a per-user subscription logic. Our Office 2021 What’s New course helps clarify the choice based on your context.
Does Office 2021 receive updates?
Office 2021 receives security and correction updates, but no new features. Functional evolutions are reserved for Microsoft 365. The LTSC version follows a Microsoft-defined support cycle (check the official site for exact dates per edition).
Are XLOOKUP, FILTER, SORT functions available in Office 2021?
Yes, these dynamic array functions are available in Excel 2021. They were already in Microsoft 365. They are not available in Office 2019 and earlier.
Is this course suitable for an Office beginner?
No, the Office 2021 What’s New course targets users already comfortable on Office (2016 or 2019) moving to 2021. For a beginner, we rather guide to Fundamentals courses per module (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
Our Office 2021 – What’s New sessions are scheduled in Geneva, Lausanne and interactive virtual classroom with a live trainer. The format is short (typically 1 day), focused on identifying gaps from Office 2016/2019 and quickly taking the novelties in hand. For organisations migrating a fleet, we propose an in-house declination with exercises built on your own Word, Excel and PowerPoint files to limit pedagogical disruption with your context. Material modalities communicated by the education team in advance.
ITTA offers a coherent Microsoft Office catalogue covering both the perpetual Office 2021 version and the Microsoft 365 subscription version. This dual vision allows addressing the Office suite as a whole and arbitrating between the two models according to your context. Our Office trainers are professionals active on office automation projects in French-speaking Switzerland, able to illustrate the practical differences between Office 2021 and Microsoft 365 with concrete examples from the field. Sessions available in Geneva, Lausanne and interactive virtual classroom, in-house and inter-company.
For an Office 2016 or 2019 user moving to Office 2021, the most useful first visual cues are the new ribbon icons (Fluent Design refresh in monochrome), rounded window corners and improved dark mode. Keyboard shortcuts remain almost identical, limiting disruption for advanced users. Tools-wise, the new Search panel / Microsoft Search remains different depending on whether you are on Office 2021 perpetual (local search) or Microsoft 365 (cross-application cloud search). This distinction is one of the most important to master on the user side.
Office 2021 remains a product primarily focused on workstations. For cloud uses (Teams, OneDrive, SharePoint, real-time co-authoring via the cloud), moving to Microsoft 365 remains the most natural option. This course addresses this boundary clearly, helping each participant position their Office use relative to the rest of their organisation’s collaborative environment. On hybrid contexts (Office 2021 workstations for back-office, Microsoft 365 for management and sales), it is useful to understand the compatibility rules between both universes, particularly on Word/Excel/PowerPoint co-authoring which remains smoother on Microsoft 365.
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