Office Defaults to 64-bit in 2019

For years now, Microsoft has had a 64-bit version of Office as well as a 32-bit.  The default has been 32-bit, as has the vast majority of installations.  Microsoft has recently announced “Office ProPlus and Office 2019 will now be installed with 64-bit as the default setting. Previously, the default setting was 32-bit installation. This change will begin rolling out in mid-January, 2019.” This clearly indicates the direction Microsoft would like users to take.  Most Word, Excel, and PowerPoint users would never know the difference.  Unfortunately, Access developers learned very quickly that Access databases compiled on the 32-bit version will not run on the 64 bit version of Access. Sunday Business Systems supports both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of our … Continue reading Office Defaults to 64-bit in 2019