Microsoft 365 is changing its build numbers to a five-digit format

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  • Applies to:
    Microsoft 365 Business, Microsoft 365 Apps for business, Microsoft 365 Family, Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise, Microsoft 365 Personal, Project Pro for Microsoft 365, Visio Pro for Microsoft 365

Summary

In June 2018, Microsoft 365 is changing its build numbers from a four-digit to a five-digit format. This change is shown in the following table.

Version Digit mask Example
Old 4.4 build 1234.5678
New 5.5 build 12345.67890

To locate the build number of an Office installation, start an Office application, select File > Account, and then look under About \<ProgramName>.

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How does this change affect me?

If you're an information worker, this change shouldn't affect you. You'll see this change only in the Backstage build version number. This change won't affect the functionality of any application.

If you're an IT Professional or an ISV, this change shouldn't affect any of your manageability tools if those tools have no hardcoded logic that expects to find four-digit build numbers. This expectation also applies to any line-of-business (LOB) applications that may rely on logic that detects build version numbers.

Note

The major version number in Office binary files remains 16.0. Therefore, this change doesn't affect registry hive locations or file folder locations.