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		abrowne on Jan 25, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Office 365 is now on Mac App Store My question exactly: did MS change Office to get in the Mac App Store rules or did Apple change the MAS rules to get Office in?

dg246 on Jan 25, 2019 | [–]

Neither. The existing Office desktop apps are already sandboxed.

saagarjha on Jan 25, 2019 | [–]

Apple has allowed Microsoft Office quite a few exemptions that are not normally handed out.

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