[dba-Tech] The latest from "Microsoft 365 admin center"

[Jim Lawrence]

It has been a steady march forward(?) in all computer systems and for all applications as 32bit systems are no longer being supported. You would think that application should be smart enough to recognize the environment to which it is being installed and make the appropriate adjustments. How difficult is it to check for 64bit hardware and either install or warn?

Aside: According to one survey, from https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/, it reports 97.9% of users are running a 64-bit build of Windows - giving only 2.1% on 32-bit Windows. There is little concern given with continuing to support the millions of 32 bit machines as there is no profit in these legacy boxes. (There is still supported Linux kernels along with associated software that run on 486 motherboards but software upgrades are not always regular.)

For interest sake the latest version of Alpine Linux comes in at 49MB for a base version and 58MB for a version with a GUI and should have an additional 150MB for data storage (IoT crunched version needs only 8MB): https://alpinelinux.org/downloads/ and https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/images/1/10/Awesome-01.png) If you have Docker set up on your computer you can just run Alpine in a container or just boot up a live addition (non-destructive) Alpine version for a very small USB stick.

Jim 

----- Original Message -----
From: "John R Bartow" <jbartow at winhaven.net>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>, "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <AccessD at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Monday, December 24, 2018 1:28:20 PM
Subject: [dba-Tech] The latest from "Microsoft 365 admin center"

We’re making some changes to default installation settings
MC171479
Stay Informed
Published On : December 22, 2018
Office ProPlus and Office 2019 will now be installed with 64-bit as the default setting. Previously, the default setting was 32-bit at installation. This change will begin rolling out in mid-January, 2019.
How does this affect me?

After this change takes place, the 64-bit version of Office will automatically be installed unless you explicitly select the 32-bit version before beginning the installation process.

If you install the 64-bit version, but wanted the 32-bit version instead, you must first uninstall the 64-bit version before installing the 32-bit version. The same is true if you installed the 32-bit version but want to install the 64-bit version.

This change will begin rolling out in mid-January, 2019.

Wow, I can see the “add-in crashing hell” already!
John B

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