


If the end user clicks on a part of Office that has not yet been downloaded, Click-to-Run will jump ahead to that part of Office and make it available. Streaming allows the end user to open and use Office before the entire software suite has been downloaded.

Click-to-Run streams Office installs over a network, much the same way YouTube streams videos to website visitors. Traditional software downloads require a complete (and sometimes lengthy) download before the product can be unpackaged, installed and used on an endpoint computer. Bigelow, Senior Technology EditorĬlick-to-Run is a feature that allows Microsoft products, including Office 2010, Office 2013 and Office 365, to be installed quickly.
