- MICROSOFT OFFICE 365 HOME PREMIUM 5 USER INSTALL
- MICROSOFT OFFICE 365 HOME PREMIUM 5 USER PRO
- MICROSOFT OFFICE 365 HOME PREMIUM 5 USER SOFTWARE
- MICROSOFT OFFICE 365 HOME PREMIUM 5 USER WINDOWS
What BizDPS is saying is all I've seen written by Microsoft.
MICROSOFT OFFICE 365 HOME PREMIUM 5 USER SOFTWARE
However, I have seen ZERO mention on what the rules are in regards to installing the software on a device and other users accessing it. No terminal server or anything of that nature. They do make clear when discussing licensing that the software can NOT be used in a RDP/VDI manner. They aren't providing the mechanisms to authenticate against users, just saying that for each user you are given 5 concurrent device installatons. They should really just change the wording to "devices" and drop the whole "user" terminology. And there is NO mechanism that prevents someone who isn't the Project Manager from logging into one of those computers and using the software (I know, I've tested it).
MICROSOFT OFFICE 365 HOME PREMIUM 5 USER INSTALL
However I don't see any mention to it being "not allowed" for a Project Manager to install Project on there corporate issued work computer, installing it on an assistants computer, installing it on a communal computer in their project groups work area, and so on. And you probably also don't need every user being able to install the software on 5 devices. More then likely you don't want or need every user having Project or Visio. But with the new Project and Visio 2013 offerings this is probably something that would matter.
MICROSOFT OFFICE 365 HOME PREMIUM 5 USER PRO
Now, this might not be a big issue with something like "Office Pro 2013" where every single user you would be creating anyway would be given 5 devices, which means 10 users end up with 50 devices which is ridiculous really. Sorry, I'm not going to take something that a Microsoft support person says as fact without the proof in the form of the Licensing Agreement or other legal document. And the people at Microsoft have been useless in answering any of these types of questions or providing the proof.
MICROSOFT OFFICE 365 HOME PREMIUM 5 USER WINDOWS
"An Office installation activated against a user subscription remains activated on that computer for all Windows users and all Office users as long as the Office 365 subscription of the installing user remains active."Īnd they make no mention to this being a "problem" or "issue".
They even mention it HERE in this article about licensing and activation of 365 ProPlus. They don't provide any mechanism to restrict all employees in a company with access to a communal computer from using the software. How is this "user" model suppose to work in a corporate environment with AD and SSO? How the heck would you enforce this "user" model in a situation where employees are capable of logging into multiple machines? Are they suppose to remove it from every device every time they finish because someone else might log on and be able to use it? Are they suppose to stream it over and over, adding unnecessary congestion to the network? Nothing in the authentication process really looks for the "user", they are identifying "devices". Then they advertise AD integration and SSO abilities. Each licenses allows installation on 5 concurrent devices. So they sell Office 365 licenses on a "user" basis. In regards to the "corporate" Office 365 package, I find one thing very confusing. Make it simpler but people would basically have to resetup their Outlook and so forth and passwords. And once you have all the mail migrated, delete the old domain and account add the new domain to the new account and get it all verified. Trying to find out if you can just create a new account and get those new MidSize plans and do an IMAP migration between the two. Was told they are working on a way to make the transition simpler. Let's say you have 20 users and in 2 months time you add 20 more and you need to go to the MidSize plan for MidSize/Enterprise you have to remigrate everything. The Small Business Plans are the same way. Did inform him though his rate will be dropping to $8/mo so he was happy about that.
Sucks because I had a customer who pays for 56 licenses for E2 for $14/mo and the MidSize is $15 and it comes with Office.
You have to start from scratch and re-migrate the mail. So let's say you have the E2 plan from the old plan you can't just buy new licenses for the MidSize plan and just reassign the licenses. Also, I spoke with our Microsoft rep and you can't transition between plans.