Solved Office 365 Suite - User Licensing T&C
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So this is a conversation from work that we're trying to look into, and basically only the T&C can resolve it.
There are three questions
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Can a single license [email protected] share their credentials to activate office across multiple computer with other users?
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Or is [email protected] allowed to activate the software on up X of their own personal devices for them to use?
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Is there some sort of sharing license that can be assigned to an individual IE jane.doe and would be allow something like question 1?
I'm not looking for conjecture, I want to see what the actual license agreement and T&C says about this. I'm 99.9999% certain that question 2 is how the license is written but we've been asked to look.
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But the answer is O365 licensing is per user. Users get to use it on up to X devices.
If you have 1 device shared by 3 people, you need 3 licensees.
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@DustinB3403 said in Office 365 Suite - User Licensing T&C:
I'm not looking for conjecture,
Hire a lawyer.
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But the answer is O365 licensing is per user. Users get to use it on up to X devices.
If you have 1 device shared by 3 people, you need 3 licensees.
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@JaredBusch said in Office 365 Suite - User Licensing T&C:
But the answer is O365 licensing is per user. Users get to use it on up to X devices.
If you have 1 device shared by 3 people, you need 3 licensees.
That's exactly what I said, to which I was meet with "MS has some licensing option where you can have account, with multiple seats"
And this is where I am now. LOL. I really just looking to see if anyone truly knows where the license is.
@JaredBusch said in Office 365 Suite - User Licensing T&C:
Hire a lawyer.
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@DustinB3403 said in Office 365 Suite - User Licensing T&C:
That's exactly what I said, to which I was meet with "MS has some licensing option where you can have account, with multiple seats"
Not with O365.
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@JaredBusch said in Office 365 Suite - User Licensing T&C:
@DustinB3403 said in Office 365 Suite - User Licensing T&C:
That's exactly what I said, to which I was meet with "MS has some licensing option where you can have account, with multiple seats"
Not with O365.
Which goes back to question 2 (of which you confirmed) it's a per user license, even though MS allows said user to use that license on up to 5 devices.
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@DustinB3403 said in Office 365 Suite - User Licensing T&C:
even though
There is no "even though" it is a per user license allowed to be used by that user on XX devices.
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@JaredBusch said in Office 365 Suite - User Licensing T&C:
@DustinB3403 said in Office 365 Suite - User Licensing T&C:
even though
There is no "even though" it is a per user license allowed to be used by that user on XX devices.
Same meaning, MS allows 1 user to use their account to activate and they-themselves use the software on X devices.
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@DustinB3403 said in Office 365 Suite - User Licensing T&C:
@JaredBusch said in Office 365 Suite - User Licensing T&C:
@DustinB3403 said in Office 365 Suite - User Licensing T&C:
even though
There is no "even though" it is a per user license allowed to be used by that user on XX devices.
Same meaning, MS allows 1 user to use their account to activate and they-themselves use the software on X devices.
Correct.
Now if one of those computers is shared - technically, Jane needs to log out, Dick logs in and Office activates at that time from his license.
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@DustinB3403 said in Office 365 Suite - User Licensing T&C:
That's exactly what I said, to which I was meet with "MS has some licensing option where you can have account, with multiple seats"
If they want this type of licensing - they need to buy Volume Licensing or OEM or FBP (Full Box Product). These licenses are tied to the hardware.
Reminder OEM and FBP box expire when the PC expires, non transferable to another device. -
@dbeato said in Office 365 Suite - User Licensing T&C:
Look at this
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployoffice/overview-of-shared-computer-activation-for-office-365-proplusSure this enables you to 'deploy' the software generally without having to tie the install to a specific user. In fact these types of installs from my past readings don't count against the users 5 installs. It's more of an honor system for these devices - but, when the software is run, it will prompt for their O365 logon to verify the right to use it.
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@dbeato said in Office 365 Suite - User Licensing T&C:
Look at this
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployoffice/overview-of-shared-computer-activation-for-office-365-proplusYeah that's just the deployment aspect, each user still has to activate/authenticate the software with an O365 subscription.
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I'm pretty certain I know the answer, which is hell no MS isn't allowing multiple people to use a single license (they'd be insane too).
I'd still love to see something regarding this from MS on a ToS etc. . .
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@DustinB3403 said in Office 365 Suite - User Licensing T&C:
I'm pretty certain I know the answer, which is hell no MS isn't allowing multiple people to use a single license (they'd be insane too).
I'd still love to see something regarding this from MS on a ToS etc. . .
It's as simple as their licensing. The license is by user. They don't need anything more in the T&C. You add a person, you need a license.
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They have a per user price. Attempting to have more users, without paying, is cut and dry. You can see why they don't write it up anywhere, it's unnecessary.
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@DustinB3403 said in Office 365 Suite - User Licensing T&C:
I'm pretty certain I know the answer, which is hell no MS isn't allowing multiple people to use a single license (they'd be insane too).
Not only would MS be insane to allow that, but so would you unless you dont care about accountability at all in your organization.
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@JaredBusch said in Office 365 Suite - User Licensing T&C:
But the answer is O365 licensing is per user. Users get to use it on up to X devices.
If you have 1 device shared by 3 people, you need 3 licensees.
You can mark this as solved @DustinB3403
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@scottalanmiller and @IRJ I know, but @scottalanmiller I'm dealing with the previously discussed issue who would argue that the sun isn't actually hot at all.
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And having something as stupid as this literally written down (even in plain English "each human needs their own account") would be the hammer meets nail type of thing.
