O365 Multiple Users One Computer
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Scott just posted in another thread the question - do you really need/want sync with O365?
there was no answer - but even asking the question means you need to dig into the implications.
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@StrongBad said
Each user needs to sign in somehow, but I don't believe each time. Once they have signed in, often they stay signed in. And if you are using some kind of sync mechanism, which many people do, then signing into the user account for the desktop should be the sign in for MS Office.
That seems to be the opposite of what @Minion-Queen said, no?
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@BRRABill said in O365 Multiple Users One Computer:
@StrongBad said
Each user needs to sign in somehow, but I don't believe each time. Once they have signed in, often they stay signed in. And if you are using some kind of sync mechanism, which many people do, then signing into the user account for the desktop should be the sign in for MS Office.
That seems to be the opposite of what @Minion-Queen said, no?
MS Office from O365 requires that you sign in to use it. But it is on the machine with access to everyone.
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@StrongBad said
MS Office from O365 requires that you sign in to use it. But it is on the machine with access to everyone.
So John can sign in, and then Susie and Bobby can both use it on their own PC account without needing an O365 account?
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@BRRABill said in O365 Multiple Users One Computer:
@StrongBad said
MS Office from O365 requires that you sign in to use it. But it is on the machine with access to everyone.
So John can sign in, and then Susie and Bobby can both use it on their own PC account without needing an O365 account?
Susie and Bobby can't use Office legally on the computer, unless they too have a O365 account.
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@Dashrender said
Susie and Bobby can't use Office legally on the computer, unless they too have a O365 account.
But like I said, that's not what @Minion-Queen said...
"However installing Office on a machine (just like traditional office licenses) is available to all users on that machine. Even if for their individual desktops they configure outlook for their own account. Don't think of office with )365 as anything other than a MS office license, cause that is exactly what it is." -
@BRRABill said in O365 Multiple Users One Computer:
@StrongBad said
MS Office from O365 requires that you sign in to use it. But it is on the machine with access to everyone.
So John can sign in, and then Susie and Bobby can both use it on their own PC account without needing an O365 account?
No, it will ask them to sign in.
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@Minion-Queen would you like a chance at a rebuttal?
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@BRRABill said in O365 Multiple Users One Computer:
@Dashrender said
Susie and Bobby can't use Office legally on the computer, unless they too have a O365 account.
But like I said, that's not what @Minion-Queen said...
"However installing Office on a machine (just like traditional office licenses) is available to all users on that machine. Even if for their individual desktops they configure outlook for their own account. Don't think of office with )365 as anything other than a MS office license, cause that is exactly what it is."It's not exactly like it, traditional Office was licensed per device. O365 Office is licensed per user. So each user of the machine needs an O365 license to be compliant.
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Okay I tested it out. If you log in as a new user it asks you to sign in but works anyway. So you know that you have not signed in, but you aren't blocked from accessing the application.
