Office 365

wirestyle22

@wirestyle22 said:

@Dashrender said:

@BRRABill said:

@Dashrender said:

it would be pretty hard for them to prevent users from installing at home. Though when the company tells you to log into a device, you had probably have a license available for your work device, or you have some 'splainin' to do Lucy!.

Right but like for us, there is only 1 device, so it would be nice to extend that to the employees for home use.

Just making sure this isn't a non-best-practice rookie-IT no-no.

Nah - I'm sure that's the whole reason MS made it 5 per user.

In the sorta olden' days, if you had Volume License Office with Software Assurance - MS would let you users buy the same version of Office for home use for $10.. it was called the Home Use Program - HUP.

5 devices per user? really?

Yes, not including their mobile devices. I think they get another five of those. It's five desktops, laptops, etc. Pretty extensive.

That's crazy.

scottalanmiller

@DustinB3403 said:

I have a personal computer, tablet, cell phone, laptop and then work pc.

Theres 5.

Tablet, cell phone don't count.

It's work laptop, work desktop, home laptop, home desktop and "desktop at in laws" or something like that that is more likely for most people.

wirestyle22

@coliver said:

@wirestyle22 said:

@Dashrender said:

@BRRABill said:

@Dashrender said:

it would be pretty hard for them to prevent users from installing at home. Though when the company tells you to log into a device, you had probably have a license available for your work device, or you have some 'splainin' to do Lucy!.

Right but like for us, there is only 1 device, so it would be nice to extend that to the employees for home use.

Just making sure this isn't a non-best-practice rookie-IT no-no.

Nah - I'm sure that's the whole reason MS made it 5 per user.

In the sorta olden' days, if you had Volume License Office with Software Assurance - MS would let you users buy the same version of Office for home use for $10.. it was called the Home Use Program - HUP.

5 devices per user? really?

Too few? I think most users probably have at least 5.

No I think based on what SAM just said that is more than enough.

scottalanmiller

@wirestyle22 said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@wirestyle22 said:

@Dashrender said:

@BRRABill said:

@Dashrender said:

it would be pretty hard for them to prevent users from installing at home. Though when the company tells you to log into a device, you had probably have a license available for your work device, or you have some 'splainin' to do Lucy!.

Right but like for us, there is only 1 device, so it would be nice to extend that to the employees for home use.

Just making sure this isn't a non-best-practice rookie-IT no-no.

Nah - I'm sure that's the whole reason MS made it 5 per user.

In the sorta olden' days, if you had Volume License Office with Software Assurance - MS would let you users buy the same version of Office for home use for $10.. it was called the Home Use Program - HUP.

5 devices per user? really?

Yes, not including their mobile devices. I think they get another five of those. It's five desktops, laptops, etc. Pretty extensive.

That's crazy.

They want it to extend to home. It's not as good as it sounds. I keep multiple homes with desktops in them, so I can use up five really quickly.

Dashrender

@scottalanmiller said:

@wirestyle22 said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@wirestyle22 said:

@Dashrender said:

@BRRABill said:

@Dashrender said:

it would be pretty hard for them to prevent users from installing at home. Though when the company tells you to log into a device, you had probably have a license available for your work device, or you have some 'splainin' to do Lucy!.

Right but like for us, there is only 1 device, so it would be nice to extend that to the employees for home use.

Just making sure this isn't a non-best-practice rookie-IT no-no.

Nah - I'm sure that's the whole reason MS made it 5 per user.

In the sorta olden' days, if you had Volume License Office with Software Assurance - MS would let you users buy the same version of Office for home use for $10.. it was called the Home Use Program - HUP.

5 devices per user? really?

Yes, not including their mobile devices. I think they get another five of those. It's five desktops, laptops, etc. Pretty extensive.

That's crazy.

They want it to extend to home. It's not as good as it sounds. I keep multiple homes with desktops in them, so I can use up five really quickly.

And there's Scott pissin' on an awesome thing again Those who can afford multiple homes can afford multiple licenses.

This is way better than it used to be, a license for every desktop/laptop combo.

scottalanmiller

@Dashrender said:

And there's Scott pissin' on an awesome thing again Those who can afford multiple homes can afford multiple licenses.
bo.

Those that can still don't want to have to remember multiple accounts and manage them separately though. It makes it lack SSO.

Dashrender

@scottalanmiller said:

@Dashrender said:

And there's Scott pissin' on an awesome thing again Those who can afford multiple homes can afford multiple licenses.
bo.

Those that can still don't want to have to remember multiple accounts and manage them separately though. It makes it lack SSO.

You definitely have a point - No clue what the solution to it might be.

wrx7m

I noticed that I can have 10 devices for my O365 account. Maybe because I am the Admin?

wirestyle22

@wrx7m said:

I noticed that I can have 10 devices for my O365 account. Maybe because I am the Admin?

10 non-mobile devices?

JaredBusch

@wirestyle22 said:

@wrx7m said:

I noticed that I can have 10 devices for my O365 account. Maybe because I am the Admin?

10 non-mobile devices?

They are changing the admin console. did they just combine the 5 desk and 5 mobile for that number?

wrx7m

I will check. I installed it over the weekend on a new desktop and it said I was using 5 of 10.

wirestyle22

@JaredBusch said:

@wirestyle22 said:

@wrx7m said:

I noticed that I can have 10 devices for my O365 account. Maybe because I am the Admin?

10 non-mobile devices?

They are changing the admin console. did they just combine the 5 desk and 5 mobile for that number?

I don't know. Part of the reason I'm asking him. I learned that in this thread anyway so what do I really know? lol.