

- #MICROSOFT OFFICE PERSONAL LICENSE PER LIFE LICENSE KEY#
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The cost for an open license is nearly twice as much as a single one-off license from a reseller like Amazon.Ħ. A lot of smaller companies buy computers on an as-needed basis & have no interest in buying licenses in bulk, especially since With less than 300 users who don’t have the infrastructure or buying workflow to setup app servers or who don’t want to buy in bulk.

Technically they should be going with a MAK or KMS solution for a larger quantity of installations, but I support many businesses *** Email address is removed for privacy *** ). If they have more than 30 accounts, I created a second account I create a generic email address at each company I support (ex.

You can, of course, have multiple accounts since accounts are simply tied to a unique email address - so just make more email addresses.ĥ. You can only activate 30 products (2013 Office family products, that is) per Live account (Office, Project, etc.). The MS Live account can be based on any email address, so you can do *** Email address is removed for privacy *** to have an in-house “admin account for managing the license keys.Ĥ. The sign-out is a one-time requirement & enables the computer to be “standalone”.ģ. Your Microsoft activation “admin” account email address on every single computer (ex. Although that email address is required for activation, that account can be de-coupled within an Office program after installation (it will default over to say the local domain account you’re logged into), so you don’t have to worry about having to manage
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For the 2013 Home & Business version, Microsoft requires an Office license key to be activated against an MS Live account. If you’re already past that point, then you’re in for a research project, which is annoying, but only has to be done once. That you have to manage the license key list manually yourself, sorted by order of activation - otherwise you are screwed.
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It is not a professional move by MicrosoftĪt all, but I’d imagine that it is by design: they want you to buy a monthly 365 subscription, so they’re providing the minimum level of effort required to manage anything other than a bulk open-license KMS/MAK mass-activation service.
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I ran into the issues discussed in this thread with Microsoft Office 2013 for Business as well I support multiple companies as a tech consultant & had to create a manual workflow for this. UNOFFICIAL “OFFICE 2013 FOR BUSINESS” MANAGEMENT PROCEDURE: Hope this helps.įor those visiting this thread in 2015 (or later):

If I have to redo something, the service tag convention will always give me access to the correct account corresponding the the exact system I am working on.
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I use only Dell so it is pretty uniformĪnd using the same password on all systems I don’t have to keep track of them. The best solution someone else came up with that I am now using is to create an account with the unique service codes that come with most computers with a generic password. Here is another idea that some people are using: This 7-year term will align with the support period for Office 2016.DIY Process for Managing Office 2013/365 licenses – Limit 20? 30? LESS? licenses/account(? ) Search for a specific Office product to see its corresponding Lifecycle Policy and end-of-support dates.įor Office 2019, Microsoft will provide 5 years of mainstream support with 2 years of extended support as an exception to the 10-year Fixed-Lifecycle Policy term. Other Office on-premises products are governed by the Fixed Lifecycle Policy. There are no naming changes for Office 365 Enterprise, Government, and Education editions and Microsoft 365 Enterprise, Government, and Education editions.
