![]() On the other hand, if you want to share the subscription with family or friends, the "Microsoft 365 Family" plan is for you. It costs $70 a year (or $7 per month) and gives you access to all the apps alongside 1TB of OneDrive storage. If you would be the only one using the apps and services, the "Microsoft 365 Personal" plan is for you. ![]() The cloud service option comes in two offerings. If you need access to the suite of apps, Microsoft 365 is perhaps your best choice. In contrast, Office 2021 only allows you to install the apps on one computer running Windows 11 or 10, and you have to pay again for future upgrades. It is also the only option that provides continuous updates at a low cost of ownership. It’s how computer makers can offer Office for a lower price, by selling non-transferable software.Microsoft 365 is the best option since you can install the apps on every supported device (Windows 11, 10, 8.1, and macOS). When you buy a new computer with Office pre-installed, it’s a special license limited to that computer. OEM stands for ‘Original Equipment Manufacturer’. Standard retail Office perpetual licenses can be moved to another computer. Office OEM software is limited to one computer and CANNOT be transferred to another computer later. It’s best to avoid OEM licenses or, if you choose to buy, be aware of the limitation. Some Office licenses are listed as ‘OEM’ and cheaper. It’s often a problem following the exact activation instructions.Īlways pay by credit card as a separate purchase (not bundled with other products) so you can, as a last resort, complain to your card issuer for a refund (aka a chargeback). If that happens, check with the seller for help. Of course, the product key you buy might not activate software. Have you tried some of these ultra-cheap Office deals? How did it go … any problems? Product Key might not work has a good reputation or try Ebay sellers who have been established for some time with high rating. It’s best to only use well-established sites or providers. The scam here is to sell as many keys as possible, put off complaints for a long as possible before skipping out with the money. Some sellers offer software with product keys that don’t work. We’ve seen offers for Microsoft 365 that work by sharing a single Microsoft account! You login to Office using a given email/password (not yours) which means you’re sharing the same OneDrive storage and seeing other people’s documents in the Recent Documents list. There are many suppliers in this area of wildly varying legitimacy, so be careful. But there are also plenty of consumer bundles available like Home and Student which aren’t normally bought by organizations in bulk. That explains some Office bundles, especially ‘Professional Plus’ which is only available to volume license customers, not retail. It seems more likely this is an under-the-table deal, perhaps by staff in the organizations? Sometimes companies buy more licenses/keys than they need and you’re buying one of the extras.īut are these excess licenses being sold by the original purchaser? It’s hard to understand why a company would sell off licenses for a pittance, assuming they are allowed to resell them at all. The best we can tell is that you’re buying a legitimate product key sold by Microsoft to some large organization. Somehow the seller is getting their licenses very cheaply to sell for such low prices and still make money. After all, that’s way under either the wholesale or high-volume license cost. If someone is selling $400 software for $60 or less, there’s something strange happening. It’s accepted by Microsoft as legitimate (due to activation) but the path that the product key reaches you might not be entirely ‘kosher’. A cheap price and you get the software activated, albeit by some less common method. Let’s assume we’re talking about a deal like what we’ve described above. There’s no clear answer to that question because the sourcing isn’t known. That simple web page lets you type in the product key or Installation ID and, hopefully, get back an activation code you can put into Office. Use a smartphone because Microsoft will offer to send a text link to a special web page. ![]() Now it’s easier calling for phone activation. You had to type into your phone a 63 digit long Installation ID then write down a long Confirmation ID. This has been available since the start of Office software activation but is now much easier. You call a special Microsoft number to get an activation code. Just one example of the extra steps that might be needed for Office software activation.Ī common requirement is telephone activation.
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