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With this purchase I get 1 install on PC's or Macs with the Office 365 and, additionally, 1 install on tablets? Is that correct? So when installing on a Surface Pro 3 what type of install will that count as?
In this article it states that since the Surface has a removable keyboard and is touch-enabled, it counts as a tablet, thus I can install Office 365 on both my home PC and my Surface Pro 3. How do I do that? I specifically purchased this version as I have only my home PC for most of my work and my Surface Pro 3 for when I travel.
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You can install Office 365 Personal on both your home PC and your Surface Pro 3.
On each device, just go to Office.com/MyAccount and click Install.
Thanks for the update.
I was under the impression that 365 only looked at the CPU. Surface 3 Pro's have a PC class CPU, so I though they were "mistakenly" counted as PC's. The older Surface RT was definitely treated as a tablet.
I don't believe the 365 installation mechanism can distinguish between a tablet or PC
Either that's false, or Microsoft can't count past five:
I exceeded my limits for Office 365 Home (limit of five PCs & five tablets) by having four Dell tower machines, one Microsoft Surface 3 (non-Pro), & one Lenovo 300 stick, all currently & actively licensed to run Office 365 Home. That's six machines.
Looking at https://account.microsoft.com/devices for my account, my Microsoft Surface 3 & Lenovo 300 stick are labeled tablets. Clearly at least one (or more likely, both) are considered tablets for the purpose of Office 365 Home licensing as well.
I don't believe the 365 installation mechanism can distinguish between a tablet or PC
Note my update to my message, clarifying that this was a non-Pro Surface 3.