How many simultaneous users in Excel Online?

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How many simultaneous users in Excel Online?

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I've been google-fuing this for the past hour and can't find anything. For Office365 in the Excel Online web app, how many simultaneous users at a time can there be in a spreadsheet making edits? Is there a hard limit? After how many would a team start seeing slow-downs on it?

We're researching switching some trackers over to ExcelOnline for our team (~20 people), but I can't see anything regarding a hard limit. The decider on this will want a hard number limit, not just "should work fine".

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Anonymous

Hi GEHenson,

To answer your questions:

1.Is there a hard limit?

No, there is no hard limit. If all the users are using Excel Online, they can all edit the file without locking each other out. Check this: Allow multiple users to edit simultaneously in Excel Online (coauth co-auth).

2.After how many would a team start seeing slow-downs on it?

In fact, there is no accurate number about it. The best practice should be less than 30 people when co-authoring in Excel Online. A similar thread is for your reference:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/officeonline-excel_online/any-limit-on-number-of-users-that-can-share-a-word/a8e49191-343d-4d77-8da4-9e79e02da4b0?auth=1

Thanks,

Sky Pei

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Anonymous

Yes it did answer my question, thank you very much.

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Hi GEHenson,

Did my answer address your questions? Do you need assistance?

Thanks,

Sky Pei

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