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Anonymous
2016-12-04T18:44:42+00:00

I have a family of 4. My Office 365 subscription lets me both install Office on up to 5 computers AND share with up to 4 other people in my household. My son just got his first laptop and I created a Microsoft account for him. How do I choose between having his laptop be one of the 5 machines vs. sharing the subscription with him.

thanks!

Laura

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-12-05T07:18:05+00:00

    Your Office 365 Home subscription allows you to install on a total of up to 5 PC/Mac class machines. That is total between "your" installs and those shared with family.

    It is probably best if you share with them. That way they have their own allocation of 1TB of OneDrive space and 60 minutes Skype time and they access their own email in outlook. Those are totally separate from your allocations of those resources.

    Note: when you share, they can install on more than one computer also, up to your combined total of 5 machines!  As the owner/"admin" of the license you have control to deallocate those installations.

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