Is it possible to use a "One-time purchase" license eg. "Office Home & Business 2019 (One-time purchase)” on an Azure VM? (No way with BYOL?)

Peter Thurwachter (MINDTREE LIMITED) 621 Reputation points
2022-06-27T17:02:26.5+00:00

Hello Team,

I’m trying to confirm if it is possible to use either

“Office Home & Business 2019 (One-time purchase)”
“Office Standard 2019 (One-time purchase)”

license on an Azure VM or not. (and if yes, how can this be done? Unfortunately, this VM will need to run Office without an M365 subscription. Is this possible?)

I do see on the Office 2019 for Windows and Mac FAQ, https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/office-2019-for-windows-and-mac-faq-a8fed43d-4c11-404a-acc3-09eb46a3a7fb
it says in the 3rd FAQ that:

-------------------

Q: I just bought Office 2019, why don’t I see a particular feature?

A: Office 2019 is the on-premises version of Office that includes a meaningful subset of features found in Microsoft 365, but does not include all of the latest features. It is a one-time purchase that does not receive feature updates.

-------------------

Does this one line "Office 2019 is the on-premises version"
infer that there is NO Bring Your Own License or any other method to allow this license to be used on an Azure VM?

Thank you so much for your time and expertise,

Microsoft 365 and Office | Install, redeem, activate | For business | Windows
0 comments No comments
{count} votes

Accepted answer
  1. Emily Hua-MSFT 27,796 Reputation points
    2022-06-28T05:42:05.987+00:00

    Hi @Peter Thurwachter (MINDTREE LIMITED)

    In my opinion, it is similar to "Licensing of Microsoft Desktop Application Software for use with Windows Server Remote Desktop Services", volume licensed versions of Office 2019 can be installed on Azure VM, such as Professional Plus and Standard. But Office Home & Business 2019 is one retail version.

    In addition, since we do not have a testing environment with Azure VM, I also suggest you contact Microsoft Support directly to confirm this issue.

    To install Office on Azure VM, you can install Microsoft Office using FSLogix application containers.


    If the answer is helpful, please click "Accept Answer" and kindly upvote it. If you have extra questions about this answer, please click "Comment".
    Note: Please follow the steps in our documentation to enable e-mail notifications if you want to receive the related email notification for this thread.



0 additional answers

Sort by: Most helpful

Your answer

Answers can be marked as Accepted Answers by the question author, which helps users to know the answer solved the author's problem.