Microsoft Removes Device Install Limits For Office 365 Subscribers (engadget.com) 78
Starting October 2nd, Office 365 Home users will no longer be restricted to 10 devices across five users and Personal subscribers will no longer have a limit of one computer and one tablet. The catch is that you can only stay signed in on five devices at once. Engadget reports: Meanwhile, Home users can let another person use the productivity suite through their account, with Microsoft bumping up the number of licenses per subscriber from five to six. Each user has access to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote, along with 1TB of individual storage. Microsoft is also integrating Home subscriptions with its family service, so you can automatically share your Office 365 plan with people you've set up as family members. Elsewhere, you'll manage your subscription from within your Microsoft account settings from now on.
Same with WIndows 10 (Score:5, Informative)
If you go into the device settings -> accounts -> manage -> your account -> will open your hotmail/outlook account and you can unassign WIndows 10 Pro from 1 device to another.
It is a great way to save money.
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The rampant trump troll forgot to hit 'Post Anonymously'.
The funny thing is, if you click on his username, slashdot barfs and says the user doesn't exist. Why is that?
Yes, I'm aware the user in question is not the real BeauHD......... or is it? Who the fuck knows.
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The year (Score:2)
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How stupid do you need to be, to pay good money to Microsoft for something you can get for free?
So when offline = office in limited mode? (Score:2)
So when offline = office in limited mode?
It's called bait and switch (Score:5, Insightful)
Re: It's called bait and switch (Score:2)
Absolutely. I said the same about the "free" Windows 10 upgrade plans and was laughed at. Now look at Windows. Heading inexorably towards a subscription model.
Apple isn't much better with their push towards ios app subscriptions.
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LoB
The World Removes Office 365 (Score:1)
A better headline would be as given in the subject. I honestly don't see the need for Office at all. And anyone who sniffs the software-as-a-service glue ought to be placed in the same category as those who refuse to vaccinate their kids. Both groups are caving to pressure from those who do not have their best interests in mind, pandering to a concept of dubious value, and creating a worse environment for everyone else.
Just common sense (Score:2)
Microsoft should have done this all along. Since it's subscription based, it really no longer benefits them to try to limit how many machines a person has the software installed on. It benefits them more if it exists "anywhere and everywhere possible", so the user will be more likely to maintain a paid subscription because it's "so useful".
Imagine if some service like Netflix did this, saying you couldn't keep the Netflix software on more than X number of devices at a time without paying for a second subsc
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They should have done this all along but I suspect that they're doing this now so that other members of the household get as much exposure to Office as possible.
Right now, my kids in elementary and middle school only know Google Docs. This is going to be a big problem for Microsoft in a decade or so when an entire country of kids grow up and all they know is non-Microsoft Office.
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It's what their schools use. They're given assignments through shared Google Docs. Inferior or not, it's good enough.
Nexflix is live vs offline (office apps) now you (Score:2)
vNexflix is live vs offline (office apps) now you want to be able to use office in places with no network?? Now if 365 comes with free roaming + free LTE and free airline WIFI then I may buy it.
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Does that mean you can install on 20 device... (Score:2)
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We set our enterprise 365 install to include Visio and Project, which drop into view-only mode after 7 days from first install if the user is not licensed. Pretty handy just for that as we no longer require viewer programs.
According to the article:
The catch is that you can only stay signed in on five devices at once.
Meanwhile, Home users can let another person use the productivity suite through their account, with Microsoft bumping up the number of licenses per subscriber from five to six
you will be able to use O365 simultaneously on either 5 or 6 PCs....hmmm.
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O365 periodically phones home to reactivate itself,
So, can't be used within a SCIF [wikipedia.org].
Libre Office is now so good, MSFT can lump it. (Score:2)
I have a license on macos which is going to go waste when Mojave is released - 32 bit vs 64 bit - as I have no plans or need to upgrade thanks to LibreOffice.
Even got my accountant to switch. Those guys are wedded to Excel.
Re: Libre Office is now so good, MSFT can lump it. (Score:1)
its getting there, but not quite there yet.
Tons of consultants justify their fees (and go for lock in to their services) using excel vba. if libreoffice would introduce "javascript for spreadsheets" google docs and office would die the day after.
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LibreOffice already supports javascript macros (and python, and some others too)...
Re: Libre Office is now so good, MSFT can lump it (Score:1)
but without an editor and very (still to) limited debugging and error logging.
its definately getting there. but i had a check on js after posting and still found literally nothing but unanswered questions, python seems to have slightly better support but still includes warnings that things silently fail, plus requires additional setup on the user side which completely defeats the point.
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no.
such clients typically cannot install software on the computers they use without jumping through a thousand hoops. even "installerless" software requires preauthorisation.
Excel VBA is more like a loophole that lets them order bespoke software without having to get pre approval from IT.
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without having to get pre approval from IT.
So, not enough cocaine and hookers?
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They're available from the canteen.
I run my business using (Score:5, Interesting)
Just the way of things
Just my 2 cents
And one with my johnson (Score:2)
How am I supposed to get any work done if I can only stay signed into Office 365 on five devices at once?
OK, here's the deal... (Score:2, Insightful)
Christ on a candle! What does it take for you to at least START breaking your chains of slavery?!?!
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It's a great question.
Every time I've tried pushing Libre to staff in 5 minutes they've come back with something that doesn't format right.
When it costs $100/hr for each of you to be distracted, the cost of the office license becomes insignificant.
Governments should have forced MS to FULLY open their file format spec, but Billy Gates being the evil prick forces us to pay the MS tax because we all have other more pressing issues to solve.
Don't Sound Like a Deal (Score:2)
It's a great question.
Every time I've tried pushing Libre to staff in 5 minutes they've come back with something that doesn't format right.
When it costs $100/hr for each of you to be distracted, the cost of the office license becomes insignificant.
Governments should have forced MS to FULLY open their file format spec, but Billy Gates being the evil prick forces us to pay the MS tax because we all have other more pressing issues to solve.
This is 2018 and that document most likely does not come from Microsoft Office...Could come from a whole host of Phone Apps, or Google's Office or Apples Office, or even a Different version of Office...It could even have a different printer attached. As someone who works in multiple environments ironically Libreoffice is my goto for compatibility, and when I send a document back its from Libreoffice, and even then I am always on the latest version.
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....any idiot still using Microsoft software absolutely deserves all of these levels of bullshit - and more on the way!
They deserve discounts and less restrictions? And more?
Yeah why would anyone submit to it. It's horrible.
Older Office is just fine (Score:3)
My good old copy of Office 2007 does everything I need. I like buying things once, not renting them as a service.
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Just because I'm not buying today, doesn't mean I may not be inclined to do so in future. And if you don't offer something that caters to my preferences then when I am in a "buying" state of mind I'll look elsewhere or just not buy at all if nothing suitable is available. I imagine there have been at least some nice usability updates in the last 11 years and maybe in a few more I'd be looking to see what's new, but if my main option is a rental service I'm not that motivated to explore upgrading.
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Ditto. I used to use 2K, 2002, and then 2007 for other people who no longer used them. I was still able to reactivate them too on new machines.
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Not enough people jumped onto the subscription bandwagon, so we're going to make it look more attractive for a while in order to lure them in.
Later on, when everyone is safely in pocket, we'll crank up the restrictions again and force everyone to buy more subscriptions because it'll be easier than trying to figure out how to downgrade everyone to a version they can actually own.
Office 365 Subscription (Score:1)
Insert totally useless advert for MICROS~1 (Score:2)