Yes. Office 365 Enterprise plans (E1, E3, E5) are CAL Equivalent Licenses providing Client Access License (CAL) rights to servers such as Exchange Server 2016, SharePoint Server 2016, and Skype for Business Server 2015. Please refer to Appendix A of the Product Terms for details on Office 365 Enterprise CAL Equivalent Licenses.
The Office Online Server is included when you purchase Office Professional Plus 2019 or Office Standard 2019 licenses. It allows you to host the Office Online Server on premises, and you can also accessit with an Office 365 Pro Plus license.
Office Online Server is the successor to Office Web Apps Server 2013 and provides browser-based versions of Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and OneNote.
Jun 6, 2018 - From time to time I get asked which Microsoft Office licence* should I get; Office 365 subscription, or the one-time payment for a perpetual licence i.e. Perpetual licences are the ones you pay for once and own foreveror until you decide to upgrade. Office 365 vs Perpetual Cost. Office ‘perpetual’ This applies to any business users who have purchased Office licences with a ‘one-off’ payment rather than an annual subscription plan. Microsoft is using the term Office ‘perpetual’ which is a little strange because the term ‘perpetual’ isn’t used in any of Redmond’s own product listings.
External users accessing Office Web Apps documents for viewing or editing aren't required to license Office suites. External users are users who aren't either your or your affiliates’ employees, on-site contractors, or on-site agents.
Yes. You may install and use the software provided with your Office 365 Pro Plus subscription on up to five concurrent operating system environments.
Yes. Your Office 365 Pro Plus subscription includes a license to Microsoft Office mobile software for use on up to five smartphones and five tablets.
Yes. Downgrade Rights in Volume Licensing programs give you the right to use any prior version of the same product. For example, if you're licensed for Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 through Volume Licensing, you can use Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2016 instead. But you may not downgrade to Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2016 because it is a different product and not considered a prior version of Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019.
Microsoft offers a number of licensing solutions that help you move to the cloud. Customers with Software Assurance can choose to replace their current Office 2019 solution with the Office 365 From SA offer or they can add Office 365 to their current Office 2019 solution with an Office 365 Add-on. Both the From SA and Add-on options recognize your existing investment in Office with unique price points.
Yes, it's limited to no more than 300 seats. If your organization has more than 300 users who need Office 365 capabilities, the Office 365 Enterprise plans would be the right solution.
Yes. You may use Office 2019 for Mac Standard in place of Office 2019 Standard. Concurrent use isn't allowed, so you may only have one of these versions installed and in use at a time.
Microsoft offers a number of online services that can enhance your Office 365 E3 subscriptions. Some of the Office 365 E5 features that can be added to your Office 365 E3 subscriptions include: Audio Conferencing, Microsoft MyAnalytics, Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection, and Office 365 Cloud App Security. For a full list, please contact your reseller or Microsoft account manager.
From SA subscriptions provide the same benefits as traditional Software Assurance. Learn about Software Assurance.
The free Office apps are available for personal use only. Business users require commercial use rights, which are available only with an Office 365 commercial subscription. The premium features included with a commercial subscription include full editing rights, the ability to install on multiple devices, business cloud-storage portals like OneDrive for Business and SharePoint, and other enterprise-grade features.
Mobile apps on devices with displays that are larger than 10.1 inches will be view-only for everyone except subscribers with a qualifying Office 365 plan. Office 365 users will be able to sign in to the Office mobile apps and unlock the paid features.