[ms office - 2016] Office 2016 v Office 365

[garethEds]

Afternoon all,

 

When making an image for our WIndows 7 machines we download Office 2016 Pro Plus from the MS licensing site. It get's installed and it works. However there seems to me issues with version numbers when comparing software such as OneNote etc etc.

 

A member of staff has asked why we cannot have Office 365 Pro Plus on the network instead (a know it all). So that got me thinking - is there a volume license version of Office 365? Or is it meant to be a single user installation.

 

Why is there such a difference between 2016 on the licensing site and Office 365 which users can download via office.com and O365?

 

Thanks

 

Gareth

[snagrat]

Have a look at Device Based Activation https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/nzedu/2017/05/03/device-based-activation-for-office365-proplus-great-for-education/

[apearce]

Hi Gareth,

Office 365 Pro Plus gives you the ability to have the latest and greatest features from Microsoft Office. Monthly updates and additions to things like OneNote etc. You wont get this with the MS Volume licensing version with Office 2016. Happy to chat if you want to give me a call tomorrow.