2 Office 2016 downloads with same MS account

[leachim]

I am supplying 2 laptops to a charity

 

They want Office 2016 on both

 

I assume I will have to purchase 2 copies, but can they sign in/download with one MS Account

 

I just found out you CANNOT download Office 2016 WITHOUT an MS account

 

Thanks

[MatthewL]

What bits of office do they need, would an open source version not be the cheaper option?

[leachim]

They want MS Office !

 

[elsiegee40]

Edited - see Arthur's post below

 

A commercial organisation has to buy two licenses for the commercial product.

See here: https://products.office.com/en-gb/compare-all-microsoft-office-products?tab=2

 

However, Arthur has pointed out that there's a not-for-profit licensing scheme that this charity can use if it has a charity number... see his post below.

 

I set my husband's laptop up for his business (he's a contractor ) and you can purchase as many licenses as you require with the one account set up for the business.

 

You must get one of these licenses rather than the personal version of office. It's all set up for you to register your VAT code, if you have one, with them. It's very straightforward.

 

Once Office is installed you can sign into Office with the same account on both machines if you wish.

 

It's worth encouraging them to save to OneDrive rather than the hard drive - everything is backed up!

Edited October 15, 2017 by elsiegee40

[Arthur]

They're a commercial organisation and will have to buy two licenses for the commercial product.

Registered charities are eligible for "Office 365 Nonprofit" which is a lot cheaper...

 

https://products.office.com/en-gb/nonprofit/office-365-nonprofit-plans-and-pricing

[elsiegee40]

Registered charities are eligible for "Office 365 Nonprofit" which is a lot cheaper...

 

https://products.office.com/en-gb/nonprofit/office-365-nonprofit-plans-and-pricing

 

Fab! Didn't know about that one

 

Same theory - different product

[Devontechie]

Get the charity to register with https://www.tt-exchange.org if they have a charity number. You can then by office 2016 pro plus for about £35 + vat.