

They proposed to contact the store where Office was purchased. I contacted to a Microsoft support team by phone, they checked the key and said that this is blocked because of multiple (more than 10) activations. I entered this key, but Office haven't started. Today one of computers refused to open Office and requested a serial key (that is sticked to a computer case). An Office 365 subscription includes licensing for the full Office 2013 Pro suite on up to five devices at a cost that works out to be cheaper than buying the single Office 2013 license in many cases.1.5 years ago our company purchased multiple computers with pre-installed Windows 7 Pro and Office 2013 Home and Business at the local store which is an official Microsoft dealer.

While this is a much more reasonable licensing policy for Office 2013, and it will satisfy many Microsoft customers, the reality is that most businesses and consumers should be choosing Office 365 instead of Office 2013 anyway. The primary requirement under this license is that the Office 2013 software can only exist in one place, and be installed on one computer at any given time.

You can also sell or transfer the license to another user. If that PC breaks, or gets lost or stolen, or you upgrade and replace it with a new one, you can install Office 2013 on the new PC.

Purchasing the license grants you the right to install the software on a single PC. Now the Office 2013 licensing works like you’d expect it should. A post on the Office News blog today announces that Microsoft has listened to the customer feedback, and is immediately changing the Office 2013 licensing policy to match the language of the Office 2010 retail licensing.Įven with the new Office 2013 licensing, Office 365 is a better deal. Apparently, that did not sit well with Microsoft customers.
