Shared Computer Activation for Office in Microsoft 365 Business

Dave Olson 

Update: I just uninstalled all O365 installs on a computer.  I then reinstalled using the Office Deployment Tool the O365Business package.  Thinking this would allow all my Business Premium users to authenticate.  This initially worked and the version was 1808.  I could also authenticate as E3 licensed user which was great, just what I needed. But then an update to Office 1904 came down and now the Business Premium users can not authenticate.  A message displays"The products found in your account cannot be used to activate office in shared computer scenarios".  However, an E3 user can still authenticate with no problem.  This is odd because E3 users fall under the Pro Plus version of Office and that's not the version installed.  Long story short is this shared computer activation stuff seems to only work for E3 and up licensed people or maybe also Pro Plus volume licensed people. If someone has been able to get shared computer use Office installs to work with O365 Business Premium licensed users, please let me know how you did it.  Technically it might not be supported or allowed, but it would be nice to have some clear documentation from Microsoft on this.  Why can't shared computer O365 activation work with Business Premium users?  It did when I had Office version 1808 installed.

This is NOT for "Office 365 Business Premium" but for "Microsoft 365 Business". So regardless of the roll out status, this won't work for Business Premium users