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Patrick Ring
Jun 25, 2017Copper Contributor
Proper deployment for MS Office on Azure RDS Server (VM)
I have a VM deployed on my Azure Portal with MS Windows Server 2016 w/ MS SQL Server 2016 and RDS enabled. We have a software suite that needs MS Office for certain export functions and reports. Is...
Michael Bartlett
Jun 27, 2017Copper Contributor
The last answer I got from our licensing partner was that the only Office version that would work on RDS, whether on-premises or in Azure, was 2016 through Software Assurance.
Kent Gaardmand
Jun 27, 2017Iron Contributor
well he gave you bad information. the licenses from you CSP partner can be used, but requires each user has a license assigned.
have a look here https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Deploy-Office-365-ProPlus-by-using-Remote-Desktop-Services-af9d7621-8c2c-4181-84b4-27778b1e7920?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US
have a look here https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Deploy-Office-365-ProPlus-by-using-Remote-Desktop-Services-af9d7621-8c2c-4181-84b4-27778b1e7920?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US
- WalterWood44Jun 23, 2021Copper ContributorI have a similar problem with a Windows 10 VM that has a single username and password. This means only one person can use the VM and Office at at time. When we try to activate Office, it requests an email address. If we use someone's address, that opens all their files up to any of the users that might be using the VM. We really need a solution to install Office and tie the license to the VM or a single key.