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Copper Contributor

Mar 14, 2018

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Can my wife have a second install of Office 365?

I have an Office 365 Home subscription. My wife and my son each have a share on their main computer. My wife has a copy on her desktop and would like a second install on her laptop. Is this possible?...

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Shaun Montgomery
Mar 14, 2018
Christopher Lee wrote:

I believe this would be activation based. You don't necessarily need to invite her again, but simply download and install on the second machine and have her use her email to sign-into the installation. This should consume another activation from your subscription if you still have an unused activation available.

Thank you for your response. In the end I contacted Office chat support who said my wife needed to go to office.com/myaccount and sign in and use the install link there. Now all completed and working just fine.

Christopher Lee

Brass Contributor

Mar 14, 2018

I believe this would be activation based. You don't necessarily need to invite her again, but simply download and install on the second machine and have her use her email to sign-into the installation. This should consume another activation from your subscription if you still have an unused activation available.

Shaun Montgomery
Copper Contributor
Mar 14, 2018
Christopher Lee wrote:

I believe this would be activation based. You don't necessarily need to invite her again, but simply download and install on the second machine and have her use her email to sign-into the installation. This should consume another activation from your subscription if you still have an unused activation available.

Thank you for your response. In the end I contacted Office chat support who said my wife needed to go to office.com/myaccount and sign in and use the install link there. Now all completed and working just fine.
jcgonzalezmartin
MVP
Mar 14, 2018
Yes, it should be possible since you can install Office in up to 5 PCs