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Deploy computers with Microsoft 365 accounts
Hi there (this is my first question here 🙂 ) I have to deploy many computers for one business. They do not want Windows server AD on-premise anymore. They want to have everything on the cloud. S...
Hi paradise3net
1) Yes. There are a number of AzureAD plans
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/active-directory/
Check the features carefully - while your subscription will allow a device to Azure-AD Join and log on through their M365 credentials, there may be other features such as security or managing a device that is only included in a P1 or P2 subscription. Also, it is my understanding that Windows Home Edition cannot be joined to AzureAD
2) They can use the Office Applications on up to 5 PC's/Mac. If you install Office on the 6th device, you will be prompted when you log that you're already using 5 devices. It will then unlicence the first device you had licenced, and licence the latest one. The sign in is done in the Office App themselves - you can just have the users log into a local account and install/sign in to Microsoft 365 from there.
3) Few ways to go about this - OneDrive is normally used for personal files for a user, so it would typically be up to them to sort out the sharing a permissions. If there is a lot of shared data that everyone needs access to, you can create a SharePoint site and move the files there so an administrator can centrally administer permissions etc.
Hope this helps,
Mark