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Copper Contributor

Jul 05, 2021

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using Office on a replacement computer

So I have two identical iMacs. I installed Office 2016 on one of them, and that's the one I use routinely. Yesterday, the power supply on that iMac blew out. No prob, I said, I'll just grab the secon...

Stefan_Blom
Jul 11, 2021
DanLes

Perpetual (one-time purchase) licenses are for one user and one computer, only. In other words, if you want to use Office Home & Business 2019 (for example) on a different machine, the older machine must be de-activated first. See https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/can-office-2019-single-device-be-transferred-from/2a8b547c-d9ca-4994-bb6f-92b8fd47e201.

Subscription versions are different; the limit is the number of users, not the number of devices. (There is a limit to the number of devices that can be activated at the same time, though.)

Stefan_Blom

MVP

Jul 11, 2021

DanLes

Perpetual (one-time purchase) licenses are for one user and one computer, only. In other words, if you want to use Office Home & Business 2019 (for example) on a different machine, the older machine must be de-activated first. See https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/can-office-2019-single-device-be-transferred-from/2a8b547c-d9ca-4994-bb6f-92b8fd47e201.

Subscription versions are different; the limit is the number of users, not the number of devices. (There is a limit to the number of devices that can be activated at the same time, though.)