Post by Good GuyPost by Phil Da Lick!I must be missing something. If you buy Home and Business 2016 you
must activate with a microsoft account.
How the hell would that work for a small business? As far as I'm
concerned our business owns the software not people who work for us.
Besides the PC in question can be shared by more than one person.
WTF is the correct procedure here?
The correct procedure is to activate the machine once while you are
logged in as Administrator. This applies to retail versions, of course
but if you have volume license then there are other ways to activate. Yu
can search for them online.
Volume Licenses businesses can also allow their employees to buy
software for home use for 9.95 bucks where ever you are. So in UK it is
£9.95, in USA it is $9.95 etc. I guess other countries have the same
price structure.
<http://www.microsofthup.com/hupuk/home.aspx?culture=en-GB>
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No we are a small business and I'm not asking about activating re
priviledge level I'm more concerned with the activation of office
associating itself with a microsoft account which seems a ridiculous
idea to me. In this mad rush towards the cloud some people in redmond
seem to forget that there wasnt much wrong with the old way of doing
things for certain setups, i.e. small business. Seems to me there's two
options - 1 let the employee activate with thier microsoft account
(assuming they have one - not everyone in the civilized world does) or 2
create a bogus account - yet another flaming password to remember.
Either way seems daft. 1 is porked if the employee walks and 2 just
seems a waste of time for all concerned.