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wobbie

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I'm using Microsoft 365 with a license that is expiring next month.
Another friend has shared (legally) one of his spare licenses with me, so can I just install the new download over the old install, or must I delete the current 365 install then install the new one?

Thanks, in anticipation.
 
wobbie said:
I'm using Microsoft 365 with a license that is expiring next month.
Another friend has shared (legally) one of his spare licenses with me, so can I just install the new download over the old install, or must I delete the current 365 install then install the new one?

Thanks, in anticipation.
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No need to reinstall anything. You need to apply the shared license to the existing account
 
Thought so, how do I do that?
I got the link from my friend, & my Microsoft account shows that 365 is shared & managed by my friend, so that seems ok.
However, when I run Excel, it tells me that my (previous) subscription has been cancelled, & most features will be disabled.

Then it shows 3 options:
Sign In
Buy
Enter Key

Any ideas?
 
wobbie said:
Thought so, how do I do that?
I got the link from my friend, & my Microsoft account shows that 365 is shared & managed by my friend, so that seems ok.
However, when I run Excel, it tells me that my (previous) subscription has been cancelled, & most features will be disabled.

Then it shows 3 options:
Sign In
Buy
Enter Key

Any ideas?
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Use the Sign In option.

I had a bit of trouble getting it to re-activate a new licence. Rebooting might have helped.
 
wobbie said:
Thought so, how do I do that?
I got the link from my friend, & my Microsoft account shows that 365 is shared & managed by my friend, so that seems ok.
However, when I run Excel, it tells me that my (previous) subscription has been cancelled, & most features will be disabled.

Then it shows 3 options:
Sign In
Buy
Enter Key

Any ideas?
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...enter key. Signing in with your details might not allow you to use O365. He'd have to give you some form of sign-in details (username/logon) for it to work.
 
Thanks, all.
All I did was to just click the Sign In box.
It automatically picked up my credintials & all is good. No key entry necessary at all.

I was a bit nervous at first, hence my question here, but all is good.
 
I have to say that the apps available on the business edition of office 365 are pretty amazing. Microsoft teams ftw.
 
Indeed, I did, and it just works perfectly.. No key needed, just a re-sign in. No download, nothing else.
 
Lucas Buck said:
I have to say that the apps available on the business edition of office 365 are pretty amazing. Microsoft teams ftw.
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Yup.. I remember when teams was still lynx & business Skype and teams was coming.. we were considering slack at the time and then teams launched and I was like.. let’s use this.. best decision ever.

One thing I hate though is they occasionally make apps like the leave approval stuff and then abandon so never know. But yah I guess they experimenting.. I dislike that they like integrating with dynamics as a alternative for many things.. hopefully that’s changed(haven’t been playing on Office365 for 2yrs)
 
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