

So now Office follows a monthly/yearly subscription model where you pay based on the number of users ( Business and Enterprise tiers) and the subscription plan you chose. Office 365 license types, or if you want to be correct, Microsoft 365 license types are now replaced with monthly or yearly subscriptions. Three 365 Subscription Tiers: Home, Business, Enterpriseįor a while now Microsoft offers the 365 licensing option for both Office and Windows. The retail license is tied to the hardware, not to your Microsoft user. You can’t run the same license on another computer, even if you log in with the same Microsoft account. You can deactivate that copy and install it on another device when needed. The Retail Office license allows you to install Office on one device. There are currently three versions you can choose from, each with different Office apps included by default. So, you can still buy a one-time license for Office 2019. The classic Retail license is still alive for Office 2019 and will be for Office 2021. The Retail Stand-Alone Office License: Still an Option Other than that there are no other changes.

It’s a bit confusing that some Office 365 mentions are still present on Microsoft’s website, but you need to keep in mind the name change. Basically, the latter is being phased out, for some reason. I’ll be short: Microsoft 365 and Office 365 are the same thing as I’ve explained here. Maybe, it’s not correct to say VLK is gone for Office, but more like it has been transformed. Companies and Enterprises that are the typical users of volume licensing have other options to activate large numbers of licenses.
