They confuse because the 'freemium' strategy Microsoft has deployed for Office is vague. In the enterprise, license confusion can be especially harmful, as it becomes an opening for errors, primarily under-licensing, that can cost a company when Microsoft asks for an audit. display? Ditto.Īlthough these licensing rules have been in place since November 2014, they still manage to confuse both end users - consumers and business workers alike - and some IT administrators. Show a PowerPoint slide on the job from the 10.5-in. Want to view a work-related spreadsheet in Excel on the iPad Pro? Same. Want to edit a work-related document in Word on the iPad Pro? A commercial Office 365 subscription is required.

iPad Pro, but - and here's the catch - only for non-work purposes. According to Microsoft's licensing, any use of any feature of any iOS Office app on any device - whether iPhone, iPad or iPad Pro - demands a small business- or enterprise-grade plan, like the $12.50-per-user-per-month Office 365 Business Premium or the $20-per-user-per-month Office 365 Enterprise E3.Ī consumer-grade Office 365 Personal ($70 annually) or Office 365 Home ($100) subscription is required to legally run an Office app on a 10.5-in. To do more than that for a business purpose requires an Office 365 subscription. iPad Pro - can only view and print existing documents unless the user has an Office 365 subscription with 'mobile device rights,' according to the Word app's license agreement.

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