And it still is, as you’ll come to see in a moment.īelow you have 3 important steps that will help you determine whether you’re able to move your Office license to a new computer or not. Before Microsoft linked the license to the user’s email account, it was a pain to figure out which license you owned.
Microsoft has sold a lot of different Office license types over the years. Now back to the old way of transferring an Office installation. You can navigate to the bottom of the article for detailed steps on how to manage your Office 365 / Office 2016 subscription. You can move it easily via the MyAccount page ( here). Lately, Microsoft has been associating licenses with the client’s email account (not with the hardware). Note: Keep in mind that the above conditions don’t apply to the new Office 365 subscriptions or to Office 2016. An installation media (disk or file) for Office that matches your Product key.Only “retail” and “FPP” license types are transferable. Your license type needs to be transferable.You need to own the 25 character Product key that was given to you when you purchased the license.
