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MS Office 365 License/subscription costs
I would appreciate if someone could clarify how the licensing/subscription
works for Office 365 ?
I ask because about 2 years ago, I bought a cheap Office 365 key on ebay
and the description of the advert indicated the key was not time limited.
I didn't have a good understanding of the license/subscription model, the
price was cheap, so I bought it. Everything worked for about a year and a half
and then a message popped up on all applications when they were opened:
"Product Deactivated" with options
"sign in - add this computer to an active account"
"enter key - I have a product key "
I now need to get MS Office again and don't want to fall into the same trap
Obviously Office 365 would be a better option than eg Office 2019 due to all updates
but does a subscription free version exist - on ebay, there are sellers who are
saying this i.e. buy and it works without time limit. I keep on
thinking subscription is the only way of paying for Office 365 - Office 2019
is a different story, I understand that it is purchased with a one time payment.
Can anyone comment ?