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Number of licenses is decreased when you apply a license to the user, not upon install. Number of activations is perhaps what you mean? It should auto-activate the first time any of the individual programs are run, so you can just add a step to your script to run Word or similar post install.
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Thanks (again) for that quick response! &nbsp;Yes I do mean activations. &nbsp;So if I am clear &nbsp;on this, &nbsp;if the script to run Word is run as the user, then the number of activations will decrease accordingly for that user, and that can be seen in the dashboard. &nbsp;Right?
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Absolutely, there is a whole testing project plan underway. Thanks again.
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For an Office 365 E3 deployment via GPO, is it possible to still have the number of licenses decrease in the user portal? &nbsp;I know click to run will count installs, but is there a way to keep the tally within O 365 portal if the software is deployed from a distribution share, using the GPO and or OCT option.
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For an Office 365 E3 deployment via GPO, is it possible to still have the number of licenses decrease in the user portal?  I know click to run will count installs, but is there a way to keep the tally within O 365 portal if the software is deployed from a distribution share, using the GPO and or OCT option.

Office 365 deployment

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