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No it isn't necessary, this is a feature that was added to the Office Suite but if you entered a license and not using O365 you don't need to sign into anything.
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No it isn't necessary, this is a feature that was added to the Office Suite but if you entered a license and not using O365 you don't need to sign into anything.

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Is a sign on screen showing up for you? &nbsp;We have Office 2016 Volume License on Windows 10 and Windows 7 machines and there is no requirement to sign on.
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Is a sign on screen showing up for you?  We have Office 2016 Volume License on Windows 10 and Windows 7 machines and there is no requirement to sign on.

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Interesting. &nbsp;I am dealing with two separate environments. &nbsp;It was an office 2016 volume license issue for one environment. &nbsp;In the other environment, The Office 365 Home subscription has &nbsp;like 10 subscriptions deployed. &nbsp;I went to office.com/myaccount to try to recover the keys for activating there. &nbsp;Microsoft support says there are no keys, we need to sign on or sharing a license with a new issue by sending an email to them. &nbsp;It's a pretty wonky subscription system they have setup. &nbsp;I can't keep track of all the various sites and authentication types to the office suites..
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Interesting.  I am dealing with two separate environments.  It was an office 2016 volume license issue for one environment.  In the other environment, The Office 365 Home subscription has  like 10 subscriptions deployed.  I went to office.com/myaccount to try to recover the keys for activating there.  Microsoft support says there are no keys, we need to sign on or sharing a license with a new issue by sending an email to them.  It's a pretty wonky subscription system they have setup.  I can't keep track of all the various sites and authentication types to the office suites..

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Does Office 2013 or 2016 require you to sign in to their product even if you have inputted a license? &nbsp;Will any email account suffice or it should be the user's profile that logged into Windows 10? &nbsp;We have Office 365 exchange but we don't subscribe to O365 desktop subscriptions.<br />
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Does Office 2013 or 2016 require you to sign in to their product even if you have inputted a license?  Will any email account suffice or it should be the user's profile that logged into Windows 10?  We have Office 365 exchange but we don't subscribe to O365 desktop subscriptions.




Office 2016 sign on issues.

Windows 10 is a personal computer operating system featuring the "universal application architecture" (UAP); apps can be designed to run across multiple devices with nearly identical code, including PCs, tablets, smartphones, embedded systems, Xbox One, Surface Hub and HoloLens. Windows 10 also includes a virtual desktop system, a window and desktop management feature called Task View, the Microsoft Edge web browser, support for fingerprint and face recognition login, voice-based search (Cortana), new security features for enterprise environments, and DirectX 12 and WDDM 2.0 to improve the operating system's graphics capabilities for games.

Windows 10

Microsoft Office is an integrated suite of applications that includes Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Visio and InfoPath, along with a number of tools to assist in making the individual components work together. Coding within and between the projects is done in Visual Basic for Applications, known as VBA.

Microsoft Office

Office 365 is a group of software plus services subscriptions that provides productivity software and related services to its subscribers. Office 365 allows the use of Microsoft Office apps on Windows and OS X, provides storage space on Microsoft's cloud storage service OneDrive, and grants 60 Skype minutes per month. Office 365 includes e-mail and social networking services through hosted versions of Exchange Server, Skype for Business Server, SharePoint and Office Online, integration with Yammer, as well as access to the Office software. All of Office 365's components can be managed and configured through an online portal; users can be added manually, imported from a CSV file, or Office 365 can be set up for single sign-on with a local Active Directory using Active Directory Federation Services.

Microsoft 365

volume licensing

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