If the user were to bring a non-company owned device to company premises, the device would require a license for Office ® 2013 and Roaming Use Rights would not apply. This applies to users accessing their primary company owned device as well as company owned servers.
Software Assurance customers receive rights to the most current version of Microsoft ® Office ® 2013 as well as any version upgrades which may occur during the term of their SA coverage.Īctive Software Assurance customers with licenses for Office ® 2013 may access their software from non-company owned devices without additional licensing, but only when they are not on company premises. For example, a customer may not downgrade from Office ® 2013 Standard to Office ® 2010 Professional.Īdditional Benefits for Software Assurance Customers For use on non-company owned devices the user must also have Software Assurance for Office ® 2013 which includes Office ® Roaming Rights.Ĭustomers may downgrade to previous versions of Microsoft ® Office ®, but only to the same edition as their current license. Under this scenario, the user may use Office ® 2013 on any company owned and licensed device. Office ® 2013 may be installed on a USB drive in conjunction with either SA for Windows ® 8 or Windows ® Virtual Desktop Access. Commercial Use Rights are included with VL acquisitions of Office ® Standard 2013 and Office ® Professional 2013 and do not require Software Assurance. Datacenter access requires the remote device to obtain a separate Office ® 2013 license for the corresponding Office ® suite (Standard or Professional).
Volume Licensing customers of Office ® 2013 receive a license to use those portable devices commercially to access the same users licensed company’s device but may not access installations running remotely in a datacenter. Portable devices running Windows ® 8 RT such as the Surface ® come with Office ® Home and Student 2013 RT preinstalled, but it is restricted to non-commercial use. With Web Apps, the user may remotely view and edit documents on their primary licensed device while using a non-company owned device such as a personal laptop or tablet without obtaining a separate license for the remote device.Īdditionally, external users (non-employees or affiliates) may also view and edit documents remotely without obtaining a separate license.Ĭommercial Use Rights for Office ® Home and Student 2013 RT
Web Apps are browser-based versions of Word ®, Excel ®, PowerPoint ®, and OneNote ® (they are not full-featured versions of the apps but MS continues to improve upon their functionality). It cannot be installed on Windows ® XP, Windows ® Vista, Windows ® Server 2008 or other earlier versions of the operating system.īeginning with Office ® 2013, licenses acquired via Volume Licensing include Office ® Web Apps and Commercial Use Rights for Office ® Home and Student 2013 RT for the primary user of the licensed device.īoth the Standard and Professional Editions of Office ® 2013 include Web Apps. Office ® 2013 is licensed on a “per-device” basis and may only be used with Windows ® 8, Windows ® 7, or Windows ® Server 2008 R2 or later. Web Apps: Word ®, Excel ®, PowerPoint ®, OneNote ®Ĭommercial Use Rights for Office ® Home and Student 2013 RT
Volume Licensing customers may choose either Office ® Standard 2013 or Office ® Professional Plus 2013 as compared below. Microsoft ® has announced that general availability will be during the first quarter of 2013 and there is evidence to suggest that it may happen as early as late January or early February. Microsoft ® Office ® 2013, also known as Office ® 15, is currently available for download to business customers.