What Microsoft 365 business product or license do I have? (2024)

FAQs

How do I check which Microsoft 365 license I have? ›

Click Settings, and then under My app settings, choose Office 365. On the My account page, choose Subscriptions. You'll see the services that you're licensed to use, such as the latest desktop version of Microsoft 365, SharePoint in Microsoft 365 or OneDrive for work or school, and Exchange Online.

When you sign in to a Microsoft service, the sign in screen looks up the account type for you, and signs you in to the correct service. You can only sign in to the Microsoft service that your account is set up for.

Office 365 Business

In many ways, the basic plan looks a lot like Office 365 Home, except it's designed for commercial use. With the Office 365 Business deal, you can add 300 different accounts to your subscription and enable them to install and use the software across their devices.

Select the app launcher icon in the bottom-left and choose Admin. Choose Billing > License and then select Subscriptions. If you have multiple subscriptions, they'll be listed on the left. Click each to see the status.

If the domain name is a company domain, then it is a business account. If the domain name is a public domain like outlook.com, hotmail.com, or live.com, then it is a personal account. Additionally, you can also check the account type in the Microsoft 365 admin center.

Microsoft provides two types of accounts (ie two login ids). The personal account is used usually to login to hotmail.com, outlook.com, personal onedrive etc. The work account is usually used to login to Office365/Microsoft365 and some other business licenses you may be assigned by the company.

Most products that were called Office 365 were renamed as Microsoft 365 on the same day. In October 2022, Microsoft announced that it would discontinue the "Microsoft Office" brand by January 2023, with most of its products and online productivity services being marketed primarily under the "Microsoft 365" brand.

Can I use Microsoft Personal for my business? ›

Microsoft 365 Home, Microsoft 365 Personal, Office Online, Sway, OneNote.com and any other Microsoft 365 subscription or Office-branded Services are for your personal, noncommercial use, unless you have commercial use rights under a separate agreement with Microsoft. "

Depending on your subscription plan, the benefits of your Microsoft 365 for business subscription may include: The latest versions of Office apps like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Email and calendars using Outlook and Exchange. Group chat, online meetings, and calling in Microsoft Teams.

Go to your Services & subscriptions page. If prompted, choose Sign in and enter the Microsoft account email and password associated with your Microsoft 365 subscription. Review the details under the Services & Subscriptions heading.

Customers may purchase up to 300 Microsoft 365 Business licenses for their organization. Customers can mix and match cloud subscriptions; as a result, some customers may add Microsoft 365 Enterprise licenses to the same account.

In the admin center, go to the Users > Active users page. Select the row of the user that you want to assign a license to. In the right pane, select Licenses and Apps. Expand the Licenses section, select the boxes for the licenses that you want to assign, then select Save changes.

In File Explorer, go to %localappdata%\Microsoft\Office\Licenses. In that folder, you should see a subfolder with a number. In that subfolder there should be individual files for each product that is activated with the new activation method.

You can use your Microsoft.com My Account page to install or upgrade Microsoft 365. Go to Microsoft365.com and choose My account. If prompted, sign in with the email address and password that you used to set up Microsoft 365.