Microsoft 365 Family | 12-Month Subscription, up to 6 people | Premium Office Apps | 1TB OneDrive cloud storage | PC/Mac Download | Activation Required
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I said below before I engaged my brain and simply wen out to Microsoft signed and saw my Pc and laptop and downloaded the software. Forget what I was trying to do. "Bought with Surface Go. It would not let me download to my PC or laptop.\nWhen they say 6 users they mean 6 different email addresses not 6 different devices."'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-4 review-rating', 'review_body': 'The product is as stated - Microsoft Office Home, 6 person license...but the exact workings were a bit unclear.\n\nA back and forth with Customer service representatives at Amazon did not help very much. I finally got lucky, and tinkered - other forums were a bit more useful.\n\nEach product has a single license key - it will be delivered to your Amazon subscriptions. That\'s fine.\n\nBUT BEYOND THAT, it is still managed by Microsoft. You are using Amazon as a 3rd party authorized manager.\n\nWhat does this mean?\n\nYou buy the product.\nA single license key is sent to you.\nThat license key will be added to your Amazon games / software.\nYou activate that license key, and associate it with a Microsoft Account. This Microsoft should be for whoever you want as the administrator for your family.\nThe 6 licenses (yours plus 5 more) are assigned using Microsoft\'s system (you add people, and invite them with their phone number or Email address).\n\nWhy is this important? Because Amazon\'s systems are not going to have a 6-person license key. They have one license key, for one account, that up to 5 more people can associate with. Amazon does not manage the six people - Microsoft does. And this is the important part - I flipped out not understanding this. Hopefully, you will understand this before getting flustered.\n\nNow, Amazon\'s hands are washed and cleaned from this point on...until next year, when you come up for renewal again. Then, Amazon assesses you the annual fee ($100 for Home) for Microsoft\'s continued access. the answer? Simply turn off auto renew, some time before 11 months are out.\n\nWhy buy through Amazon, if this is the same thing you can get through Microsoft?\nThe answer: Amazon occasionally will have specials of "Put $300 in your cart for a $50 gift card" or "Microsoft Office + gift card for the price of Microsoft Office". And yes, Amazon does run these specials at odd intervals, it is a good idea to use Amazon\'s plans and offers. And, you get 5% back with the Amazon Store Card, bringing the price down that much more.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Bought this to upgrade my single use license from Amazon. Asked Best Buy to cancel my single user license. But Best Buy made cancellation at end of month. So I learned that I could not install using the same email as you can only have 1 license per an email address. I wanted to keep the same email as it\'s how you log onto your One Drive, and I bought the new license to share with family and they needed it now. Microsoft said they\'d help me set up on a "temporary" email and when Best Buy released the original email they\'d help me to transfer from temp to original email. Except they lied. When I returned to transfer to my original email they said we can\'t do that. And sent me to Amazon. Amazon said they cannot make that kind of change only Microsoft could They offered to contact Microsoft and help me. They stayed involved until the bitter end. Microsoft said oops, sorry, very sorry. But sorry did nothing for my new dilemma. I said they could at least help me move my data from the old One Drive to the new. They sent me a link! A link which states there is no automated way, this must be done manually. Expect to set aside several hours! The great and powerful Microsoft would not help, I don\'t believe they cannot help. Well I had to move my data because Microsoft kept sending emails about paying for the One Drive space or else. That my data would be frozen until I don\'t know. I wasn\'t taking any chances with what would happen to my data. This was all because Microsoft lied about using a "temporary" email. All I have now is to warn others about how unhelpful Microsoft can be. No surprise there. But you may not know that you cannot change the email account your license is tied to. However I really wanted to commend Amazon as they took the time to actually help me dispute having no blame. Microsoft offered this advice, I could uninstall the software, return the purchase, repurchase the software, have my family also uninstall Office, then start all over again. Beware.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I have used Microsoft office since the 2003 version and upgraded to 2010 and was happy with it. Frankly, I liked Office 2010 better than Office 365. I\'ll never understand why Microsoft has to move everything around when they release a new version. It\'s kind of like say "I think I\'ll reverse the brake and the gas pedal on a car just because it\'s different."\n\nMy real complaint is with the subscription system. I had the 2010 version bought on a disk with a key number and 3 installs and kept it through multiple computer upgrades. But this time Microsoft would not let me reactivate my perfectly serviceable 2010 version when I bought a new computer. The old Office 2010 was perfectly fine, and arguably better. Office 365 added no useful changes, but suddenly I had to buy a subscription every year just to replace a system that wasn\'t broken.\n\nMy office uses Microsoft, so I don\'t have meaningful change, so I\'m stuck, but that doesn\'t mean I like it.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'This works quite well. As long as one follows the directions, the download and installation process is quick and simple. I use Outlook, Word, Excel and Access regularly. Very shortly after purchase - I was able to download and install this on two computers on my household. If you need the Office suite on more than one computer, this is the way to go.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Update (one day after original purchase for $59.99):\nFirst, I see two reviews that said that it did not extend their current subscription with Microsoft but instead created a new separate subscription (which would be terrible). For me, it did extend my current subscription. I logged into Microsoft, went to the "redeem.microsoft.com" address, made sure my login still showed on that page, and then entered the code. The bad thing about this situation is that not knowng what will happen would make anyone reluctant to buy this subscription on Amazon regardless of price. At the $99.99 price, I would definitely not buy this on Amazon.\n\nSecond, I see that the price has returned to $99.99. The interesting thing to me (and it\'s why I thought that the $59.99 price might have been "permanent") is that the renewal disclaimer just below the purchase price said yesterday that the renewal next year would be at the $59.99 price and that\'s what it says still on my subscription page.\n=========================================================\n\nOriginal "review"\nNote that this is not a review of MS Office 365 but an FYI on this Amazon item and how it seems to work. I was already a subscriber to Microsoft 365 Family and was being charged $99.99 per year by Microsoft. So, when I saw this today for $59.99 on Amazon, it was an easy decision to buy.\n\nIt appears from everything I can see, that you are actually dealing with two different subscriptions; one with Amazon and one with Microsoft. I am NOT saying that you will have two separate subscriptions for Microsoft Office and there is an easy way to fix this when you want to.\n\nIn my case, my renewal date for MS Office is November 18 with Microsoft. Buying this item on Amazon on June 25, I entered the code from Amazon on the Microsoft "redeem.microsoft.com" site and it extended the subscription for one year to November 18 of next year. However, on June 25 of next year I will be charged by Amazon at the same $59.99 rate. Simply put, if I do nothing, there is now a 5 month offset in these two subscriptions.\n\nFor me, I\'m going to keep watching this listing and if it looks like this is a "permanent" price, i will likely cancel my Amazon subscription and buy it again next November so that the timing matches. Either way, if you use Microsoft Office 365 or intend to, this is a great price compared to buying directly from Microsoft.\n\nThere is nothing intentionally decptive in this listing, but it is a little confusing as you are buying an Amazon subscription that you redeem with Microsoft via code for a subscription for Office.\n\nIf you are a new subscriber for MS Office 365, none of these caveats apply; at $59.99 its a great deal.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'If you’re like me you’re going to redeem the code you get and then check the subscription end date. At first, it will be the current date plus a year, but after a few minutes it will update to include any existing subscription time you had.\n\nThis works exactly the same as buying a subscription from Microsoft directly, except the payment aspects are handled by Amazon.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I don't particularly appreciate being forced to go on a subscription basis for my Microsoft office software. However, the fact that I could share it with several individuals and his usability on the road make it a good value. I often find myself on the road and having to switch between computers, and being able to access my materials online is extremely useful"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'My daughter downloaded this product first on her laptop and then when I tried to download it I received the message that the product key had already been used. I followed the directions found through links in replies to other customer reviews and had my daughter share the product with me but when I logged into my Microsoft account I was prompted to purchase the product again.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'So-far, so-good. (Purchased 11 days ago) I have a lot to learn. This was a BIG decision, for me. Take your time and Follow the instructions. The download went great. In the middle of loading MS 365, Windows 10 wanted to do an upgrade that would take a few moments. (Not sure how many moments in 5 + or - hours) I am still happy with download process of MS 365. I had been running Office 2007, so with the upgrades and the Cloud storage, it will be quite some time before I feel confident again. I will recommend Office 365 to my family and friends.'}]