We are a small office of 2 (soon will be 3) employees.  We recently purchased a new computer to replace the one I have been using.  I’m trying to figure out the best way to set up my computer and the computer for the new employee.  My supervisor currently has Office 2021 Home and Student installed on her computer.  I was going to install the same thing on my new computer.  But I’ve also been asked to install something on the computer for the new employee as well.  If I use my Microsoft account to install Office 2021 Home/Student on my computer – how do I go about setting up the new computer?  I don’t know that I can be logged in and purchase Office 2021 Home/Student under my Microsoft account, can I?  Once I purchase it, doesn’t the license go with the account that was logged in to purchase it?  We also talked about just creating a generic Microsoft account – like “help” or “tech” or something.  But then we would have to sign in to Microsoft using that account and all the purchases would be under that account.  

What’s the best practice here?  What’s the best way to set up my computer and the computer for the new employee?  What have you found that works and what doesn’t work?

Thanks!

​We are a small office of 2 (soon will be 3) employees.  We recently purchased a new computer to replace the one I have been using.  I’m trying to figure out the best way to set up my computer and the computer for the new employee.  My supervisor currently has Office 2021 Home and Student installed on her computer.  I was going to install the same thing on my new computer.  But I’ve also been asked to install something on the computer for the new employee as well.  If I use my Microsoft account to install Office 2021 Home/Student on my computer – how do I go about setting up the new computer?  I don’t know that I can be logged in and purchase Office 2021 Home/Student under my Microsoft account, can I?  Once I purchase it, doesn’t the license go with the account that was logged in to purchase it?  We also talked about just creating a generic Microsoft account – like “help” or “tech” or something.  But then we would have to sign in to Microsoft using that account and all the purchases would be under that account.   What’s the best practice here?  What’s the best way to set up my computer and the computer for the new employee?  What have you found that works and what doesn’t work? Thanks!  Read More

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