
It went from device based activation (one computer) to user based activation. It makes sense for Microsoft to check that people are paying for it before allowing a download with associated bandwidth costs.Īnother issue is that the subscription model has changed the way that Office activates.

We don't bother with imaging as we're usually only doing 2-3 laptops for a client at a time and not enough volume on a single laptop architecture either. And no we're all SMB so hardly any volume licenses - we just order in laptops and set them up. then this is a fail for Microsoft in my mind. If I have to go into command-line to configure packages, etc.

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I'd like to at least be able to download the program files on the high-speed at my office, rather than wait 20-30 minutes for the software to download at my client's sites. That's kind of insane to me that they don't just have a general version of the software that can be pre-installed without sign-in.
