Hello, Over time, I have purchased 15 copies of Office Home & Biz. 6 of these copies were purchased from MicroCenter, with me getting a product key card for my money. 9 of these were purchased from Dell and I was emailed 9 product keys. 2 of these were purchased at the same time I ordered two Dell PC's. This Office 2016 is for an activation license & download only of the latest version of genuine MS Office Home & Business 2016 for 1 Mac Full Retail Version for install and activation on 1 Mac only. Choose the license you want to use. (We highly recommend choosing an Office 365 license if you have one.) After the license validates, it will activate the product, and you can click Start Using Word to open and start using Office for Mac. However, unlike earlier versions of 'pre-installed' Office, these 2 copies installed exactly as the other 15, which is: • One must log into a Microsoft account and enter the key information that has been provided. • Note that this does not become the installed product key, rather a new product key is assigned when the Office product is registered under your email account. ![]() ![]() • Software is then downloaded to the PC and I can 'accept' the license agreement. I have 17 copies under my single email address. I have moved one copy from a dying Dell laptop to another PC. I am about to move the entire shop to Office 365. This is going to leave me with a hunch of unneeded Office 2016 licenses. I'd like to give these to employees, donate them, or perhaps sell them. I can find nothing on the web about how one would go about doing this. Thoughts and instructions appreciated. James404d wrote: If these are OEM licenses, which the 2 that you ordered with the Dell PC's probably are, they live and die on the machine. OEM can not legally transfer.As I noted, unlike installs of Office 2013, wherein the product key was entered directly into the pre-installed copy of Office, the Office 2016 didn't actually come with the computer. I had to enter the product key given to me into my Office account, then the Office portal did the installation. In any event, even if I had to forget about two installs, I still have 15 more than are definitely retail. Thanks for your response. Wayneherbert2 wrote: James404d wrote: If these are OEM licenses, which the 2 that you ordered with the Dell PC's probably are, they live and die on the machine. OEM can not legally transfer.As I noted, unlike installs of Office 2013, wherein the product key was entered directly into the pre-installed copy of Office, the Office 2016 didn't actually come with the computer. I had to enter the product key given to me into my Office account, then the Office portal did the installation.That doesn't mean they weren't OEM versions. MS has been changing their install and licensing registration methods lately. When purchasing software it is on the buyer to keep track of the licensing. Unless it's a volume license MS doesn't seem interested in helping with this. I would suggest digging out your invoices, just to be safe. 6 of these copies were purchased from MicroCenter, with me getting a product key card for my money. 9 of these were purchased from Dell and I was emailed 9 product keys. This also doesn't show a license type. Dell and MicroCenter can sell OEM licenses of MS Office like this. Definitely retail and not OEM.
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