In this blog post I will go through the process of how to check the number of devices a user has activated Office Apps, and where to revoke access. Depending on your license, each user may have access to download 365 apps to five different devices. In the event a user allocates all licenses and requests for one of those devices to be removed, you could perform this action from the 365 Admin Center.
If you wish to prevent users from downloading Office apps to more than one device you could disable the download option so it’s no longer visible in the users office portal, see the following article Prevent Users from downloading 365 apps
Note: Deactivating a device doesn’t remove Office apps or data from a device, but it will sign the user out of Office remotely.
How many devices can people install Office and what license is required?
If your subscription includes any of the following products, each person can install Office on up to five PCs or Mac, five tablets, and five phones.
- Microsoft 365 Apps for business
- Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise
- Microsoft 365 Business Standard
- Microsoft 365 Business Premium
- Microsoft 365 A3
- Microsoft 365 A5
- Microsoft 365 E3
- Microsoft 365 E5
- Office 365 A1 Plus
- Office 365 A3
- Office 365 A5
- Office 365 E3
- Office 365 E5
Let’s get started
1. Login to the Office Portal Microsoft 365 admin center (admin.microsoft.com)
2. Click Active Users
3. Click the username
4. Click Account
5. Scroll to the bottom and click View Office activations
Here you can view the number of Office activations and revoke access
Note: Deactivating a device doesn’t remove Office apps or data from a device, but it will sign the user out of Office remotely.
