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-->This article explains the relationship between subscriptions and licenses, and provides additional information about who can assign licenses, understanding what happens when you assign a license to someone, and how many devices can people install Office on. It also includes links to understanding licenses for non-user mailboxes, and Articles about managing licenses.
When you buy a subscription to Office 365 for business, you sign up for a set of applications and services that you pay for on a either a monthly or an annual basis. The applications and services that you receive as part of your subscription depend on which product you purchased, such as Office 365 Business or Office 365 Business Premium. You can review what comes with each product on the Buy Office 365 page.
When you buy a subscription, you specify the number of licenses that you need, based on how many people you have in your organization. After your purchase is complete, you create accounts for people, and then assign a license to each person. As your organizational needs change, you can buy more licenses to accommodate new people, or reassign licenses to other users when someone leaves your organization.
If you have more than one subscription, you can assign licenses to different people for each subscription. For example, all of your users could be assigned to all Office 365 applications and services as part of an Office 365 Business Premium subscription, while a subset of users could also be assigned to Visio Online through a separate Visio subscription.
Find out who can assign licenses
Different types of admins can work with licenses in different ways, depending on their roles. The following table lists the most common options. For a complete list of admin roles and privileges, see About admin roles.
| Admin role | Assign a license | Remove a license | Purchase more licenses | Delete an account |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global admin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Billing admin | No | No | Yes | No |
| User management admin | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Service admin | No | No | No | No |
| Password admin | No | No | No | No |
Understand what happens when you assign a license to someone
The following table lists what automatically happens when you assign a license to someone:
| If the subscription has this service | This automatically happens |
|---|---|
| Exchange Online | A mailbox is created for that person. |
| SharePoint Online | Edit permissions to the default SharePoint Online team site are assigned to that person. |
| Skype for Business Online | The person will have access to the features associated with the license. |
| Office 365 ProPlus | The person will be able to download Microsoft Office on up to 5 Macs or PCs, 5 tablets, and 5 smartphones. |
Microsoft Office 2013 5 License
How many devices can people install Office on?
If your subscription includes any of the following products, each person can install Office on up to 5 PCs or Mac, 5 tablets, and 5 phones.
Office 365 Business
Office 365 Business Premium
Office 365 ProPlus
Office 365 Enterprise E3
Office 365 Enterprise E5
Understand licenses for non-user mailboxes
You don't need to assign licenses to resource mailboxes, room mailboxes, and shared mailboxes, except when they are over their storage quota of 50 gigabytes (GB). For more about non-user mailboxes, see the following articles:
Shared Mailboxes in Exchange Online for all other Office 365 plans.