Windows licenses have a separate mechanism which does not affect shared or student-use computers in the same way.
365-licensed copies will be continually upgraded.
Volume licensed copies of Office for Mac will eventually get "stuck" at their current revision level (Office 2016, Office 2019, etc.) and will need to have an upgrade initiated manually to get to the next version.Volume licensed copies of Office for Mac will get some new features later than 365-licensed copies, or sometimes they will not get the new feature at all.
For Macs used by students (workstudy, research labs, etc.) or many employees (shared kiosk, conference room, etc.), we recommend continuing to use the computer-tied volume license rather than user-tied 365 licensing. However, students may use dozens of computers (their personally-owned computer, lab and classroom systems, those related to campus employment, etc.). Most employees use one or two computers on a regular basis, so this is not an issue. If you try to exceed five, you will have to deactivate one to make more room. Special Note for Shared or Student-Use MacsĮach campus user is entitled to activate Office on up to five computers at once. Click the "use another account" button and log in again to resolve this message.
Allow about half an hour for the upgrade to complete like all upgrades, it's best to avoid making the change right before a major deadline. Please perform this upgrade while connected to the campus network (wired or wireless) it will work remotely via VPN if necessary. If this Mac is shared by many employee users, and/or is used by students such as workstudy employees, please see the special note below. In order to have access to all new features, campus Macs need to 1) upgrade to the latest Office and 2) start using the "365 license" (which is tied to the employee user's account) rather than the "volume license" (which we have used in the past). Microsoft Office has shifted to a model of ongoing smaller updates, rather than saving them all up for a big version upgrade (like 2011 to 2016). If you were directed to this page by a popup message referencing "MacOffice365Push" on your college-owned Mac, you are in the right place to learn more!