Microsoft to end device limits for consumer Office 365 subscribers

The device limitations for Office 365 Home and Personal subscribers will disappear in October.

Microsoft will soon drop the device limit on its consumer-grade Office 365 subscriptions and increase the number of users allowed under a single Office 365 Home plan, the company announced today.

“Starting October 2, subscribers can install Office on an unlimited number of devices,” wrote Jared Spataro, a Microsoft executive in the Office and Windows division, in a  post to a company blog.

Under current rules, Office 365 Home, which costs $100 per year, allows for installation of the suite’s applications – Word, Outlook, Excel and the rest – on only 10 devices, or an allowance of two devices for each of the five users who can shelter under the umbrella of a single subscription. Meanwhile, Office 365 Personal – a $70 annual plan with rights for just one individual – capped the device count at two total.

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