Migration and lost MS Office use.

StudioAnnandale wrote:

I just migrated my old Macbook Pro to a new MB Pro, I now can't use my MS Office products unless I buy a new subscription....this can't be right, can it?

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The current Office for Mac; Office 365 or Office 2019 (One-time purchase) are OK with Catalina/Big Sur/Monterey

To activate a Microsoft Office 365 subscription you simply enter the email address you used when you extended the subscription with Microsoft.


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If you upgraded your MacOS then you must install a version of Microsoft Office that is compatible.

If you have got a Microsoft Office subscription, then it would have been linked to your account instead. This is a smarter approach and lets us move our Office suite from one system to another. You simply need to deactivate your Office 365 subscription from your first computer, install it on your new system, and activate the subscription there. Here is a stepwise Deactivate the subscription on your old computer

At first, we need to unlink your previous computer with your Office 365 subscription. For this, you can go to the Microsoft Office website and log-in to your linked account.

Once you sign-in, go to the “My Account” section from the top (by exploring its more options). Now, browse to the “Install” section to get more options related to your account. From here, you can just select to deactivate MS Office on your system and confirm your choice.

Afterward, you can go to Control Panel > Add or Remove a Program and simply uninstall MS Office from your first computer.

Install MS Office on your new computer

To learn how to transfer Microsoft Office to another computer, you need to first download its installer. For this, go to its website on your new computer, visit your Microsoft Account > Install and download the installer file on your system.

Now, launch the installer and go through a simple click-through wizard to install MS Office on your computer. Make sure that you sign-in to the same Microsoft Office account that was previously linked to your computer.

To complete the setup, you need to enter your product key so that it can be linked to your account. If you don’t remember the product key, then you can just go to your Microsoft Account > Services & Subscription and view your product key from here.

In the end, simply enter this product key while installing MS Office on your new system. This will authenticate the software and you can use it without any complications on your new computer now.