Microsoft 365 Family says out of licenses, other questions

Hello Bolo H Hi, I'm Karl and will be happy to help you today. I'm not sure I fully understand everything you have done in terms of your question but will address an important part of your question If you are logging in using your brother's login credentials, then you will see everything with your brother's account which includes OneDrive. If you change the Windows log in account to your own Microsoft Account then you would lose any settings created under your brother's log in account If your brother has a "Family" subscription, then the subscription can be shared with up to 5 other people as described in the following article (owner of account + 5 other people = 6) Share your Microsoft 365 Family subscription https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/share-your-microsoft-365-family-subscription-b389b9ce-3ae3-4a82-9017-39d79972fcba

Thanks Karl that's close to all I need to know.

This part I still don't understand:

• ...At the Assign Product Licenses step it stated that I was out of 365 Apps for business so I created the user with the "without product license" option, which notes that this may mean that I could have limited or no access to office 365...

With the new user I've created, I will log in. Will I be able to install local excel and word?

To be honest, not entirely clear what steos you are following in reference to >> * ... At the Assign Product Licenses step it stated that I was out of 365 Apps for business so I created the user with the "without product license" option, which notes that this may mean that I could have limited or no access to office 365... << Assigning licenses applies to a business account when the original description referred to a MS 365 Family subscription and "assigning license" doesn't apply If you have created a new MS Account, all that needs to be done is getting a "share" invitation from the subscription owner and you accept it using your MS Account as described in the article included in the previous response. Once that;s done you can download Office from the "Services & Subscriptions" section of your MS Account. The following link will get you there https://account.microsoft.com/services

Well, it is totally confusing, that's for sure, and par for the course for microsoft.

The 365 account is Family, that's for sure. One of the steps to create a new user (myself) is Assign Product Licenses. I have no idea why.

this is the step:

Where / how exactly are you getting to that page The URL to create a new consumer Microsoft Account is the following and in no way has anything to do with assigning licenses. https://login.live.com/ *** be sure that you are logged out of any other Microsoft Account

The admin login I was given to use is of the form *** Email address is removed for privacy ***. Now that you mention is, that's just like the business msft accounts I use for work. If logged in with that account I click on Products and the main one listed is

Microsoft 365 Apps for business

So, I wonder if the account he gave me to admin this is somehow tied to a different engagement with msft, a business account?

The url for that is like

On the family admin page, do I create a new user via the term "share"? As in "Share your Microsoft 365 subscription"? If I do that,

• each person's docs will be separate?

• I'll be able to install local word etc?

• I'll be able to log in to the pc with that new account?

• Do I NEED to log in to the pc with the the pending newly created family user account, if that even amounts to a "microsoft account"? Or can I keep the current pc login, and just use the office account online with my own distinct documents etc?

That has to be it but I'll hope to hear a confirmation from you.

This has been super helpful, thank you

Just to keep this as simple as possible, for the purposes of this question, please, please forget anything to do with any business account - it simply does not apply. #1 - The way to create a personal Microsoft Account is via the link I provided in the previous reply. It is that Microsoft Account you need to use to accept the Family "share" #2 - Regarding the "Family ad,min page" So as to not get things confused with "business" terminolgy, there is no "Famuly Admin" page. "Sharing" a subscription is merely a function that is available to the owner of the subcription and must be done from the owner's Microoft Account as descibed in Share your Microsoft 365 Family subscription https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/share-your-microsoft-365-family-subscription-b389b9ce-3ae3-4a82-9017-39d79972fcba #3 - Once you accept the share invitation, you will be able to install the Office desktop apps on your computer. You do not need to log into your computer using the same Microsoft Account. A "shared" subscription is in effect the same as each person having their own Personal Micorooft 365 subscription. Each user accepting a share must use their own Microsoft Account, so everything is absolutely separate One caveat #4 - If you log into your computer using your brother's login credentials, you will have access to his OneDrive account Of you want to keep everything completely separate - don't use anyone else's Microsoft Account on your computer

I think that's clear enough, thank you Karl.

You're welcome - but if you have any other questions, don't be bashful <g>