I am an academic and I own two laptops which I regularly use when working from home as well as for personal stuff - kids' homework, etc.. I installed Windows 10 and set up both devices using my personal email as a sign-in, and I intend using OneDrive to share files between them. However, I recently had to restore one machine to factory settings and reinstall Windows, and this meant losing MS Office from that machine in the process.
My other laptop still has Office 2016 installed, with a licence that I purchased at a discounted rate through my employer, but if memory serves this was a one-off purchase with a product key that was only valid for use within a limited time frame. I therefore can't use it again and this licence option no longer seems to be available through my employer. Instead, my employment status entitles me to download and install Office 365 on up to 5 devices through the university's licence. So far, so good, but I can only activate this new copy of Office 365 by signing in with my work email address because this is the one associated with the employer's licence. My question is, will being signed in to my computer via my personal email whilst at the same time signing in to Office through my work address cause issues, and will it impact on my ability to share files between the two devices? I don't want to switch from Office 2016 on the first machine as I much prefer it, and I don't really want to have to use my work email as my login for my home computers -- especially as I share them with my kids.
