What Microsoft 365 business product or license do I have?
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Office for business Office 365 Small Business Microsoft 365 admin Office 365 Germany - EnterpriseThere are several Microsoft 365 for business plans that you or your organization can choose from when you sign up for one of Microsoft's cloud services. After your organization signs up for Microsoft 365, the admin can assign different Microsoft 365 licenses to each user account. The different licenses include different services, such as SharePoint in Microsoft 365 and Skype for Business Online. See the different Office 365 for business plans.
Note: This topic is for Microsoft 365 for business. If you have an Office for home product and you're looking for where to install Microsoft 365, see Install or reinstall Office on a PC or Mac. To see what Office for home products you have a license for, sign in with your Microsoft account to Services & subscriptions.
If you experience a problem in Microsoft 365 – for example, you can’t use or install Microsoft 365 on a device – it could be that you don’t have the necessary license that enables that service or you don't have a subscription that includes the desktop applications which require installation. To fix this, you can contact your admin or IT staff for help, or if you're the admin, you can add the license yourself.
If you work in an organization that uses Office 365 for business, use the steps below to find out what Microsoft 365 for business product or license you have. If you're an admin and you want to know what Microsoft 365 subscriptions have been purchased for your organization, follow the steps in What Office 365 for business subscription do I have? instead.
Select your Office 365 plan immediately below, then follow the steps:
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Sign in with your work or school account at www.office.com/signin.
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Click Settings, and then under My app settings, choose Office 365.
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On the My account page, choose Subscriptions.
You’ll see the services that you're licensed to use, such as the latest desktop version of Microsoft 365, SharePoint in Microsoft 365 or OneDrive for work or school, and Exchange Online.
You’ll also see the version of the service you're using, such as Plan 1 or Plan 2.
Tip: The latest desktop version of Office means you get an Microsoft 365 subscription with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and others. SharePoint Online means you get OneDrive for work or school and team sites. And Exchange Online means you get email.
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Sign in with your work or school account at login.partner.microsoftonline.cn.
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Click Settings, and then under My app settings, choose Office 365.
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On the My account page, choose Subscriptions.
You’ll see the services that you're licensed to use, such as the latest desktop version of Microsoft 365, SharePoint in Microsoft 365 or OneDrive for work or school, and Exchange Online.
You’ll also see the version of the service you're using, such as Plan 1 or Plan 2.
Tip: The latest desktop version of Office means you get an Microsoft 365 subscription with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and others. SharePoint Online means you get OneDrive for work or school and team sites. And Exchange Online means you get email.
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Sign in with your work or school account at portal.office.de.
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Click Settings, and then under My app settings, choose Office 365.
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On the My account page, choose Subscriptions.
You’ll see the services that you're licensed to use, such as the latest desktop version of Microsoft 365, SharePoint in Microsoft 365 or OneDrive for work or school, and Exchange Online.
You’ll also see the version of the service you're using, such as Plan 1 or Plan 2.
Tip: The latest desktop version of Office means you get an Microsoft 365 subscription with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and others. SharePoint Online means you get OneDrive for work or school and team sites. And Exchange Online means you get email.
A lot of things can happen if you don’t have the necessary Microsoft 365 for business product or license. Here are some examples:
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You try to install Microsoft 365 on your PC from Microsoft 365 but discover that there is no installation button.
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You try to use Word for the web, Excel for the web, or other Microsoft 365 for the web products and end up on the Microsoft 365 Settings page showing that you don’t have the needed license.
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You try to sign in to OneDrive for work or school but can't access the site or get an error message.
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You try to install Office for iPad from the Apple App store and get an error that your subscription is not entitled to use the app.
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You try to use Office for iPad and find that Microsoft 365 apps like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint are in read-only or view mode.
Tip: For more about issues relating to installing Microsoft 365, see Troubleshoot installing Office.
If you don’t have the product or license you need, contact your Microsoft 365 admin or IT staff for help in getting that license or finding an alternative.
Or, if you are the admin, you can add the license yourself. See Buy licenses for your Office 365 for business subscription and Assign licenses to users in Office 365 for business.
In some cases, an admin may need to add an Microsoft 365 plan or switch you to an Microsoft 365 plan that includes the services you need. See Switch to a different Office 365 for business plan.
Learn more about the different Office 365 for business plans available to your organization.
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