Activate your MS Office applications on the cloud server to make sure they are ready
for use.

Cloud server activation requires that the user have a valid license that allows for “shared” computer activation. This simply means that more than one user will run their Office apps on the server, so it must support activation of more than one license or profile.

Shared computer activation is available for the following:

• Any plan that includes the Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise, including M365 Business Premium,
• M365 apps for enterprise, M365 E3 or higher.
• Any plan that includes the desktop version of Project or Visio. For example, Project Plan 3 or
• Visio Plan 2.

Note: The Microsoft 365 Business Premium plan is the only small business plan that includes support for
shared computer activation. Shared computer activation is available for Education plans that include Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise. For example, Office 365 A3 or Microsoft 365 A5.
Shared computer activation isn’t available for Office for Mac.

Make sure you assign each user a license for Microsoft 365 Apps and that each user also has their own unique login to the cloud server.

To setup OneDrive on your local PC and for use with the cloud server:

1. On your local computer, Login at office.com with your office credentials.
2. There is an option to install the software on your PC, this will include OneDrive. Complete the OneDrive installation and then sign in to OneDrive on your computer to
   finish setup.
3. On your cloud desktop link here https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft365/onedrive/onedrive-for-business and click the link for “Already have OneDrive? Sign
   in” https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2115709&clcid=0x409&culture=enus&country=US
4. Sign in to OneDrive on the cloud server with the same credentials you used for the office.com
   portal.

To activate (or re-activate) your Office license on the cloud server:

1. Login to the server and launch one of your Office apps, in this case Excel.
2. Click on the user icon in the top right of the application; the icon next to the user name
3. Then, select the option to Sign in with a different account
4. Sign in with your valid, licensed Office365 user ID to activate the applications on the server for your user