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Why are we changing licenses from ‘A1 Plus’ to ‘A1’?

Microsoft made a change in their licensing model. To keep RRU compliant with legal requirements we need to reassign license types licensing options for education and will no longer offer the A1 Plus type license. Organizations like RRU, who use that license type, are required to issue different licenses to remain legally compliant with license agreements. We will replace your A1 Plus license type with the new A1 license type effective <date>. ***

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titleWhy is an MS license required?

MS requires that all users of MS applications have an appropriate access license. These licenses also allow Microsoft to provide updates, security enhancements, and support for the tools we use daily.

RRU issues MS licenses to all students, staff, faculty, guests, etc. to ensure that each person has appropriate authorized access to MS software and services.

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titleWhat will change when I am assigned an A1 license?

MS has phased out license type A1 Plus, which is the license currently assigned to you. A1 Plus has been replaced with A1 licenses. The main difference between the two types is that A1 Plus licenses allowed us download and install MS Office products. The new license - A1 – does not.

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title*** Am I affected by this license change?

You may be affected, depending on whether you used the license issued by RRU and even depending on how you used it.

There IS a change for you if:

There is no change for you if:

You previously downloaded and installed Office on your computer at home using the A1 Plus license issued by RRU. Effective <date>

You use your own personal or company MS license on your non-RRU computer.

If you previously installed Office on your computer using the RRU license, the installed version of Office will no longer function

. Instead

either on <date> or after a 30 day grace period .

  • At that point, you’ll need to log into http://office.com using your RRU Login and password.

  • Documents already saved on your desktop are accessible from http://office.com (popup blockers may prevent this).

  • New documents will be created from http://office.com

. More information about transitioning from the A1 Plus license type to the A1 license is available in the IT Services Knowledgebase.

You use your own personal or company MS license on your personal computer.

You have already been accessing MS tools like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint online at office.com by signing in using a personal login and password OR your RRU Login and password

  • .

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titleAm I required to use Multifactor Authentication (MFA) to access office.com?

Yes, you will be required to use MFA to access this online resource. If you have not set up MFA, please refer to these instructions to do that.

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title*** How to get help

Please direct questions to <where do we want questions directed?>.

We appreciate your cooperation as we make this adjustment to better align with organizational requirements and licensing standards.

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