Office 365 Pro Plus multiple devices - corp environment

[cpmerchant]

So this question is for IT Managers using Office 365. Basically the licenses are $12 per user per month, that license can be used up to 5 different devices, I checked with Microsoft and they said yes, technically you can install it across 5 different computers.

My question is do IT Managers really do this? Create an email/pw for an employee, then use that employees info to register Microsoft Outlook on 5 different computers? If so, do you just use an Excel sheet to keep track of it? Basically if that initial employee with the license leaves the company, you disable/delete their email on Office 365 portal, then all those 5 licenses are now deactivated and you got employees calling left and right about an error message on their Microsoft Office software.

Or do you just stick with license per computer and thats it, done.

Just wanted some feedback, obvisouly you can save tons of money it sounds like making sure you use up all 5 devices per license, but also creates a hassle. I dunno, thoughts?

 

[13thmonkey]

I suspect the intent is one user with 5 devices.

 

[cpmerchant]

Sure it would be nice, but is there a compliance risk involved at all, more paperwork? i dunno seems like maybe more of a mess going that way. Or at least a lot learning from mistakes until you get it down right.