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Microsoft 365 Family subscribers can share subscription benefits with up to five other people. You can send an invitation or add people to your Microsoft family to share your benefits. Once they accept the invitation, they can install Microsoft 365 apps on their devices and access their own 1 TB of OneDrive storage by signing in to www.microsoft365.com with their personal Microsoft account.

Invite someone to share your Microsoft 365 Family subscription

Notes: 

  • You do not need to share your subscription to install Microsoft 365 on multiple personal devices. Simply visit your Microsoft account and select Install from any device. 

  • Product keys aren't meant to be used for subscription sharing. Instead, please use the steps below to send an email or link to each person you want to share with.

  1. Sign in to the same Microsoft account where you set up your Microsoft 365 Family subscription. Use this link to get directly to sharing or navigate to sharing by selecting Services & subscriptions > Manage.

  2. Select Start sharing.

    Note: If you don't see the Start sharing button, you may not be the owner of the Microsoft 365 Family subscription. If you're using a Microsoft 365 Family subscription that someone else shared with you, or if you have another type of Microsoft 365 subscription, you can't share your subscription with other people. 

  3. Choose how you'd like to share.

    Select Email invite then enter their email and select Invite.

    Select Create link then select Copy link. You can then paste the link in an email, text, or other message and send it to those you want to share with. 

    Note: When someone accepts your invite, they will automatically be added to your Microsoft Family. Members of your Family group do not have access to the private email, calendar, cloud storage, or OneNote notebooks of other members. 

  4. They will need to accept your invitation within 48 hours. If they don't have a Microsoft account, they'll be prompted to create one in order to move on. Once they sign in to www.microsoft365.com with their personal Microsoft account, they can install Microsoft 365 desktop apps on their devices and access their own 1 TB of OneDrive storage.

Subscription benefits

At no extra cost, each person you share with gets:

  • The latest version of Microsoft 365 apps for PC, Mac, tablets, and smart phones.

    Each person can install Microsoft 365 on all their devices and be signed in to Microsoft 365 on five devices at the same time. To install Microsoft 365, they sign in to www.microsoft365.com using their own Microsoft account. If they don't already have a Microsoft account, they'll be prompted to create one when they accept your invitation to share. It's free.

    Note: Before someone installs Microsoft 365, make sure their computer meets the system requirements. For example, the latest version of Microsoft 365 can't be installed on Chromebooks, or computers running Windows 7.

  • 1 TB of OneDrive storage.

    Each person you share your subscription benefits with gets their own OneDrive storage. Learn more about OneDrive.

    Don't worry: People who share your subscription can't access files or folders on your personal OneDrive storage unless you explicitly share them. Learn to share OneDrive files and folders.

  • 60 Skype minutes per month.

    Skype calling to mobile phones in eight countries and to landlines in 60+ countries (only in markets where Skype is available). Learn more about Skype minutes.

  • Advanced email security tools.

    Help protect each person's Outlook inbox from phishing and malware with real-time warnings about malicious websites and by scanning attachments for the latest viruses. People you share with will also get an ad-free experience and 50 GB of storage per mailbox.

  • Important: People sharing your subscription will NOT have access to your personal files, calendar, or email, and you will not have access to theirs. All files and service usage information remain private—as though they had purchased their own subscription.

Manage who you've shared with, invitations, and devices

Over time, you may want to share with different people or sign in to Microsoft 365 on new devices. You can learn how to stop sharing with someone or sign out of Microsoft 365 from a device below.

Manage people you've shared your subscription with

On the Microsoft account, Sharing page, under the section Other people, you can view and manage the people you’re sharing your Microsoft 365 Family subscription benefits with.

For example, if you you’re already sharing your subscription with five people and would like to share with someone new, you’ll have to stop sharing with someone before you share with the new person.

Stop sharing your subscription with someone :
When you stop sharing your subscription with someone, they lose all their Microsoft 365 Family subscription benefits, including extra OneDrive storage and the ability to use Microsoft 365 desktop apps. They can still view and print their Microsoft 365 files, but they can't edit them or create new ones. 

Note:  They won't be removed from the Family. You must also remove them from the Family group if you no longer want them as apart your Family.

Manage invitations to share Microsoft 365

On the Microsoft account, Sharing page, under the section Other people, you can view and manage invitations you’ve created. You can check the status of an invitation, resend, or delete invitations.

If the person you sent an invitation to can't find it, see Can't find an invitation to share Microsoft 365 Family. And if someone hasn't accepted an invitation, and you don't care, you can simply delete the invitation.

Manage your Microsoft 365 devices

You can install Microsoft 365 desktop apps on all your devices and be signed in to Microsoft 365 on five devices at the same time. If you have more than five devices, you'll be signed out of devices automatically to stay within your sign-in limit. To use Microsoft 365 on a device where you've been signed out, just sign back in. To learn more, see How sign in works in Microsoft 365.

Help for the people you've shared your subscription with

When you share your subscription with someone, they get an email from Microsoft telling them that you've shared your Microsoft 365 Family subscription with them. All they need to do is click the Accept button in the email and go to their Microsoft account, Overview page where they can install Office, access their OneDrive storage, and more.

As mentioned above, if they don't receive the invitation, ask them to read Can't find an invitation to share Microsoft 365 Family. And if they have trouble installing Office, ask them to see Troubleshoot installing Microsoft 365, Office 2019, Office 2016, and Office 2013.

When you send an invitation to share Microsoft 365 Family, that person is automatically added to the existing Family group that is managed by the Family administrator. Members of the Family group have access to the shared Family email Inbox, Calendar, and OneNote notebooks. To learn more about these shared features, see What's new in Microsoft Family.  

See Also

Learn more about Microsoft Family

Install Office on your PC or Mac

Set up Office apps and email on a mobile device

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