Review by Amazon Customer

The software rental business is growing but at least Microsoft still has standalone version unlike Adobe and their CC product. There are added benefits by purchasing Office 365 Home Premium;however, you are renting so if you decided not to renew you no longer own the rights to having Office 2013. I had already purchased Office 365 Home Premium prior to the copy I received in the prime program.

The benefit of the subscription is you are allowed to have Office 2013 installed on 5 computers. It is important to note that you will need to use the Microsoft account you used to register the software to install the software on the 5 computers. There is no option to send other household members a link to install the software. You do not need to stay logged once the software is installed. It is also important to note that you will need Windows 7 or 8 to install Office 2013.

If you are already using Office 2010 I do not see any major improvement to move to Office 365. Office 2013 is very similar to Office 2010 but integrated with the cloud.

Here some of the biggest issues I have with Office 365 Home Premium. I reached out to Microsoft support to verify my findings. I kept the complete chat log.

All these so called benefits / add-ons are only good for the person who signed up for Office 365 Home Premium.

20GB Skydrive, Skype Account, Office on Demand only apply one account. There is no option to create a sub-account for household members. Your only option would be to share your account and password information. While I have no issue providing my spouse my information but I will not provide my credentials to my account. You can sign them up a regular Microsoft account, so that gets a 5GB skydrive, Office Web Apps that integrates with Office 2013nnThat being said as the primary account holder you do get a good value. Microsoft recently added the Office App for Android and IOS.

I had a skydrive when they offered 25GB, so I now 45GB of cloud storage that I can sync between by laptop and desktop with a Skydrive install.

I rarely used Skype in the past and that will most likely continue even with the included minutes. I still have not used the Office on Demand, so I cannot provide an opinionnnYou have to decide if Office 365 Home premium. If there was more flexibility with household accounts I would rate a minimum of 4 stars. If you are XP and Vista user you should not purchase this product.

If you work at a company that has an active Microsoft Enterprise Agreement you should check with the EA Administrator because you may have access to the Home Use Program which allows you to purchase Office 2013 for $10nnDisclaimer: As a member of the Amazon Vine program I received this product without cost. I already had a Office 365 subscription prior to the Vine copy.