[OPLINTECH] O365 for public

[Larry Ritchie]

Thought about it but just having Office in Dark Mode through off our customer base so I dont see them adapting to a completely different product


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Larry Ritchie
IT Manager, Tuscarawas County Public Library System

Office: 330.364.4474 ext 235

Cell: 330-983-6941

lritchie at tusclibrary.org

www.tusclibrary.org

121 Fair Avenue NW, New Philadelphia, OH 44663

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Anyone considering an alternative approach such as perhaps OnlyOffice? ...Maybe with just a tiny percent of computers having true Microsoft Office for the cases that truly require it for any document that just doesn't work quite right?


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On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM Larry Ritchie via OPLINTECH <oplintech at lists.oplin.org<mailto:oplintech at lists.oplin.org>> wrote:
Yes single license and then its important to click "sign into this app only" otherwise it'll sign into any microsoft service like Edge and they can get into the account and its a mess. Thanks,
Larry


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Larry Ritchie
IT Manager, Tuscarawas County Public Library System

Office: 330.364.4474 ext 235

Cell: 330-983-6941

lritchie at tusclibrary.org<mailto:lritchie at tusclibrary.org>

www.tusclibrary.org<http://www.tusclibrary.org>

121 Fair Avenue NW, New Philadelphia, OH 44663

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From: Colleen Sandusky <csandusky at loudonvillelibrary.org<mailto:csandusky at loudonvillelibrary.org>>
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2025 11:18 AM
To: Larry Ritchie <lritchie at tusclibrary.org<mailto:lritchie at tusclibrary.org>>; OPLINTECH <oplintech at lists.oplin.org<mailto:oplintech at lists.oplin.org>>
Subject: Re: O365 for public

Hi Larry,
I was thinking the same thing. Are you using a single license per machine? I was looking at using the five installations per license but then anyone using any of those five machines would potentially have access to anything done on those five machines since they use the same Microsoft account.
Colleen Sandusky
Loudonville Public Library


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From: Larry Ritchie <lritchie at tusclibrary.org<mailto:lritchie at tusclibrary.org>>
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Subject: Re: O365 for public

I just went through this whole thing. Set up generic accounts and then took away certain licenses associated with the account (email, sharepoint etc)


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Larry Ritchie
IT Manager, Tuscarawas County Public Library System

Office: 330.364.4474 ext 235

Cell: 330-983-6941

lritchie at tusclibrary.org<mailto:lritchie at tusclibrary.org>

www.tusclibrary.org<http://www.tusclibrary.org>

121 Fair Avenue NW, New Philadelphia, OH 44663

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From: OPLINTECH <oplintech-bounces at lists.oplin.org<mailto:oplintech-bounces at lists.oplin.org>> on behalf of Colleen Sandusky via OPLINTECH <oplintech at lists.oplin.org<mailto:oplintech at lists.oplin.org>>
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Subject: [OPLINTECH] O365 for public

Good morning,
I'm planning an upgrade to our public computers this year, so I'm evaluating the best avenue for offering O365 to patrons. We are currently using Office 2019 which is standalone so doesn't cause any issues. We do use O365 for Education for staff.
I'm not seeing a way to offer O365 without requiring a Microsoft account login. Am I missing something? What are other libraries doing that doesn't create a privacy nightmare or restricted use?
Thanks,
Colleen Sandusky
Loudonville Public Library
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