What is Shared Computer Activation (SCA) for Office 365 ProPlus?

In 2014, Microsoft enabled Shared Computer Activation (SCA) mode in Office 365 so that multiple Office 365 ProPlus users can share the same hardware in the following scenarios:

  • Customer dedicated self-hosted (on-premise)
  • Dedicated third-party hosted
  • Windows Azure environment

What Office versions support Shared Computer Activation?

Shared Computer Activation mode works with Office 365 ProPlus. All Office 365 plans that include Office 365 ProPlus are able to use Shared Computer Activation.

Benefits of Shared Computer Activation for Office 365 ProPlus

The main outcome of SCA for Office 365 ProPlus is that it gives customers choice and flexibility. SCA allows customers to take advantage of existing Office 365 ProPlus licensing investments when deploying to the cloud.

Customers are able to make a deployment choice between on-premises and any authorized Service Providers shared datacenter to help lower cloud infrastructure costs by letting Zettagrid use your existing Office 365 ProPlus licenses.

You can work with Zettagrid to take advantage of SCA for Office 365 ProPlus. Zettagrid is an approved SCA for Office 365 ProPlus Program provider, allowing us to deploy your eligible Office 365 ProPlus licenses to your chosen cloud infrastructure solution.

Contact Us

Talk to a Zettagrid representative to learn more about Shared Computer Activation on 1300 597 656.