{"id":1341,"date":"2016-04-01T09:30:14","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T08:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.licensingschool.co.uk\/?p=1341"},"modified":"2017-04-03T12:28:24","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T11:28:24","slug":"office-365-concurrent-licensing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.licensingschool.co.uk\/licensing-blog\/2016\/04\/01\/office-365-concurrent-licensing\/","title":{"rendered":"Office 365 Concurrent Licensing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April Fools post 2016 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft announce a new type of licence which will finally allow concurrent licensing on Office 365 E1, E3, or E5.<\/p>\n<p>The Fixed Unnamed User Licence (FUUL) is available for purchase in fixed amounts of 50 users but then allows ANY 50 users to use the relevant service under the licence. 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