The service/software may not be used for commercial, non-profit, or revenue-generating activities.) Do people do it all the time? Yes. The Office 365 Home license agreement specifically states that it cannot be used for commercial purposes (. So maybe it's OK to use Outlook Home to access Exchange, but it seems to me it wouldn't be legal under US law to use any other Office 365 Home programs for commercial use.Īs others have pointed out, it will work but, technically, it is not legal. OTOH, it does look like an Office 365 Home version of Outlook can access Exchange set up via Office 365 Business Essentials. You cannot add Office 365 Business Essentials to your current Office 365 Home subscription.
The OP's link starts off with this from a MSFT employee moderating (apparently a forum moderator): The site linked above does show a MSFT phone number to call to find out from MSFT itself. OTOH, follow the link for Office 365 Buisiness Premium, and its services included adds Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, but drops SharePoint. Scrolling down the page, it shows Services Included: Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint, and MS Teams. Not clear as a matter of US contract law that it would be legal to use Office 365 Home desktop programs for commercial use.