This saved my butt when I lost my mouse dongle and only had an Ubuntu instance available at the time. I was able to pair my mouse to the same dongle my keyboard used and have been using the software ever since without issue. Thank you!
IIRC, there are three types of dongles: the old basic ones, that only work with one particular device, the not-that-old "unifying" dongles (they have a red logo with a star or ray of light), and the new ones that are called "bolt" (green logo with a bolt in it).
I have mostly experience with the "unifying" receivers. Those can pair to any "unifying" compatible device, and keep connections with up to 6 devices. Bolt dongles work similarly but with better encryption.
USB3's high speed produces EM inference with some receivers.
It seems most-useful to make sure it is only a USB 2 cable, without the extra USB 3 data lines.
(USB 3 makes a ton of noise at ~2.4GHz. They could have spread out emissions and dialed them down, but they stuck them in the same trash band that microwave ovens [and mouse dongles] use because... well, it's cheaper and easier that way.]
We issue the wireless keyboards/mice kit as it is cheaper than swapping a proprietary keyboard in your laptop, and less likely to give users an RSI (really not funny if you are a Jr and have to learn this the painful way.) =3
For servers and desktop towers, a cabled solution is more secure... and never runs out of batteries. YMMV =3