MS Office 2007 Licensing

nvisibl · 02-02-2009, 06:12 AM

Hello I have 30 desktops here at work which need MS Office 2007 on them.

Can someone tell me please the best (cheapest) way to license these?

Thanks for your help

Chevy · 02-02-2009, 12:07 PM

Contact Microsoft and ask them about their Volume Licensing program.

nvisibl · 02-02-2009, 12:40 PM

Ok thanks Chevy

RockLee · 02-02-2009, 02:17 PM

Sometimes you can get volume licenses cheaper than going through Microsoft. We got our volume license for Office 2007 from Dell and it was quite a bit cheaper that MS directly.

rbalaji · 02-02-2009, 03:42 PM

Perhaps, but I bet Dell probably sold you OEM copies, not retail copies of the software. There are licensing term differences between OEM and retail copies, the most significant being that once you install an OEM copy on one machine, it is wedded to that machine and can not be transferred to another machine even if the original machine gets run over by a truck.

RockLee · 02-03-2009, 07:09 AM

To be honest I am not quite sure what Licenses we got but you are probably right

Chevy · 02-03-2009, 07:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rbalaji

Perhaps, but I bet Dell probably sold you OEM copies, not retail copies of the software. There are licensing term differences between OEM and retail copies, the most significant being that once you install an OEM copy on one machine, it is wedded to that machine and can not be transferred to another machine even if the original machine gets run over by a truck.

In this case that does not apply, as there are no "Retail" VLK's. Individual licenses can be purchased through the retail channel, but volume licenses are always from a distributor or MS direct.

rbalaji · 02-03-2009, 11:54 AM

So, you are saying that there will be no differences in the license terms whether I bought the volume licenses from MS or Dell? In that case, I guess I should keep that in mind (not that I am ever going to buy software in volume). Thank you.

02-02-2009, 06:12 AM	#1 (permalink)
nvisibl Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 68 OS: Vista	MS Office 2007 Licensing Hello I have 30 desktops here at work which need MS Office 2007 on them. Can someone tell me please the best (cheapest) way to license these? Thanks for your help

02-02-2009, 12:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
Chevy Retired Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Notlob Posts: 5,452 OS: Vista Ultimate My System	Re: MS Office 2007 Licensing Contact Microsoft and ask them about their Volume Licensing program.

02-02-2009, 12:40 PM	#3 (permalink)
nvisibl Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 68 OS: Vista	Re: MS Office 2007 Licensing Ok thanks Chevy

02-02-2009, 02:17 PM	#4 (permalink)
RockLee Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Alabama Posts: 282 OS: Windows 7 Beta Build 7000, XP Pro SP3	Re: MS Office 2007 Licensing Sometimes you can get volume licenses cheaper than going through Microsoft. We got our volume license for Office 2007 from Dell and it was quite a bit cheaper that MS directly.

02-02-2009, 03:42 PM	#5 (permalink)
rbalaji Tech, Microsoft Support Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 1,193 OS: Windows XP SP3	Re: MS Office 2007 Licensing Perhaps, but I bet Dell probably sold you OEM copies, not retail copies of the software. There are licensing term differences between OEM and retail copies, the most significant being that once you install an OEM copy on one machine, it is wedded to that machine and can not be transferred to another machine even if the original machine gets run over by a truck. __________________ Balaji Ramanathan Computers - You can't live with them, you can't live without them!

02-03-2009, 07:09 AM	#6 (permalink)
RockLee Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Alabama Posts: 282 OS: Windows 7 Beta Build 7000, XP Pro SP3	Re: MS Office 2007 Licensing To be honest I am not quite sure what Licenses we got but you are probably right

02-03-2009, 11:54 AM	#8 (permalink)
rbalaji Tech, Microsoft Support Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 1,193 OS: Windows XP SP3	Re: MS Office 2007 Licensing So, you are saying that there will be no differences in the license terms whether I bought the volume licenses from MS or Dell? In that case, I guess I should keep that in mind (not that I am ever going to buy software in volume). Thank you. __________________ Balaji Ramanathan Computers - You can't live with them, you can't live without them!