Office 2007 licenses

superscaper

I've seen a few places that claim Office Home and Office Ultimate (Academic Edition) can be installed on up to three pcs (ie have three licenses). Anyone know if this is true and where there is specific info? Also is it only just thoses two editions and no others? E.g. does the non-academic ultimate only allow 1 license per copy. I'm just thinking that if it is the case then the ultimate academic works out quite cheaply between three of our pcs in the same house.

blisteringblue

I would be very surprised if this is the case, Microsoft closed the licencing loophole a number of years ago that allowed you to load Office on a works PC and a home PC. The pretext of that being you couldn't be on the same machine at the same time.

And they certainly don't give you something for nothing these days.

STOP PRESS

I take that all back, Office Home and Student 2007 can be loaded on up to 3 machines but it does not include Outlook !!

superscaper

It seems to be the same thing with academic version of ultimate as well but I can't find anything to confirm it.

His_Lordship

blisteringblue wrote:

it does not include Outlook !!

Is that a bad thing?

newfoundglory

Its a common thing for Microsoft to allow multiple activations using the same license key. Office 2003 and 2007 education versions allow up to 3 activations with the same key, Windows Server 2003 allows 2 activations etc...

superscaper

newfoundglory wrote:

Its a common thing for Microsoft to allow multiple activations using the same license key. Office 2003 and 2007 allow up to 3 activations with the same key, Windows Server 2003 allows 2 activations etc...

Could you clarify, I've definitely seen in places that 2007 professional only comes with ONE license. That's why I wanted to know for definite which versions have one license and which have three. Also are you sure you mean activations and not licenses, they're not the same thing and have different implications.

blisteringblue

His_Lordship wrote:

Is that a bad thing?

Outlook is great on my work PCs but you are right it's not needed as a home product.

Have a read here about Office Home and Student 2007, although I couldn't find anywhere on the website that you can load it on 3 machines. I would try and confirm it for definate before buying it though as it will involve activation on all those machine.

PS. Its currently £96 on Amazon

blisteringblue

It does look official re the 3 users, found this on CNET News Website:

"In the biggest change for consumers, Microsoft is replacing its Student and Teacher edition with a $149 Home and Student edition that can be used by all home users. Microsoft is also removing the Outlook e-mail and calendar program from that edition and instead is including its OneNote note-taking application. As with the Student and Teacher edition, the home version of Office can be used on up to three PCs in a home, but cannot be upgraded to a future version of Office. "

newfoundglory

superscaper wrote:

Could you clarify, I've definitely seen in places that 2007 professional only comes with ONE license. That's why I wanted to know for definite which versions have one license and which have three. Also are you sure you mean activations and not licenses, they're not the same thing and have different implications.

2007 professional can only be installed on one computer and thus only activated once.

office 2003 and 2007 educational versions allow up to 3 installs under a single license agreement, and can be activatied 3 times using the same license key on different machines.

superscaper

newfoundglory wrote:

2007 professional can only be installed on one computer and thus only activated once.

office 2003 and 2007 educational versions allow up to 3 installs under a single license agreement, and can be activatied 3 times using the same license key on different machines.

Ok I understand now. It's just to me activation number refers to hardware changes and not the number of machines it can be installed on. E.g. my XP Pro OEM can only be installed on 1 machine but has allowance for 3 activations (before I have to phone MS) to take into account significant upgrades. Probably being pedantic but I didn't want the issue confused as I've seen elsewhere reference to 3 licenses and ten activations for a version of office.