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Microsoft Partners: good as should be?
oldwiring
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I've been looking to update some MS software. You can be assured that resellers like PC World will want top whack, so I've been looking elsewhere e.g. Amazon. Some seem to claim they're Microsoft Partners, but on viewing feedback, I noticed tales of non-working stuff.
Am I too cynical in thinking being a Microsoft Partner is like membership of a trade association i.e' one pays therefore one belongs? Also I don't see membership numbers, which raises my doubts.
Opinions, please!
Am I too cynical in thinking being a Microsoft Partner is like membership of a trade association i.e' one pays therefore one belongs? Also I don't see membership numbers, which raises my doubts.
Opinions, please!
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No a Microsoft Partner is not that. a MS Partner is vetted by MS. A MS partner can only sell legitimate licensed software in accordance with MS licensing T&C so if someone is selling license stickers or OEM licenses without selling components to build a PC such as motherboards they're not a legitimate MS Partner. Microsoft have a list of Partners on their website.This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0
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May I have the linky? Please!0
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>Opinions, please!<
I've bought Visio 2016 and Project 2016 from Amazon sellers for under £15 and they've installed and activated fine with the license keys provided.0 -
What type of licenses did you buy? That sounds suspiciously cheap, which suggests that they have been sold in an incorrect way - that is, they may have sold "home use" licenses that you are not authorised to use, for example, or several other means of selling cheap licenses as long as you ignore the terms of use.
(I should add, it's several years since I was involved in MS licensing, so it may all be different by now. But those sound too cheap to be correct).0
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