Help... Office for 4 computers... how?

[vicky84]

Hi,

Hope that you will forgive that this is not a technical question, but hoping someone can help as I have been trawling the web for hours and found nothing!

I am currently in the process of starting up a ltd company and need to purchase software for new PCs. We will need Office Professional as we will be using Access and so this is already the most expensive software at arounf £350. What I can't seem to understand is if this is for just 1 computer? We will need about 4 computers to have this software - surely this does not mean that we will have to buy this 4 times over? Can we just install on 4 different computers? Obviously 4 computers is not enough to buy a volume license and so just can't find the answer to this.

Hope you can help.

Many thanks in advance,

Vicky

 

[vicky84]

Forgot to mention that I am in the UK - not sure if that makes a difference... Cheers

 

[SkipVought]

Vicky

MS Office is a per PC licence.

AFAIK, the only way to legally install one licence on more than one device is with the understanding that the two will never be using Office applications simultaneously, like someone with a desktop PC and a laptop: they use the desktop at the office and the laptop on the road. That's my understanding.

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[TonyJollans]

See

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/HA102103171033.aspx

The pertinent part is:

a. Licensed Device. You may install and use one copy of the software on the licensed device.
b. Portable Device. You may install another copy on a portable device for use by the single primary user of the licensed device.
c. Separation of Components. The components of the software are licensed as a single unit. You may not separate the components and install them on different devices.

You may find one of the Volume licences worthwhile (they start at 5 licences) - see:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...d9-4830-4d57-93a4-6ed263bad02e&displaylang=en

for more details and/or contact your local Microsoft Office. There are several options including ways to spread the cost.



Enjoy,
Tony

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[dmgaddy]

You could consider Open Office . .

 

[fredericofonseca]

if you are a software house company, or if you do software development and are onto sell microsoft based solutions to third parties, then look at the microsoft action pack.

https://partner.microsoft.com/uk/partner?countrycode=en-gb

you get almost all microsoft products (10 licenses of each) for a mere 300 euros per year.


Otherwise look into openoffice. completely free.

http://www.openoffice.org/

Regards

Frederico Fonseca
SysSoft Integrated Ltd

http://www.syssoft-int.com

FAQ219-2884
FAQ181-2886

 

[1DMF]

Remember, if you specifically need MS Access due to inhouse VBA written application, it does not convert well to OpenOffice, well all attempts I've tried didn't work.

You didn't make it clear if these 4 computers are 'new' if so, you can purchase the software via OEM licence.

Even if you only purchase additional hardware for exisiting computers, such as extra memory, I beleive you are then still eligible for OEM licence.

Also if you are starting a new company, all 1st year company set up costs are tax deductable, so as long as your company launch is successful, you won't actually be paying for the software and it simply will become an asset of the company.

Having said that I'm in the UK, so your laws may differ dependent on country of company registration.

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