Microsoft software licensing changes: What they mean for your business

With the price for Microsoft Office 2010 increasing compared to Office 2007, Forrester says organisations will need to think carefully about whether to purchase Software Assurance for Office as part of any new licence agreement with Microsoft.

Software Assurance is a service package companies can buy alongside licence agreements which provides additional upgrade rights and deployment services for the technology it’s attached to.

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Organizations running Office 2007 without Software Assurance will be able to upgrade at an additional cost but for those running earlier versions of Office there is no upgrade option, meaning they will have to start new licence agreements if they want to use Office 2010.

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The next potential area of confusion is a set of new licensing options for accessing virtual versions of Office via devices other than the user’s work PC.

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