Microsoft Office?

Hi there,
Does anyone know what the licence issues are with Microsoft Office 2000 OEM
edition, on a corporate network?
We are looking at buying about 7 more computers to add to our SBS domain,
are we allowed to use the OEM version instead of the retail version on these
new computers?

Thanks in advance

Andy C

Kevin3NF
Mon Jun 14 10:10:39 CDT 2004

OEM software is traditionally sold with and tied to a specific computer. If
you have OEM copies laying around, they are supposed to stay with the
machines they came with. If you are buying new machines, then the licenses
should be retail or OEM from the PC vendor.

Not sure how people handle the OEM thing if the original machines are out of
service and not being used by anyone.

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"Andy C" <andrew.cliffe@codeweavers.net> wrote in message
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> Hi there,
> Does anyone know what the licence issues are with Microsoft Office 2000
OEM
> edition, on a corporate network?
> We are looking at buying about 7 more computers to add to our SBS domain,
> are we allowed to use the OEM version instead of the retail version on
these
> new computers?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Andy C
>
>

Mark
Tue Jun 15 04:11:27 CDT 2004

You can't create an installation point using OEM, I try and steer clear of
OEM Office and go on OLP. Sure, it costs more, but I can do what I like
with it then

HTH

Mark

"Andy C" <andrew.cliffe@codeweavers.net> wrote in message
news:%23GSQLXfUEHA.2940@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Hi there,
> Does anyone know what the licence issues are with Microsoft Office 2000
OEM
> edition, on a corporate network?
> We are looking at buying about 7 more computers to add to our SBS domain,
> are we allowed to use the OEM version instead of the retail version on
these
> new computers?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Andy C
>
>

Chad
Tue Jun 15 20:36:28 CDT 2004

Couple options:

Buy Office 2003 for the new PCs and use downgrade rights to install Office2k
(if you want to remain standardized on that version) - note that I can't
remember if you get downgrade rights with OEM software or not.

Also - a little licensing tidbit: If you have an existing MOLP agreement,
you have 90 days after acquiring OEM software to enroll it in SA. The
little-known tidbit is that if you do enroll that OEM software in SA, that
OEM license becomes a MOLP license - no more OEM restrictions.

--

Chad A. Gross - SBS MVP
SBS ROCKS!

www.msmvps.com/cgross
www.gosbs.org


Mark McDonald wrote:
> You can't create an installation point using OEM, I try and steer
> clear of OEM Office and go on OLP. Sure, it costs more, but I can do
> what I like with it then
>
> HTH
>
> Mark
>
> "Andy C" <andrew.cliffe@codeweavers.net> wrote in message
> news:%23GSQLXfUEHA.2940@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Hi there,
>> Does anyone know what the licence issues are with Microsoft Office
>> 2000 OEM edition, on a corporate network?
>> We are looking at buying about 7 more computers to add to our SBS
>> domain, are we allowed to use the OEM version instead of the retail
>> version on these new computers?
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> Andy C