How many licenses does MS Office come with?

I am thinking of buying Office 2007. How many licenses does it come with? That is, how many machines can I put it on? Thanks.

 

home and student, comes with 3, others with 1

Used to be that office could be installed on 2--a laptop and desktop, but they removed that way back in office 2000, I think

 

I thought that was still in play.

Gary

 

Same here...EULA of Standard/professional2003 and 2007(I assume the other version of office will have the same thing) both mention the use of a second install on a "portable" device(as long as its the same user).
2003:

2007:

If you know the version of the office you will be buying, confirm the number of license with the EULA:
http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/useterms/( the first part of Gerry's post should be correct)

 

While I generally don't have a problem with the concept of licensing IP - if you own it, you can say what gets done with it - but I'm just wondering exactly how Microsoft is going to police whether or not that second installation on a "portable" device is, or is not, "for the exclusive use of the primary user of the first copy."

That is so full of spaces to drive trucks through, that Microsoft has essentially and in practical effect granted two licenses that basically just have to cohabit.

 

well slap my mouth and call me happy--I have been laboring under a big misconception for a long time now.

Thanks for the correction, fellas.

 

hmm. I remember buying MS Office 2007 Home and Student for Mac OS X. Came with 3 or 4 licenses. Can't Exactly remember. But I think the number of licenses you get with the Mac version is different.

 

get from tecchnet subscription.

$300, unlimited access to all windows OS with "unlimited licenses", all office versions with "unlimited licenses" and a lot of other microsoft programs with "unlimited licenses".

 

isn't that you need a recurring subscription to maintain access to those programs? or is it a you-download-it-it's-yours deal?

i have dreamspark access as a college student, so i have Visual Studio 08, Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 08.... Using OpenOffice and Windows 7 RC(laptop came with Vista), preordered W7 HP

 

Hi, Happy! How ya' doin' today?

Gary

 

I just installed MS Office 2007 on my desktop, I previously had it on my laptop but didn't know that I could install it on two systems. Activated and works just fine!

 

Thanks guys. I think the Student and Home version should be the right fit for me. The 3 licenses are really helpful. I wish the Student and Home version came with Access also, but I can see why they didn't include it; most home users aren't going to create a database I guess.

 

i don't think they even care to check it much. windows activation counters get reset every half year, and i guess it's the same for office. so after a half year, one can reactivate with it's licence, no matter how often it got activated before. i bet you can activate vista, or office 2007 tons of times with the same licence. they only really care if you try to activate it a 100 times, or a 1000 times, because that will mean, it's a bigger illegal happening.

so on one side, there is the legal terms in the eula. but on the technical side, i don't think they query much to check if you do something illegal with your one or two times used license. it would be very complicated, pissing customers off, and in the end, no real gain for them.