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MS Office installed on server
MS Office Professional 2010 cost $399 per unit. I have 36 computers on my network. Is there a way to buy one unit and install MS Office on my server and use the software on all the computers on my network so I don't have to buy a license for each PC?
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Purchase a volume license and you have to just pay once
You could turn the server into a RDP/Terminal Server but then you'd just have to buy CAL's for it anyway.
Volume Licensing is very economic.
Volume Licensing is very economic.
even if you have an rdp/ts server you still need a cal for every user
The only way to run Office on an RDS/Terminal Server is to buy a volume license. Further, you need one license PER CAL of the terminal server. Microsoft audits people - a survey of 300+ businesses found that 67% (or so) were audited by Microsoft in the last 3 years. Buy a volume license and you will quite probably end up audited at some point. If you do, you will NEED to buy the correct number of licenses because if you are audited and don't have them, they fine (sue) you for 3-4x the cost you would have payed if you bought the correct number of licenses to start with. Plus legal fees.
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I run my company by the book. I just figured they had to be a cheaper way. $400 per CAL is pricey but if that's the only "RIGHT WAY"
Then I can deal with that. Thanks Experts!!!
Then I can deal with that. Thanks Experts!!!
smithandandersen: Depends. You can go Per Device or Per User.
If you have say 20 users that share 15 devices then you can buy per device.
If you have 40 devices (say a staff member has a PC & a laptop) and only 30 users then per user is cheaper.
If you have say 20 users that share 15 devices then you can buy per device.
If you have 40 devices (say a staff member has a PC & a laptop) and only 30 users then per user is cheaper.
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