Office 2007 Small Business - How many computers?

J

john3347

I have been searching and unable to find how many computers Office 2007 Small
Business Edition may be installed on. Does anyone have certain information
on this question?
 
J

john3347

Thank you very much for the information. Definately not the answer I wanted
to hear, but thanks very much for the prompt reply.
 
B

Bob Buckland ?:-\)

Hi Peter,

Only the Office XP Small Business edition had the 'only as OEM (pre-install)' limitation. Previous and later Small Business
editions are
available as either retail or OEM.

==========
Office Small Business is OEM

--
Peter >>
--

Bob Buckland ?:)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
 
J

john3347

Thanks to all of you for the return information. I was considering purchase
of the 2007 edition to replace my Word 97 and Publisher 97. However, it
seems a bit ironic that "home and student" version of a product be ok on 3
computers while a "small business" version only for one desktop and one
portable. Don't small businesses usually have multiple computers and a home
or student more often have only one?
 
B

Bob Buckland ?:-\)

Hi John,

Yes, but Small Businesses also have the opportunity to use the MS Open Volume Licensing plan (http://microsoft.com/licensing) that
has an initial purchase of 5 MS product licenses (combinations of Windows and Office and other products), and if MS Office is being
used in the home when folks are younger that could likely lead to them purchasing it for work later in life :)

Also, in a home environment things are more like to change as to who has what computer etc than in many businesses, where things
tend to stay installed once there, and then businesses would, theoretically, be using Office commercially (something that the Home &
Student license says you can't do with that edition) and would be making money to buy even more <g>. The Small Business edition
retail license is for a single person for the 2nd install.

====================
Thanks to all of you for the return information. I was considering purchase
of the 2007 edition to replace my Word 97 and Publisher 97. However, it
seems a bit ironic that "home and student" version of a product be ok on 3
computers while a "small business" version only for one desktop and one
portable. Don't small businesses usually have multiple computers and a home
or student more often have only one? <<
--

Bob Buckland ?:)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
 
B

Bob I

Only if there is a single user and one of the laptops is designated as
the primary device. If there are two people(or more involved) you will
need 2 licenses.
 
J

Jeff

Both laptops are mine. I keep one at home and one I take with me everywhere
for work. Thanks for the fast response.
 
B

Bob I

You're welcome, you may review the fine print of what I said in the Use
terms of Office Help after you install it.
 

Ask a Question

Want to reply to this thread or ask your own question?

You'll need to choose a username for the site, which only take a couple of moments. After that, you can post your question and our members will help you out.

Ask a Question

Similar Threads

Installing Publisher 2003 on machine with MS 2007 (less Publisher) 1
Current Office 365 Subscription vs. New One? 0
Regarding Word Add in on Office 365 0
How do I migrate Outlook 2007 to Outlook 2019? 0
Can't save my Office documents (after computer rebuild and reauthorization) 0
Get rid of Microsoft AutoUpdate 0
up Grading from Office Home and Student 2007 9
Can't install Microsoft office small bus. ed. 2003 on new computer 6

Top