Upgrading from Office 2003 Basic OEM to Excel 2007

[jpasher]

I have a slightly unique situation, so I'm trying to figure out exactl
what is allowed per the licenses.

Let's say I have two desktop machines both running Office 2003 Basi
OEM. I want to upgrade to Excel 2007 on machine one. From what I've bee
able to find on the Internet, I can purchase a retail Excel 2007 upgrad
license and be in compliance, since I have the licensed OEM version o
this machine.

Let's say that later I want to remove Excel 2007 from machine one an
install it on machine two. Since I purchased a retail upgrade license
and machine two has it's own Office 2003 Basic OEM license, am I allowe
to do this, or does the Excel 2007 "retail" turn into an OEM licens
per-se after I install it on machine one?

Microsoft licensing can be so confusing... Thanks

 

[dgmacmi]

Yes.

When you install an Office upgrade or an Office application upgrade, the
qualifying product becomes part of the license for that installation. When
you uninstall the upgrade and install it on a different computer, the
qualifying product for that installation becomes part of the license.

Don