5 responses to “Grab a subscription to TechNet – the price just went down”

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   gary June 16th, 2010 at 19:00

   Some MS products allow you to load the software on 2 or even 3 computers. How can I find out how many licenses are permitted with software obtained at TechNet?

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   woody June 17th, 2010 at 06:29

   @Gary -

   A TechNet subscription allows you to install just one copy of a program, for evaluation purposes.

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   owburp June 17th, 2010 at 07:18

   Unless the TechNet program has changed, the TechNet Plus subscription I had a couple of years ago assigned product keys to each Microsoft product I downloaded. Each product key would activate the associated program on 10 PCs.

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   woody June 17th, 2010 at 21:46

   @owburp -

   The number of keys per product varies depending on the product. Microsoft has a description at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/downloads/dd464803.aspx .

   Can anyone confirm the number of keys for, e.g., Windows 7 Home Premium or Office Professional 2010, that are doled out for a TechNet Standard subscription?

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   West September 13th, 2010 at 08:59

   I can confirm that Windows 7 Ultimate has 10 keys, which are unique from those available for Home Premium, etc.

   Office Professional 2010 also has 10 keys.

   Each key can be activated 10 times, from what I understand. I’ve used the Office Professional keys two or three times (depending on whether you count a jump from 32 bit to 64 bit as a third time).

   I hope that helps. Sorry for the delay. I’m new to the game.