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So it can be a tempting alternative to the traditional Office suite. It offers storage space on SkyDrive and 60 minutes worth of Skype calls each month. Office 365 also includes the full suite of applications, including Outlook, Access, and Publisher. Users are then essentially locked into that subscription unless they choose to give up Office entirely. People who install Office 365, especially on multiple devices, are likely to continue that subscription rather than suddenly jump to Office 2013 midstream. Office 365 is only $99, but that's $99 a year. And Office Professional 2013 costs $399.99. Office Home & Business 2013 goes for $219.99. Office Home & Student 2013 costs $139.99. Since Office 365 requires an annual subscription, Microsoft potentially stands to make more money from it. Those devices can include a PC, Mac, or tablet.

Office 365 University, which is geared for college students, can be activated and deactivated on two devices. Touting that product as the solution for users with multiple PCs, the blog states that Office 365 Home Premium can be activated and deactivated across as many as five different devices. Quite simply, Microsoft wants people to switch to the subscription-based Office 365. Why the stricter licensing rules with the new version of Office?

How and where to buy Office 365 and Office 2013.

Microsoft Office 2013: Everything you need to know (FAQ).

Microsoft pushes subscription model for Office 2013.

We encourage customers who are faced with an Office 2013 software license issue to contact Microsoft support for further guidance." "Microsoft handles each customer support scenario on a case by case basis. "That would be really unfortunate, and I'm sure our customer support team would be able to help people in that situation," a Microsoft representative told CNET. No, it seems your friendly Microsoft support rep may still lend a hand. Would Microsoft refuse to help you reactivate Office 2013 on the replacement PC? What happens if your PC is out of warranty and breaks down, and you lose everything. Of course, that phrase "under warranty" poses yet another question. "In the event that a customer buys the Office 2013 software and installs it on a PC that fails under warranty, the customer can contact support to receive an exemption to activate the Office 2013 software on the replacement PC," the blog explained.

The blog confirmed that your Office 2013 software is licensed to one computer for its entire life and cannot be transferred to another PC.īut what if your PC craps out? Then you may be okay. To bring some clarity to the controversy, Microsoft tried to explain the licensing in a blog posted yesterday. The new policy is a marked change from the full Office 2010 product, which was available on disc and could legally be transferred to another PC if you had to upgrade to a new computer.