Save Money on Microsoft Office 2010
2010-08-24 13:42:00
Small businesses and home users may find that the least expensive route from Office 2003 to 2010 is upgrading to 2007
Thanks to Microsoft's Software Assurance program, many companies with bulk licences for Office won't need to pay to upgrade to Office 2010. However, smaller businesses (as well as home users) who buy their software box by box are facing a significant sticker price to embrace the new and improved Office. But thanks to something of a loophole in Microsoft's licencing rules, organizations with copies of Office 2003 may be able to save a lot of money by first upgrading to Office 2007 and then moving to 2010.
It is important to first understand the differences between the licencing rules for Office 2007 and Office 2010. For Office 2007, Microsoft offers upgrade pricing, which means you can get a discount upgrading to certain versions of the suite if you're running certain versions of Office 2003. With Office 2010, however, Microsoft has abandoned upgrade pricing. When you buy Office 2010 for a particular PC, it doesn't matter at all whether that PC already has a validated copy of Office 2007 or 2003 or 3.1. There's no discount.
Enter the Microsoft Office 2010 Technology Guarantee. Under its terms, if you want to upgrade from Office 2003 to Office 2010, you have to buy, install, and validate a copy of Office 2007. Then if you follow the rules, you get a free upgrade from Office 2007 to Office 2010. Thus, you can effectively move from 2003 to 2010 for the discounted cost of moving from 2003 to 2007.
If you would like more information on this then please contact our sales team on 0845 450 7448, who will be happy to discuss your options with you.