The current product offering for the Technology Guarantee works this way:
| Eligibility: Customers who buy qualifying Office 2007 products between March 5, 2010 and September 30, 2010. |
| License Types: Full Package Product (FPP), DOEM/OEM, and High Volume Services (HVS) Licenses Note: Volume Licensing does not apply. |
Qualifying Product |
Upgrade Product |
| Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 | Microsoft Office Home and Student 2010 |
| Microsoft Office Basic 2007 | Microsoft Office Home and Business 2010 |
| Microsoft Office Small Business 2007 | Microsoft Office Professional 2010 |
| Microsoft Office Professional 2007 | Microsoft Office Professional 2010 |
| Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 | Microsoft Office Professional 2010 |
Customer downloads Office 2010 free at www.office.com/techg when Office 2010 is available, or orders a DVD for a fee. Customer must redeem the upgrade by October 31,2010 |
| See full list of office 2007 qualifying products at www.office.com/techg |
Now I said that there is a sweet point in purchasing right now. If you purchase MS Office Small Business Edition 2007 with your system build for $279, you will be qualified to download the Office Professional 2010 for free, a savings of $100 per license.
There are 3 groups of Office that you can choose from. |
| PKC | Product Key Card- All three packages are part of the proload on their computer, new PC's only license cannot be moved from originally licensed machine. There is no media available on this device. |
| FPP | Full Product Packaging - license can be applied to PKC, Can be moved from machine to machine, Mobile License Rights (can be loaded on dtp and nbk) - |
| VL & SA | Volume Licensing and Volume Lic + Software Assurance - Downgrade rights, unlimited move between machines, all the rights of FPP, Upgrade rights if you purchase SA - Volume Licensing is available in three flavors, Open, Select and Enterprise. |
| Office 2010 Versions | PKC-OEM | FPP | What is in the product? |
| Home and Student | $119.99 | $149.99 | Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote |
| Home and Business | $199.99 | $279.99 | Same plus Outlook |
| Professional | $349.99 | $499.99 | Same plus Outlook, Publisher and Access |