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This is a question for IT managers out there who work for a Microsoft
Certified Partner or Gold Partner. According to MS's site, you get 25
internal use licenses for your company and 25 demonstration licenses
once you obtain the status of Certified Partner, and if you reach Gold
status you get 100 internal use licenses and unlimited demo licenses
for your company.

What are these demo licenses? Are they time-trialed versions of
software? Will they expire in a period of time? Can you not download
updates? Are they crippled in any way or different than any other
software?

According to the language of MS's site:

"Demonstration Software: These licenses may be used by Certified and
Gold Certified Partners to run their businesses and for demonstration
purposes only. These licenses must not be resold, used for personal
use, or used for customer training. Licenses are provided for the
latest released versions of Microsoft software only. "

What constitutes a demonstration purpose and how on earth would
Microsoft tell if I were to take those demo licenses (assuming they
aren't time trialed or anything) and use them for full produciton?

I'm not eager to just blatantly violate the Microsoft Certified
Partner agreement but the wording on the site is vague and I can think
of a ton of things I could use those licenses for that straddle the
line between 'demo' and 'production'.

Thanks in advance,

BF

I means they are n ot time-trialed and you can use them internally or on a
laptop you take to someone's business to do a presentation on. You cannot
sell them you cannot give them away, they can only benifit your company and
no one else.

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"blastingfonda" <> wrote in message
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> This is a question for IT managers out there who work for a Microsoft
> Certified Partner or Gold Partner. According to MS's site, you get 25
> internal use licenses for your company and 25 demonstration licenses
> once you obtain the status of Certified Partner, and if you reach Gold
> status you get 100 internal use licenses and unlimited demo licenses
> for your company.
>
> What are these demo licenses? Are they time-trialed versions of
> software? Will they expire in a period of time? Can you not download
> updates? Are they crippled in any way or different than any other
> software?
>
> According to the language of MS's site:
>
> "Demonstration Software: These licenses may be used by Certified and
> Gold Certified Partners to run their businesses and for demonstration
> purposes only. These licenses must not be resold, used for personal
> use, or used for customer training. Licenses are provided for the
> latest released versions of Microsoft software only. "
>
> What constitutes a demonstration purpose and how on earth would
> Microsoft tell if I were to take those demo licenses (assuming they
> aren't time trialed or anything) and use them for full produciton?
>
> I'm not eager to just blatantly violate the Microsoft Certified
> Partner agreement but the wording on the site is vague and I can think
> of a ton of things I could use those licenses for that straddle the
> line between 'demo' and 'production'.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> BF
>

blastingfonda <> prattled ceaselessly in
news: oups.com:

> This is a question for IT managers out there who work for a Microsoft
> Certified Partner or Gold Partner. According to MS's site, you get 25
> internal use licenses for your company and 25 demonstration licenses
> once you obtain the status of Certified Partner, and if you reach Gold
> status you get 100 internal use licenses and unlimited demo licenses
> for your company.
>
> What are these demo licenses? Are they time-trialed versions of
> software? Will they expire in a period of time? Can you not download
> updates? Are they crippled in any way or different than any other
> software?
>
> According to the language of MS's site:
>
> "Demonstration Software: These licenses may be used by Certified and
> Gold Certified Partners to run their businesses and for demonstration
> purposes only. These licenses must not be resold, used for personal
> use, or used for customer training. Licenses are provided for the
> latest released versions of Microsoft software only. "
>
> What constitutes a demonstration purpose and how on earth would
> Microsoft tell if I were to take those demo licenses (assuming they
> aren't time trialed or anything) and use them for full produciton?
>
> I'm not eager to just blatantly violate the Microsoft Certified
> Partner agreement but the wording on the site is vague and I can think
> of a ton of things I could use those licenses for that straddle the
> line between 'demo' and 'production'.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> BF
>

It doesn't look vague to me. You can't sell them. You can't give them
away. You can't use them for your own personal stuff. You can't use
them to train customers to use your stuff. You can only use them in
demonstrations. That would probably include demonstrations to staff. It
also says you can use it to run your business so you can use it for
business "production" but not personal. I think there's probably a more
convoluted and confusing version of the license agreement that you have
to agree to before installing the software. It would probably spell
things out less clearly for you.

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