[AccessD] Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for Windows: Lifetime License | TechSpot

[John Colby]

And of course I understand all this.  I am looking for copies for myself
for my dev work.  I am NOT going to "Office-as-a-service" for my own dev.
If my clients do that I don't really care.  I successfully used O2010 until
just a few months ago when my partner asked me to upgrade to 2019 to be
relatively modern.

As for "OEM", yea, that bit me already.  My 2019 version works on my HP
laptop but when I moved that hard disk to my new laptop it refused to run.
So I continue to use that license on my HP laptop and will buy one of these
for my new laptop.  At $50 it is cheap enough that "who cares" if it is
locked down to one machine.

On Wed, Jun 22, 2022 at 9:30 AM Jim Dettman via AccessD <
accessd at databaseadvisors.com> wrote:

> Stuart,
>
> Yes it can be done, but it depends on the client.
>
> Microsoft for example cut-off all O365 services (One Drive, Exchange
> Online,
> etc) for all versions of Office prior to 2016 in 2020.  That killed quite a
> few of my clients, mostly those using Exchange on-line.   If someone is
> hosting their servers on Azure services, that is another place you can run
> into problems.   Microsoft blocks port 25 for sending mail and you can't
> get
> around it unless you are a very big corporation.  Problem is, older
> versions
> of Office can't support all the modern authentication methods now being
> pushed (oAuth).
>
> On the flip side, I had a client that was still running A2000 up until a
> year ago.    But they were having random crashes even with Windows Server
> 2008 R2 and the writing was on the wall (bug in an Office DLL).  They had
> to
> upgrade.   The oldest version I am servicing now is Access 2007, but that
> client is being forced to upgrade because of the services they are using.
>
>  The point is "lifetime" is not forever and you should figure all bets are
> off around the five-year mark.
>
> Jim.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AccessD On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan
> Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2022 8:42 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for Windows:
> Lifetime License | TechSpot
>
> I'm not overly concerned about " lifetime" and "lifecycles"
> I'm still  developing with Office 2010 on my laptop and supporting quite a
> few 2010
> installations :)
>
>
>
> On 22 Jun 2022 at 7:46, Jim Dettman via AccessD wrote:
>
> >
> >  Few things to watch out for with that:
> >
> > 1. "Lifetime" license - While the license is "lifetime", the ability
> > to use it is not.   Microsoft has dropped support lifecycles to seven
> > years.  First five are main, last two are extended (security updates
> > only).  They've also gone out of their way to make using a perpetual
> > license as difficult as possible, and they want to get everyone on one
> > code base, so they've killed off anything pre-2016 as quickly as
> > possible.
> >
> > 2. One install on one PC literally means that most likely.  It's
> > probably an OEM license they are selling, and those don't include
> > transfer rights.  You get to install it on one PC and that will be it.
> >   If your motherboard goes, you'll be buying a new copy.
> >
> > 3. Updates - You are only going to get security updates and fixes to
> > the existing features during mainstream support.   You won't get any
> > new features.   In extended support, you'll only get security updates.
> >
> >  It is a bargain, but just a heads-up on what you are getting into if
> >  you
> > decide to buy it.
> >
> > Jim.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: AccessD On Behalf Of John Colby
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2022 6:09 AM
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> > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> > Subject: [AccessD] Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for Windows:
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