What Does A Licence Give You?Unlike hardware such as computers or server units, which you can buy and own outright, software is sold through licence agreements. A Microsoft software licence gives you the right to use particular software and determines how it can be used. Licences set out the rules that govern how you can deploy software, whether you can transfer software to other users and whether you can downgrade to earlier versions of the software. All licences come with one of two kinds of agreement that explain all the relevant terms and conditions:
Product Use Rights (PUR) relate to software licensed in quantity through a Microsoft Volume Licensing agreement. The PUR, together with the agreement under which your licence is acquired, governs the use of the software. If you’d like to look up your Product Use Rights, click here.
If you buy software from a retailer as a CD ROM, or buy a new computer with software already installed, Software Licence Terms will appear on screen when you install the software or set up the PC. You must accept these terms and conditions before you can use the software. If you’d like to look up your boxed software licence terms, click here. (Software Licence Terms used to be referred to as an “End User Licence Agreement”.) We don’t publish price lists on this site. For the latest pricing information, contact a partner using the button to the right. You can also get a quote with estimated retail pricing (in sterling) using the Microsoft Licence Advisor tool, or buy software direct from us at Microsoft Store.
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