Re: number users per retail copy

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From: Steve House (sjhouse.remove.this_at_to.send.hotmail.com)
Date: 03/20/04 

Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 12:22:48 -0500

IANAL and don't work for MS but from what I understand, the regular retail
license allows one user per license only, with the provision that you can
install it on one desktop and one laptop for that single user. I am certain
that the retail license does not permit multiple users to work off of the
same license - if you have 5 user installs you must buy 5 licenses. If you
have Project Server, only those users who create and publish the project
plans require full MS Project licenses - each user who accesses the plan on
the server through Web Access and simply views the plan or updates their
hours needs a Client Access License for Project Web Access but do not need
the MS Project software or a license for it. If you need volume licensing
for Project itself I'm sure your MS account rep would be happy to help you
with costs etc. 

-- 
Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer/Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs
"Justin" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:108c901c40e8e$0eb7d4d0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Thanks for the help. However they do not have an
> agreement with Microsoft, they just have a retail copy of
> the softwere with the stardard agreement, but one of the
> employee's has the softwere so I can just look at the
> agreement. Do you know if 2002 or 2003 allows more then
> one installation or is it like most MS softwere with 1
> per copy, as if it is they are probley going to switch to
> something else and I am supposted to find out asap, but I
> can't find this info anywhere
>
> Thanks again Justin
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Probably best you discuss this one-on-one with your
> company's attorney
> >and CEO who should be able to read and understand the
> license agreement
> >your company made with Microsoft.  Nobody here is party
> to that
> >agreement if it's outwith the standard agreement ... and
> from what you
> >describe, your company may well have agreed to something
> that is not
> >standard.
> >
> >Hope this is useful to you.  Let us know.
> >
> >rms
> >
> >
> >
> >Justin wrote:
> >> I am the IT guy for a small constuction company, They
> are
> >> using MS Project 2000, they swear that you can have
> >> multiple installations of the one copy of the
> softwere. I
> >> know this is not normally the case, since one of them
> >> currently has the softwere I can not check the
> licenses
> >> agreement. Futher if I get 2002 or 2003 how many uses
> per
> >> copy can I get from them.
> >>
> >> Thanks Justin
> >.
> >

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