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    • gjacobseG
      gjacobse @Mike Davis
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      @mike-davis said in Windows 7 licenses:

      @gjacobse said in Windows 7 licenses:

      What they heck? In all my years - I'm not sure MS has ever looked at my sites...

      I haven't had them audit any of my non for profit clients...

      Non-Profits make up 10 of my last 13 years

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      • Mike DavisM
        Mike Davis @gjacobse
        last edited by

        @gjacobse said in Windows 7 licenses:

        Non-Profits make up 10 of my last 13 years

        That's what I was thinking.

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        • DashrenderD
          Dashrender
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          @jaredbusch said in Windows 7 licenses:

          fused to believe that I could use replication with Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 without full double licensing of everything, etc.

          You can probably find some OEM Windows 7 licenses out there. that might save you a few $ otherwise, just buy new machines....

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          • wrx7mW
            wrx7m @scottalanmiller
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            @scottalanmiller said in Windows 7 licenses:

            @mike-davis said in Windows 7 licenses:

            @aaronstuder said in Windows 7 licenses:

            @mike-davis Microsoft Open Programs

            For only 4 machines? Also doesn't the open program pretty much mean you're getting audited every 2 years?

            The minimum purchase point is five "items", so sure. And while people do get audited, I've never known a shop first hand that was. It's mostly only because of the sheer size of people in Spiceworks that we get the feeling that audits are common.

            I am that shop. I have been audited twice in 4 years.

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            • wrx7mW
              wrx7m
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              The first audit was stressful and we ended up having to purchase some things but it wasn't terrible. The most recent audit was ridiculous and I had to track down invoices for Exchange 2010 and corresponding CALs from January 2011 from Dell. I had the invoice but for some reason, MS couldn't find my agreements in their system so after 3 months, they finally were able to find them. I also had to take 5 pictures EACH of OEM license stickers from 7, 8, 8.1 and 10 Pro, to prove that I was actually using upgrades from OEM. Every question I had was met with a 1-week delayed response. It was unbelievable.

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              • wrx7mW
                wrx7m
                last edited by

                What passed for proof in the first one wasn't enough in the second. I also had received the intent to audit letter a year after the first and had to tell them that they already had audited me the year prior. MS licensing is the absolute worst. Period.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @wrx7m
                  last edited by

                  @wrx7m I get to implement a Windows free workplace starting tonight. Woot!!

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                  • wrx7mW
                    wrx7m @scottalanmiller
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                    @scottalanmiller Greenfield?

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @wrx7m
                      last edited by

                      @wrx7m said in Windows 7 licenses:

                      @scottalanmiller Greenfield?

                      Almost

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                      • wrx7mW
                        wrx7m @scottalanmiller
                        last edited by

                        @scottalanmiller Good times.

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                        • travisdh1T
                          travisdh1 @scottalanmiller
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                          @scottalanmiller said in Windows 7 licenses:

                          @wrx7m I get to implement a Windows free workplace starting tonight. Woot!!

                          You're one lucky man!

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                          • Mike DavisM
                            Mike Davis @wrx7m
                            last edited by

                            @wrx7m said in Windows 7 licenses:

                            I also had to take 5 pictures EACH of OEM license stickers from 7, 8, 8.1 and 10 Pro, to prove that I was actually using upgrades from OEM.

                            I had to do the picture thing the first time they audited us.

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                            • Mike DavisM
                              Mike Davis @scottalanmiller
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                              @scottalanmiller said in Windows 7 licenses:

                              I get to implement a Windows free workplace starting tonight. Woot!!

                              What line of work is the workplace in? I like the idea, but everywhere I go it seems that the company has one app that won't run on Linux. It's getting better with so many web based apps, but the second issue is training. I deal with so many companies that would struggle learning how to go from Microsoft Office to Open Office.

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                              • DustinB3403D
                                DustinB3403 @Mike Davis
                                last edited by DustinB3403

                                @mike-davis said in Windows 7 licenses:

                                @scottalanmiller said in Windows 7 licenses:

                                I get to implement a Windows free workplace starting tonight. Woot!!

                                What line of work is the workplace in? I like the idea, but everywhere I go it seems that the company has one app that won't run on Linux. It's getting better with so many web based apps, but the second issue is training. I deal with so many companies that would struggle learning how to go from Microsoft Office to Open Office.

                                Office365 online works and is really simple to pick up and start using.

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller @Mike Davis
                                  last edited by

                                  @mike-davis said in Windows 7 licenses:

                                  @scottalanmiller said in Windows 7 licenses:

                                  I get to implement a Windows free workplace starting tonight. Woot!!

                                  What line of work is the workplace in? I like the idea, but everywhere I go it seems that the company has one app that won't run on Linux. It's getting better with so many web based apps, but the second issue is training. I deal with so many companies that would struggle learning how to go from Microsoft Office to Open Office.

                                  Logistics.

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                                  • Mike DavisM
                                    Mike Davis @scottalanmiller
                                    last edited by

                                    @scottalanmiller said in Windows 7 licenses:

                                    Logistics.

                                    So all web based apps and nothing like UPS WorldShip that only runs on Windows?

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                                    • DashrenderD
                                      Dashrender @Mike Davis
                                      last edited by

                                      @mike-davis said in Windows 7 licenses:

                                      @scottalanmiller said in Windows 7 licenses:

                                      I get to implement a Windows free workplace starting tonight. Woot!!

                                      What line of work is the workplace in? I like the idea, but everywhere I go it seems that the company has one app that won't run on Linux. It's getting better with so many web based apps, but the second issue is training. I deal with so many companies that would struggle learning how to go from Microsoft Office to Open Office.

                                      In my experience, it's less about learning to go from one to the other (my users didn't have a real hard time going from the menu to the newer ribbon), it's that the formatting was completely hosed when opening existing MS Word files in Open Office.

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller @Mike Davis
                                        last edited by

                                        @mike-davis said in Windows 7 licenses:

                                        @scottalanmiller said in Windows 7 licenses:

                                        Logistics.

                                        So all web based apps and nothing like UPS WorldShip that only runs on Windows?

                                        Correct. Enterprise logistics, not consumer.

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller
                                          last edited by scottalanmiller

                                          No enterprise logistics systems run on Windows already. All major platforms either run on Unix or are literally made by the Unix vendors themselves. The leader in the space is Oracle.

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