Solved Windows 7 licenses
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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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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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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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@wrx7m I get to implement a Windows free workplace starting tonight. Woot!!
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@scottalanmiller Greenfield?
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@scottalanmiller Good times.
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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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@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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@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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@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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@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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@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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@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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@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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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.
