Genuine MS Products

• No direct experience with them or other such sellers.
• Most such keys/serials being sold are VLKs.
• Almost all such 'sale' of VLKs are in contravention of the original 'terms of contract' (for such Volume Licensing Keys), be it from Microsoft Inc. or others.
• Yes, such VLKs too might work for a good part. However, if push comes to shove, Microsoft would not treat them any differently than other pirated products.
• Since as an average retail consumer, one may not have ANY real way to cross check, such 'purchases' may give a false sense of security. In reality, the freely available keys (on the internet) and such keys purchased from eBay, others

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• Even if today Microsoft does provide support for even such installations, there is no stopping them from declaring such VLKs as void, banned (due to abuse, illegal sales).
• Off late, Microsoft Inc. has moved on from generally being too strict in such things.

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@guest_999 @getready

Just open MS dev account and unlimited Ms Office for free

bikidas2060 wrote:

Just open MS dev account and unlimited Ms Office for free

How to keep it unlimited after 90 days

As explained by other dimer above, all these keys are volume license keys (meaning a guy purchased/got ms volume license & now he can generate keys for his users). It is mainly supposed to be for enterprise or within a group distribution. These are not pirated, but also not completely legal as sale of those keys is not allowed in most cases to individuals outside of that group.

Microsoft also had HUP (Home Use Program, now renamed as Workplace Discount Programme), where they used to tie up with companies & employees could buy this same volume license key for 500-700rs. I had purchased office 2016 for 700rs in this way only, but here purchase was allowed as it was specifically MS HUP. Other regular volume licensing account cannot sell. But I know several people who have bought such keys and they're just working fine. Many similar websites there...

Buy MS office 365 6 person family pack 1 year subscription with 5 other persons(so per person cost per year around 800) & use that along with 1TB onedrive space which can be used as cloud backup for important data. Spending 800 rupees per year to get latest MS office products & 1TB cloud storage is worth it.

@kukdookoo

@guest_999 And (any options) for those looking for a permanent, off-line product (with no strings attached/ no sharing aka finding other N users)?

jumpstart wrote:
@guest_999 And (any options) for those looking for a permanent, off-line product (with no strings attached/ no sharing aka finding other N users)?

I can help you with the genuine retail key which can be linked with your account with more than 50% discount on the retail price. Both on the office 365 or office keys

atx88 wrote:

As explained by other dimer above, all these keys are volume license keys (meaning a guy purchased/got ms volume license & now he can generate keys for his users). It is mainly supposed to be for enterprise or within a group distribution. These are not pirated, but also not completely legal as sale of those keys is not allowed in most cases to individuals outside of that group.

Microsoft also had HUP (Home Use Program, now renamed as Workplace Discount Programme), where they used to tie up with companies & employees could buy this same volume license key for 500-700rs. I had purchased office 2016 for 700rs in this way only, but here purchase was allowed as it was specifically MS HUP. Other regular volume licensing account cannot sell. But I know several people who have bought such keys and they're just working fine. Many similar websites there...

One question bro, are these keys usable 1 time on single system? As in my office we use Paper license in which same key used for multiple systems. Kindly explain

kuldeep_cn wrote:
As in
my office we use Paper license in which same key used for multiple systems.

Often in private lockers, bank lockers or commercial establishments (like hotels)
there are separate access cards/keys/ tokens which give staff access to any and all the lockers, doors or vaults.

Likewise, the software installations are sometimes installed only with single unique ID/key.

While at other times the manufacturer may allow multiple installations (or re-installs) using a single key (subject to restrictions).

Such keys often get sold as VLKs.

The master key or installations that bypass key input or have the key/ID slip-streamed (hardcoded) are (somewhat) like the master keys in my first sentence.

Those instances of a (printed on label) key being used N times (in your office) might be a VLK permitting N (number of) installations.

Now unless there is no geographic limitation on your company's contract (while buying the licences)
if your system admin people or anyone else provide those keys to someone
who is 10000 kilometers away,
then while registering the software, Microsoft Inc. might get to know that the key is getting used in a different market.

Similarly, multiple devices accessing Microsoft servers in a certain range of time
too might give the manufacturer some idea about how many simultaneous installations exist (using a certain key).

mak753 wrote:
I can help you with the genuine retail key which can be linked with your account with more than 50% discount on the retail price. Both on the office 365 or office keys

Rest of the offer same as yours,
but with 100% discount.
I can help you with ANY consumer level, developer level Microsoft software released in the past 22 years and 2 months, outside of gaming products, MSFS..
..if you can merely validate an ISIC or have a student ID and e-mail address of select few educational institutions.

And i reiterate, that those products will be locked to your account, with relevant tech support too.

Heck if I get back in touch with some of those MS Online Evangelists https://careers.microsoft.com/professionals/us/en/c-evangelism and you are from certain parts in Africa,
then (subject to the student ID terms already mentioned) I might even get you a boxed copy (physical retail box) of the retail product for free.

jumpstart wrote:
@guest_999 And (any options) for those looking for a permanent, off-line product (with no strings attached/ no sharing aka finding other N users)?

Best option, find someone with MS Employee store access & get the key through them at good discount like what @mak753 is offering.

guest_999 wrote:
Best option, find someone with MS Employee store access & get the key through them at good discount like what @mak753 is offering.

Thanks for replying.

Although I do not use anything much from the office suits except spreadsheets (linked at times with MS-Access, other RDBMS products from SAP, Oracle) and have them already
even if I did need, I woupd rather have it via onthehub type portals or other student offers, freebies or by participating in MS initiatives or (the tried and tested) by being in touch with MVA folks or MS evangelists.

I mentioned it in my preceding reply to him too. https://desidime.com/discussions/genuine-ms-products#post_9116620
Valid student ID, recognised by onthehub does usually suffice to get something or the other from OnTheHub. Journey Education and some co-branded events got us full feature softwares from MS too.
Via its partner's contest, last I ever got full office suite for free directly from Microsoft was in 2013.
Actually never tried in last 10 years.

chins58 wrote:
How to keep it unlimited after 90 days

bikidas2060 sir might tell you via direct messaging, if you ask there.

jumpstart wrote:
Thanks for replying.

Although I do not use anything much from the office suits except spreadsheets (linked at times with MS-Access, other RDBMS products from SAP, Oracle) and have them already
even if I did need, I woupd rather have it via onthehub type portals or other student offers, freebies or by participating in MS initiatives or (the tried and tested) by being in touch with MVA folks or MS evangelists.

I mentioned it in my preceding reply to him too. https://desidime.com/discussions/genuine-ms-products#post_9116620
Valid student ID, recognised by onthehub does usually suffice to get something or the other from OnTheHub. Journey Education and some co-branded events got us full feature softwares from MS too.
Via its partner's contest, last I ever got full office suite for free directly from Microsoft was in 2013.
Actually never tried in last 10 years.

Not everyone has access to those student id/edu email & spending around 2-3k(via employee store discount) on a lifetime MS office product is totally worth it.

jumpstart wrote:

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I do not think that tagging @admin like this, without actually quoting his post would generate a direct notification to him or not.

But those like him, @dingding or others who have been or still are in North America or some parts of Europe

may vouch for it.

(That having an ID like ISIC opens up the doors to many great offers, freebies and slickdeals).