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Paid subscribers get fewer licences in an effort to cut piracy.
TechNet, unlike the Action Pack I think, has always been about licenses for development purposes rather than licenses you can use in a 'production' environment.
That said, I previously had a subscription and I'm glad I didn't renew in July - with 10 licenses and 10 activations, you never had to worry about running out and being careful / remembering what key's you'd used... Not so true anymore!
Correct, Technet licence terms only allow for testing & evaluation.Quote:
Originally Posted by tickedon
I'm on a 'Retail' subscription which renewed this June - looks like the O/S limit is now 5 licence keys for this programme.
I highly doubt I'll be renewing next year.
Nope - testing and evaluation purposes. MSDN is the development offering.Quote:
Originally Posted by tickedon
They're not taking away any licenses that have been generated either, and in my testing I have never needed more than 5 of *any* OS or application.
Exactily. It's not supposed to be used for production or personal use.Quote:
Originally Posted by kingpotnoodle
Still, what an idea - a technet personal subscription for say £100 per year that gives you access for personal use of all Microsoft software?
The Microsoft Action Pack offering for businesses is sort of like that but costs around £300/yr - https://partner.microsoft.com/uk/40016455. I'm not fully up to speed on the changes in the last year or so though, so that might have changed (note that they provide software for use as well as some sort of technet offering for evaluations).Quote:
Originally Posted by badass