technet plus subscription confusion

[Chrysalis]

First to mods apologies if this is in wrong section.

I have seen the recent news items on technet plus topic and I am looking at getting a subscription.

My question is this as it seems there is lots of conflicting info on the internet.

Do you get 1 key per product with 10 activations.

Or do you get 10 unique keys per product.

So could I get windows 7 ultimate and install on 3 different pc's using unique keys or is it sharing one key between all 3 pcs?

Thanks

[ChrisCanada]

First to mods apologies if this is in wrong section.

I have seen the recent news items on technet plus topic and I am looking at getting a subscription.

My question is this as it seems there is lots of conflicting info on the internet.

Do you get 1 key per product with 10 activations.

Or do you get 10 unique keys per product.

So could I get windows 7 ultimate and install on 3 different pc's using unique keys or is it sharing one key between all 3 pcs?

Thanks

AFAIK It's not unique key's, although you will get multiple product keys for products (example, a volume license and retail license). Key's shouldnt be an issue if you have it really, 3 PC's for "testing" purposes is nothing ;)

If your really curious, I'll have my technet subscription in a few days.

[Chrysalis]

wow I am confused still.

so for example on vista ultimate I will get 1 oem key, 1 retail key and 1 vlk key?

These keys then work on 10 pc's each?

[TurboTuna]

If you're thinking of getting a Technet and using it for your own benefit don't. Its against the EULA.

Technet is a service provided so techs/developers can test out systems before implementing them. Not a cheap way of obtaining software.

[+KibosJ Subscriber²]

If you're thinking of getting a Technet and using it for your own benefit don't. Its against the EULA.

Technet is a service provided so techs/developers can test out systems before implementing them. Not a cheap way of obtaining software.

Yeah, you aren't supposed to use this as a means of getting cheap software.

Let's say you chose Vista from the list, there is ONE retail key, which is good for 10 activations. You can if needed, request another key, same goes for most software on there. I don't believe ANY of the products are OEM. They are either retail or VLK.

[Boeing 787]

You can generate keys right there and then for whatever software and then download the ISO CD/DVD image. Some software has a limit of 10 keys.

[ChrisCanada]

Okay my technet order was processed today.

And yeah, you get 10 CD keys (Retail) per product for the main part, and some MAK keys for some versions of Vista (havnt checked everything yet). There are VLK copys on technet too, but from what I see you need to provide your own VLK to use them.

Looks like this, and yeah the above posters are right software is for evaluation only, not a cheap way to get software etc.

[Osiris]

As the above poster has mentioned I can confirm for most software you are able to obtain 10 retail keys which can be activated upto 10 times. There is some software such as Home Server, SBS Server etc which only have one unique key.

Whilst the intent of technet is to provide a cheap testing environment etc, lets not be so naive as to think that people dont use these for their home use. Realistically those that know about technet, that actually sign up and would try to make a profit from a machine running a license from technet are so small im sure MS is just happy to have some cash especially when the home user could just as easily pirate the software. I'm not advocating using technet for purposes against its EULA the reality is theres been a lot of good technet discounts lately and theres a lot of good reaosns to get one but lets not bury our heads in the sand or attach a disclaimer to every second post about it.

[Chrysalis]

thanks for the replies guys, I am already well aware of the terms and conditions of technet plus in regards to legal use of software, I was just interested to know if my pc's would be sharing keys or able to have a different one each