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Windows 11

Microsoft's current desktop operating system. We sell retail Home and Pro keys that activate online via Settings → Activation. Successor to Windows 10 (mainstream support ends October 14, 2025).

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  • Microsoft Windows
  • Windows 10
  • TPM 2.0
  • Secure Boot

Office 2024

Perpetual one-time-purchase Office suite released October 2024. Includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote. No cloud storage, no Copilot. Installs with the Office Deployment Tool on the perpetual channel.

Related entities

  • Microsoft Office
  • Office 2021
  • Microsoft 365
  • Office Deployment Tool

Microsoft 365

Subscription bundle of cloud Office apps, 1 TB OneDrive per user and Copilot eligibility. Family covers six users; Personal covers one. Renews annually.

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  • Office 2024
  • OneDrive
  • Copilot
  • Outlook

Windows Server 2025 / 2022

Server-class OS licensed per physical core (16-core minimum). Standard covers two OSEs/Hyper-V containers; Datacenter is unlimited and adds Storage Replica and Software-Defined Networking.

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  • Hyper-V
  • CAL
  • Active Directory
  • Azure Hybrid Benefit

SQL Server 2025 / 2022

Relational database server licensed per core (Enterprise/Standard) or Server+CAL (Standard only). Standard fits departmental workloads; Enterprise unlocks unlimited virtualization and Always On AGs.

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  • Always On
  • CAL
  • Database Engine
  • Power BI

OEM vs Retail keys

Retail keys are transferable to a new PC (one device active at a time). OEM keys are bound to the first motherboard they activate on and cannot be moved. Both activate the same Windows or Office edition.

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  • Windows 11
  • Microsoft Office
  • Volume License

Product activation

Online process that links a product key to your Microsoft account or hardware ID. Failures usually return a code (0x80072F8F, 0xC004C003, 0xC004F074, 0x803F7001) with a known fix.

Related entities

  • Microsoft Account
  • Digital License
  • slmgr.vbs

Refunds and replacement

14-day refund on any unactivated key. Lifetime replacement on any key that ever fails to activate, including after a hardware change covered by Microsoft's transfer rights.

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  • EU Consumer Rights Directive
  • CJEU C-128/11

Legal resale of software licenses

Established by CJEU UsedSoft GmbH v Oracle (C-128/11, 2012): perpetual licenses lawfully placed on the EU market may be resold once the first acquirer makes their copy unusable. LicenseVault operates under this doctrine.

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  • Court of Justice of the European Union
  • Microsoft
  • Oracle
  • Exhaustion doctrine

Microsoft Copilot

Microsoft's generative-AI assistant. Free Copilot is built into Windows 11 and the web. Copilot Pro (€22/mo) adds GPT-4 priority and Word/Excel/PowerPoint integration. Copilot for Microsoft 365 (€28/user/mo, business) adds tenant-grounded Graph data.

Related entities

  • GPT-4
  • Microsoft Graph
  • Microsoft 365
  • Azure OpenAI

OneDrive

Microsoft's cloud file sync and backup. 5 GB free; 100 GB standalone (~€20/yr); 1 TB per user with any Microsoft 365 subscription. Files-on-Demand keeps cloud files visible in Explorer without downloading them.

Related entities

  • Microsoft 365
  • SharePoint
  • Files-on-Demand
  • Personal Vault

Azure Hybrid Benefit

Lets customers with Software Assurance or qualifying subscription Windows Server / SQL Server licenses run those workloads on Azure VMs without paying the Microsoft licensing portion of the VM cost. Can cut Azure compute bills by 40-80% for licensed workloads.

Related entities

  • Software Assurance
  • Windows Server
  • SQL Server
  • Microsoft Azure

Norton 360

Consumer security suite: antivirus, smart firewall, VPN, password manager and cloud backup. Standard covers 1 device with 10 GB backup; Deluxe covers 5 devices with 50 GB backup plus parental controls.

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  • Gen Digital
  • VPN
  • Dark Web Monitoring
  • Antivirus

Microsoft Visio

Microsoft's diagramming app for flowcharts, org charts, network topology and floor plans. Sold as perpetual (Visio 2024 Standard/Professional) or subscription (Visio Plan 1 web-only, Plan 2 desktop + web with Azure/AWS stencils).

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  • Office 2024
  • Microsoft 365
  • Power BI
  • SharePoint

Microsoft Project

Project management app with Gantt charts, resource leveling and critical-path scheduling. Project 2024 Standard/Professional is perpetual; Project Plan 1/3/5 are subscriptions that add Project for the Web and Roadmap.

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  • Gantt
  • Project for the Web
  • Power BI
  • Roadmap

Office LTSC 2024

Long-Term Servicing Channel edition of Office 2024 — same apps as Pro Plus but distributed only through Volume Licensing with KMS or MAK activation. No cloud features, 5-year support, eligible for Software Assurance.

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  • Volume Licensing
  • KMS
  • MAK
  • Software Assurance

User CAL vs Device CAL

Two ways to license users for Windows Server, SQL Server and Exchange. User CAL = one named person, any device. Device CAL = one device, any user. Pick whichever produces the lower count. Cannot mix per workload.

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  • Windows Server
  • Exchange
  • RDS CAL
  • Microsoft Volume Licensing

Office Deployment Tool (ODT)

Microsoft's official command-line installer for Office 2024 and Microsoft 365 Apps. Takes a configuration.xml that selects edition, apps, language and update channel. Required for KMS activation and IT-managed deployments.

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  • Office 2024
  • Click-to-Run
  • configuration.xml
  • Volume Licensing

Microsoft account

Free identity used to sign into Windows, Office, OneDrive and Xbox. Links your retail Windows license, Office activations and subscriptions to one identity so a hardware change or reinstall can recover entitlements automatically.

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  • Digital License
  • Microsoft 365
  • OneDrive
  • Windows 11

Digital license

Activation method tied to the hardware fingerprint and (optionally) a Microsoft account, rather than a 25-character key. Used by Windows 10 free upgrades, retail keys activated after the first sign-in, and OEM installations.

Related entities

  • Microsoft Account
  • Product Activation
  • Windows 11

Extended Security Updates (ESU)

Paid program that ships Critical/Important security patches for Windows 10 22H2 for up to three years after end-of-support (Oct 2025 → Oct 2028). Consumer Year-1 is ~€30; commercial pricing doubles each year.

Related entities

  • Windows 10
  • End of Support
  • Microsoft 365
  • Intune

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