Microsoft Office Licensing?

I recently started a job as Network Admin. I'm knowledgeable but inexperienced and I've walked in on a big mess. There is absolutely no documentation of any licensing. We have approximately 50 computers all using MS Office Standard. I've tried to explain to my bosses that I only have proof of purchase for about 5 MS Office suites. I would like to purchase MS office 2007 licenses so cover us, but as you might guess that would cost around $15000 for 45-50 licenses.

Is there a way to tell how many actuall licenses we own? Should I push to buy all new licenses or just hope Microsoft never comes pushing down our door? What you do? Thanks for your help.

Microsoft Office Licensing?kawasaki

A site license is your best bet to CYA in case of an audit. You can try tracking down old purchase orders, maybe, but that may or may not help. It all depends upon the system.

But you do need to do something, just to be safe. Around 10 years ago I started at a university that had just been fined almost $10,000,000.00 for unlicensed software. After that they were paranoid about keeping up with site licenses and what copies were installed where. You might also set up a database to track how many licenses you have for each app and exactly which machine(s) it's installed on.

Microsoft Office Licensing?nortan antivirus

Believe MS offers site licenses where they will allow you to use the product on x number of computers, where the x is specified in the license. You should contact MS and discreetly inquire regarding their site license options,
Buy legit copies. Show them the cost for legit copies of office, then show them how much microsoft would bill you for if they found out. I'm sure your boss will give you the money for legit copies in a heartbeat.