technet sub worth it?

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I have been downloading the sw from microsoft.com and using it for the trial peroid - I am coming to the end of shortly and am weighing up as to getting a full subscription?

Is office 2010 up there yet? - just checking how quick they put things up as I know thats quite new.


Also for those you have it - do you think its worth the cost each yr? cheers

 

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to answer you questions...

yes.... virtually everything is up there, office 2010 has been up there since beta, before the public beta.

and Yes worth every penny

 

I agree!

Worth every penny!

 

Absolutely worth it, I am on my 3rd years renewal now. I wouldn't be without it (I run all my test machines with the software downloaded from Technet and as far as current software goes, it pretty much has it all before the software goes GA (generally available).

 

View whats available here http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/subscriptions/downloads/default.aspx, just click on the links on the left.

Well worth it in my opinion.

 

I agree, I use it as well worth every penny to me!

 

It is worth every single penny!

Do yourself a favour and subscribe!

You will NOT regret it






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Theres a few changes so it might be worth waiting until the 14th June to see if there will be any offers

 

Right guys you've sold the subscription, but seeing as I'm a tight jock, does anyone have a link to a discount code to be used from the UK?

This one is applicable for the states... http://blogs.technet.com/b/matthewm...q406-to-save-25-for-your-favorite-it-pro.aspx

Cheers.

 

I wouldn't mind a discount code as well :P

 

Yes worth every penny!

I was able to get 10-20% off by googling technet coupon

 

well i'm now wondering about the technet sub. Just had my parents offer to pay for it as ealry birthday present (birthday not till sept!) and as i passed teh 271 and plan to do 272, it might be worth it so i can prress from there. The question is do i get it now or do you think its worth waiting a week till teh changes are done and see if theres an offer? Is teh fee changing and what you get or is it just teh layout of the site and support etc?

Another thing is do you need to be VAT registered and with your own company or can anyone do it?

 

my only quibble about it been a subscriber is i would like to see more training material especially windows 7 and 2008 r2 or even discounts for microsoft e-learning online training.

 

unless you haven't got xp or office 2003 you could do the 272 without it. Its more useful when you need to test different versions of software or keep up-to-date and future certification especially server related.

dont forget once you have joined the price drops following years

 

I've found it useful specifically for this reason, I haven't got Win XP running anywhere now and I've been using Office '07 at work and at home for ages. I also made the decision that its worth the purchase now so I can pile into the server stuff as soon as my MCDST is all done with (the fact I got in just before the Win7 discount vanished was of course also part of the decision!).

 

25% coupon here: http://www.retailmenot.com/view/technet.microsoft.com#



So, what is included in this subscription?

 

If you also wait right till the last minute to renew you could also get someone from MS calling you personally. I did this and got 3 months added to my sub for free.

 

What happens if your subscription lapses? I've got an Exchange exam on Friday then after that I'm having a 2 month break away from MS study and my Technet subscription ends. Will all my test lab's lock out the licence and if so when I subscribe again will I have to licence all the software again?

 

No, they don't time bomb on you, but legally, you're supposed to stop using them.

I dunno what they do with your old license keys - whether the old ones can be activated or if you'd be assigned new ones upon resubscribing...

 

Cheers, suppose I'll just have to subscribe again in case they wipe all my keys.

 

I have heard that technet may be changing the key system so more keys can be issue, be more flexible yet stop piracy and users from breaking the TOS. I dont know how true this is.