Used Microsoft Powerpoint licences
Reduce your IT costs with a used PowerPoint licence
With a pre-owned PowerPoint licence, companies can permanently reduce their IT costs without compromising on performance or support from Microsoft. In a 2012 judgement, the European Court of Justice ruled that the sale of used software is legally permissible under certain conditions. Every used PowerPoint licence available from Soft & Cloud meets these requirements in full and can therefore be legally offered and sold as used software. For customers, this means that the licences purchased from Soft & Cloud are equivalent to new Microsoft licences in every respect - from the scope of services to the rights that Microsoft grants to commercial buyers.
Improved functions of Microsoft PowerPoint 2021 at a glance
PowerPoint is a professional presentation software that is characterised by intuitive operation, numerous templates and media content as well as various automation and dynamisation options. Finished presentations can be shown on screen and made attractive and interesting with dynamic elements. A PowerPoint presentation is also perfect for creating handouts or written supporting materials.
In the latest version of PowerPoint 2021, a number of new features have been integrated to make presentations even more lively, dynamic and accessible. With the new ‘Record slide show’ function, speaker videos, handwritten recordings or recordings with laser pointers can be easily recorded and summarised in a video. The new ‘Replay’ and ‘Rewind’ animations can now also be used for freehand drawings to show them faster or slower. Elements on the slides can be arranged on the screen in reading order and read aloud so that people with impaired vision can follow the presentation more easily. With the accessibility check, it is possible to check documents for possible barriers at the touch of a button and optimise them in a targeted manner. Furthermore, the ‘Draw’ tab has been updated and a new input field has been added to the ‘Colours’ dialogue box, in which hexadecimal colour values can be entered. Also new in PowerPoint 2021 is support for the OpenDocument format ODF 1.3.
What is the difference between a used PowerPoint licence and buying a new licence?
When you buy a new PowerPoint licence, you acquire the right to use the software with all its functions for an unlimited period of time. You are also entitled to free updates and patches from Microsoft as well as the right to downgrade or sell the licence if you no longer use the Microsoft PowerPoint licence and have uninstalled the program.
With a used Microsoft PowerPoint licence that you purchase from Soft & Cloud, you have exactly the same options and rights as buyers of a new licence. All licences offered by us are transferred completely transparently in a TÜVIT-certified, legally compliant transfer process. This means that these new licences are on an equal footing, offering exactly the same scope of services and granting the buyer the same rights. The only difference is the price at which you can buy a PowerPoint licence - at Soft & Cloud this is up to 70% lower than Microsoft's retail price.
We only offer original licences that are also fully recognised by Microsoft in the event of an audit. This is not just a loose promise, but we also assume full liability for it. As used software neither wears out nor wears out even with intensive use, it is of the same quality as new software. You therefore receive exactly the same software from us with all the functions, features and templates as buyers of a new licence - and can still easily reduce your IT costs by purchasing used Microsoft original licences from Soft & Cloud.
Buy used PowerPoint 2021
Soft & Cloud has been one of the leading providers of used Microsoft software licences for more than 10 years. We have a dense network of partners throughout Europe and are therefore able to procure the required number of licences. We can usually provide licences for current Microsoft applications such as PowerPoint LTSC 2021 immediately or within a few working days.
We buy licences from reliable companies that do not (or no longer) need them. Typical reasons for this are over-licensing, restructuring, downsizing or insolvency. Before each purchase, we check whether the original purchase conditions permit a resale, which is usually the case for volume licences. We also check for each individual licence whether the software licensed with it was correctly delicensed - because only then is resale as used software legally permissible.
The basis for this is a ruling by the European Court of Justice on 3 July 2012, according to which original software that was first placed on the market in the European Economic Area or the EU may be legally resold. The ‘exhaustion principle’ of copyright law also applies to this, i.e. the manufacturer may not prohibit the resale of a product that it has placed on the market (i.e. sold) for the first time in the EEA or the EU. However, the previous owner of the software must completely uninstall/delicense it before selling it and document this for each individual licence.
All used licences for Microsoft Office and other Microsoft software products offered for sale are documented centrally in a licence management portal at Soft & Cloud. All changes relating to licensing law - from the purchase by Soft & Cloud to the sale of the used licence to a customer - are fully and transparently documented in this portal. However, the web-based licence portal not only serves as an archive, but also facilitates administration on the customer side and ensures greater transparency within the company. You can see purchased and used licences at a glance, allowing you to quickly and reliably identify over- or under-licensing.
As a legally purchased used licence for PowerPoint can also be legally resold, provided the above-mentioned requirements are met, you can also easily sell surplus licences or licences that are no longer used in the company to Soft & Cloud and thus avoid tying up capital unnecessarily.
On-premise or cloud
Like other programmes in Microsoft's Office suite, PowerPoint 2021 is available both as an on-premise version for local installation on site and as a cloud-based app in the Microsoft 365 subscription service. A monthly fee is payable for Microsoft 365, the amount of which depends on the type and number of programmes booked. These can be accessed and used on any internet-enabled device in the browser, although some functions and templates are only available if the device is connected to the internet.
An installation of PowerPoint 2021 On-Premise, on the other hand, can also be used in full offline, as all data and files are stored locally on the end device or a server in the company environment. There is also the advantage that the licence costs are limited and can be planned precisely in advance - unlike the monthly subscription model, where Microsoft can also increase prices at any time.
Our competent experts will be happy to advise you on all questions relating to used Microsoft licences and support you and your IT managers with structuring and optimisation measures. This is worthwhile, for example, if various Microsoft applications are used in the company, such as Office, server applications and Windows as a client operating system. Simply contact us without obligation using our contact form, because asking questions costs you nothing.
As a standalone application or in the Office package
PowerPoint 2021 is part of Microsoft Office 2021 (Standard and Professional Plus), for which you can also purchase used licences at Soft & Cloud. In addition to PowerPoint 2021, you can also install and use Word 2021, Excel 2021 and Outlook 2021 locally. Licensing the entire Office suite is not only more cost-effective than licensing the individual applications, but also makes day-to-day work easier because data records and files can be easily exchanged between the applications. For example, data can first be recorded in Excel, summarised and automatically condensed into key figures using formulas. These can then be dynamically integrated into a template in PowerPoint and flexibly visualised there. Goals, insights and measures derived from this can be archived in Word or automatically sent to a defined group of recipients via Outlook.
Frequently asked questions and answers
What does a PowerPoint licence cost?
The cost of a PowerPoint licence depends, among other things, on the version you want to licence. Microsoft offers PowerPoint both as part of its Microsoft 365 subscription service, for which monthly fees are charged, and as a single download. At Soft & Cloud, companies can purchase used licences for the current PowerPoint LTSC 2021 version at a lower price and thus easily reduce their IT costs.
How much does PowerPoint cost forever?
The current version of PowerPoint 2021 is available in various licence models with different prices, e.g. for students or private use. For companies that want to use the software, PowerPoint LTSC 2021 (Long-Term Servicing Channel) is a permanently usable purchase version that is supported by Microsoft in the long term. The corresponding licences are particularly inexpensive and available from Soft & Cloud.
How do you get PowerPoint for free?
If you don't want to install PowerPoint locally but are still looking for a way to create modern presentations with just a few clicks, you can use the free ‘PowerPoint Online’ web app in your browser. You do not need to purchase a licence or take out a subscription to use it. The only requirement is a free Microsoft account. However, the free online app only offers basic editing options and a reduced number of PowerPoint templates.
Is it possible to buy PowerPoint once?
Microsoft's licence policy allows the current PowerPoint 2021 version to be licensed as a purchase version. This means that you can purchase a licence once and then use the program permanently without restriction on the hardware on which it was installed and licensed. This option is also available for companies that use PowerPoint LTSC 2021, a version supported by Microsoft in the long term, and install it locally.
