What is the difference between a used PowerPoint licence and the purchase of 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 TÜV-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 during 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 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 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 with volume licences. We also check for each individual licence whether the software licensed with it has been correctly delicensed - because only then is resale as used software legally permissible.
The basis for this is Urteil des Europäischen Gerichtshofes vom 3. Juli 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 from 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 fully utilised 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 the client operating system. Simply contact us without obligation using our contact form, because it costs you nothing to ask.
