Microsoft Office antipiracy checks to become mandatory
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
The Office worker productivity and collaboration suite is about to become the next piece of software from Microsoft
subject to mandatory piracy checks.
The company's Office Genuine Advantage program will require mandatory validation of Office software on Friday, the software vendor quietly disclosed on Thursday. After that date, any Office Online templates downloaded from within the Office 2007 Microsoft Office System applications will require validation of legitimacy.
Similarly, starting in January, users of Office Update will have to validate that their Office software is legitimate before they can use the service, Microsoft added.