Bangkok--15 Mar--Hill & Knowlton Thailand
Microsoft (Thailand) Limited is offering a ‘Microsoft Office 2010 Upgrade Option’ for general consumers and small business who purchase Microsoft Office 2007 so that they can easily upgrade to the new version of Microsoft Office 2010 that is due to be available in the market in June, 2010
“Despite the fact that Microsoft Office 2010 has not yet been officially launched, it has already gained massive popularity among users with more than 3.8 million people worldwide downloading the Beta version,” said Lisa Lam, Marketing Director, Microsoft (Thailand) Limited. “As such, Microsoft is offering new Microsoft Office 2007 customers a free upgrade to Microsoft Office 2010 so that they don’t miss out on this exciting new product.”
Consumers or small businesses that purchase qualifying Office 2007 products (with or without a new PC) between March 5th, 2010 and September 30th, 2010 will be eligible to upgrade to Office 2010 by registering and upgrading online using their Windows Live ID at www.office.com/techg. In order to take advantage of the upgrade, users must sign up between July 1st and October 31st, 2010. A full list of Office 2007 products that qualify for the technology guarantee is as follows:
? Office Home and Student 2007 -> Office Home and Student 2010
? Office Basic 2007 -> Office Home and Business 2010
? Office Small Business 2007 -> Office Professional 2010
? Office Professional 2007 -> Office Professional 2010
? Office Ultimate 2007 -> Office Professional 2010
For business customers that would like to purchase more than 5 licenses of Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft recommends buying an open license version designed for use in an office environment. Interested customers should ask for more information and services from their local Microsoft partners which can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/thailand/partnerfinder/license/
Following the highly successful release of the Office 2010 beta version, Microsoft has been busy gathering feedback and comments from beta users around the world in order to make final adjustments and improvements to the end product before its final manufacturing in April 2010 and worldwide launch in June 2010.
The Office 2010 Upgrade Option program is available from now until September 30th, 2010. Readers who are interested to find out more details on the program period, pricing and other relevant information can contact Microsoft OEM partners or dealers via Microsoft’s website at http://www.microsoft.com/thailand/partnerfinder/license/.
For further information, please contact:
Suphada Chaiwong
Hill & Knowlton Thailand
Tel: 0-2627 3501 ext 209
Fax. 0-2627 3510
Email:
[email protected]