Encarta - what happens now?

[rayfleming]

You may know that Encarta has reached the status we refer to as "end of life"

I was asked a question by a school this morning about what the situation is for a school with Encarta on their School Agreement, and after I found the answer, I thought I'd share it more widely.

It was our UK education licensing team that knew the answer (edulic@microsoft.com)

Encarta has reached end of life, so there will unfortunately be no free download for customers. For every Encarta subscription licence in effect from April 09 or later under a CASA (Decode: Campus/School Agreement), one perpetual licence has been granted so that the software can be used permanently after the agreement expiration.

Please see link below for more information:

http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...nt_encarta.pdf

Hope that helps (and praying it doesn't raise more questions than answers!)

Ray