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 ([email protected])

 

 

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/download/D/7/7/D7702BE5-3FC2-4E3E-9465-35E66EF1AE8C/perpetual%20rights_student_encarta.pdf

 

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

 

Ray

Edited June 16, 2009 by john
fixed the link