Forgive me if this isn't the correct place to post this, but I couldn't find a relevant forum for technet questions in general, so figured I'd start here since I'm not sure if the online chat would be able to be used for this question. I am a technet standard subscriber, and I know that in the past anyway, I could obtain a maximum of 10 product keys for such things as windows 7 home premium for example. However tonight I happened to look at my subscriptions product keys and now for many of the products I need keys for, it's showing a maximum of just 2 keys able to be claimed! For some products in my list, I can still obtain a total of 10, but for many, I can now only get 2, and in a few cases I've already claimed 2 keys or even 3, from back when I was able to get 10 keys maximum. I also notice that for the items where I can only obtain 2 keys from technet, next to the product name, it now says (technet Standard) which I don't recall seeing previously. Was there a change to the technet standard subscription that I don't know about? Or is this a specific issue with my account perhaps? Again forgive me for asking here, and if there is a better place for me to pose this question, feel free to let me know. Thanks, Monty

Did you try looking at the TechNet Subscriber Support page? http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/bb521230.aspx This is a peer-to-peer forum for Windows 7 users to communicate with others. Use the Technet Support for your question as you should!Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Did you try looking at the TechNet Subscriber Support page? http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/bb521230.aspx This is a peer-to-peer forum for Windows 7 users to communicate with others. Use the Technet Support for your question as you should! Please remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you, and to click “Unmark as Answer” if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. ” apparently you did, RickDee, and couldn't find the answer either. see also - Windows 7 from MSDN maybe MS would sell more subscriptions if they would just plainly publish what what you actually get. is there a more logical place to inquire than a TechNet/MSDN forum? Please remember to click "Trolling Point Hound" where applicable. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Did you try looking at the TechNet Subscriber Support page? http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/bb521230.aspx This is a peer-to-peer forum for Windows 7 users to communicate with others. Use the Technet Support for your question as you should! Please remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you, and to click “Unmark as Answer” if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. ” apparently you did, RickDee, and couldn't find the answer either. see also - Windows 7 from MSDN maybe MS would sell more subscriptions if they would just plainly publish what you actually get. is there a more logical place to inquire than a TechNet/MSDN forum? Please remember to click "Trolling Point Hound" where applicable. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

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OK well I was looking for the same answer, and found this thread, so I did what you said and clicked the link for for TechNet Subscriber Support, and when I put in my search words, guess what? It found this and one other thread. The other one had a little more info which was MS has changed their max to 2 from 10 because of past abuse, but at least those 2 keys can be activated 10 times, so you can still have 20 computers active at once.

that's interesting, Bobby. could you link that for us? i went to that subscription site, as i have many times before, and still could not find anything useful that would explain exactly what it is i'm purchasing. how is somebody supposed to purchase a subscription without at least knowing how many keys they get? but regarding abuse of those keys (however many it might actually be), what is published makes their terms of usage seem unfavorable. however, see the MSDN thread i mentioned above. with a little research, it seems better than first glance. it's also interesting to see that both your and Monty's profiles were established just today. somehow, i guess i just envision that TechNet subscribers are generally long term members here.

Here it is: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/tnfeedback/thread/160411d7-c6f5-4ed8-81e8-4059ed0cddd3

Here it is: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/tnfeedback/thread/160411d7-c6f5-4ed8-81e8-4059ed0cddd3 thanks. yow. they have nothing in writing either. better find out before purchasing, eh? seems kind of unsupportive to have to discuss that in the Feedback forum...

Thanks much for the link. I don't see how one can abuse the retrieving of keys, I mean I know I get them as I need them. I don't have any issue purchasing software either but what about things like windows XP home edition? There's only 2 keys now for that as well and I don't know where I can get an xp key direct from microsoft via a retail channel. I test software on both xp and windows 7 configurations, so to take away 80 percent of the keys I thought I was getting seems wrong to me. I'll do further discussions of this in the thread just linked to. I have been on technet since June, and until now, I haven't had any issues, hence why I created my profile here just today

So there seems to be some confusion. It appears to be a site glitch when MS change the format. Here is a chat with a tech from the other post. I hope that also goes for standard accounts since right now we are limited to 2 keys: Kevin Liang has joined this session! Connected with Kevin Liang. Your reference number for this chat session is 2522194. Kevin Liang: Thank you Harry for contacting the TechNet Online Concierge. Please give me a moment while I review your question. Kevin Liang: Harry, this is a web site issue. Our TechNet team is working on it. Sorry for the inconvenience. harry: oh, it is not new policy from Microsoft? Kevin Liang: It is just a web site issue. When it is fixed, the subscribers can request 10 product keys again. harry: ok, it is being reported that MS is changing it's policy and limiting keys to 5 Kevin Liang: That's not true. harry: thank you for clearing that up. i will post what you have told me to correct that Kevin Liang: It is my pleasure to help you. harry: have a nice day. Kevin Liang: Have a nice day. The Microsoft Developer Network

They have made another change, behind the name of the product. On my account it says Office Professional Plus 2010 (TechNet Professional) etc, so clearly not an error, they have changed the settings for the two subscriptions. And they with Technet Standard has Technet Standard behind the name of the product. So if they is not only testing the new system, so they know they easily can make changes when they need, this is not an system error but a permanent solution from MS side. Technet Pro = 5 keys Technet Standard = 2 keys And only for the most popular software: Access 2007 and Access 2010 Office 2007 - All versions Office 2010 - All versions Windows 7 - All versions Windows XP - Except Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. All other versions has the normal number of keys, 10 or 1 (1= MAK keys or VA keys)Kenneth Myhre

This is total BS. I do a ton of testing at home for clients, I got lots of VM's that I want to be able to run past 120 days. Does anyone know for sure if you can use 1 key 10 times? I am seriously not got to renew if they dont fix this.

This is total BS. I do a ton of testing at home for clients, I got lots of VM's that I want to be able to run past 120 days. Does anyone know for sure if you can use 1 key 10 times? I am seriously not got to renew if they dont fix this. I was speaking to another tester who is in the same situation, and although I would like it in writing since he was told by a TechNet tech on the phone, I was told yes you can activate one key ten times, so you can have ten machines active, and online at the same time. You can also re-activate each machine an unlimited number of times given you don't change to much hardware as to much change can trigger a false positive to mean you are trying to activate a new machine. You can also request more keys if needed directly from Microsoft, so the initial limit is just that, initial. Take this with a grain of salt as like I said I was told this, not from Mircosoft, but from another tester.

This is total BS. I do a ton of testing at home for clients, I got lots of VM's that I want to be able to run past 120 days. Does anyone know for sure if you can use 1 key 10 times? I am seriously not got to renew if they dont fix this. Yes, you can activate each Technet/MSDN key 10 times (online, and 15-25 times with phone). You can run 10 computers with the same key at the same time without any problems. So if you use allot of VM's, use the same key on all (up to ten), no problems at all. So if you have Technet Standard you get 20 activations per product, thats 20 Vm's if you like. Technet Pro = 50 activations per product. Also remember that if you often reset/rebuild a VM, maybe it best to not activate and use the 30 day free trial mode, and then extend it with the -rearm function. You can run Windows 7 for 120 days without using a key, and Office 2010 for 120 days without a key.Kenneth Myhre

Then it's final, Microsoft has changed the terms of Technet subscription. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/tnfeedback/thread/160411d7-c6f5-4ed8-81e8-4059ed0cddd3 Here is a reply from Mike Kinsman: I'm sorry for the delay in our response here. This first change went through on the website a little bit sooner than the folks who were doing the messaging, and we finally have both nailed down. We will be updating the Subscriptions FAQ shortly to reflect this as well. As of last Wednesday, the number of keys per product TechNet Standard customers is 2 keys. The new limit for TechNet Professional customesr is 5 keys . If customers have previously claimed more than 2 or 5 keys for these products, those keys are still visible, and activations performed using these keys will still be valid. Thanks, Mike MSDN and TechNet Subscriptions Support Kenneth Myhre