Microsoft License Terms
MICROSOFT SOFTWARE LICENSE TERMS
OFFICE 2021 DESKTOP Last updated September 2021
IF YOU LIVE IN (OR IF YOUR PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS IN) THE UNITED STATES, PLEASE
READ THE BINDING ARBITRATION CLAUSE AND CLASS ACTION WAIVER IN SECTION 10. IT
AFFECTS HOW DISPUTES ARE RESOLVED.
Thank you for choosing Microsoft!
Depending on how you obtained the Office software, this is a license agreement between (i) you
and the device manufacturer or software installer that distributes the software with your device; or
(ii) you and Microsoft Corporation (or, based on where you live or, if a business, where your
principal place of business is located, one of its affiliates) if you acquired the software from a
retailer. Microsoft is the device manufacturer for devices produced by Microsoft or one of its
affiliates, and Microsoft is the retailer if you acquired the software directly from Microsoft. If you
are an employee of a Volume License customer, use of Office software is subject to your
employer’s Volume License agreement rather than this agreement.
This agreement describes your rights, obligations, and the conditions upon which you may use
the Office software. You should review the entire agreement, including any supplemental license
terms that accompany the software and any linked terms, because all the terms are important and
together create this agreement that applies to you. You can review linked terms by pasting the
applicable link into a browser window.
By accepting this agreement or using the software, you agree to all of these terms and consent to
the transmission of certain information during activation and during your use of the software as
per the Privacy Statement described in Section 4. If you do not accept and comply with these
terms, you may not use the software or its features. You may contact the device manufacturer or
installer, or your retailer if you purchased the software directly, to determine its return policy and
return the software or device for a refund or credit under that policy. You must comply with that
policy, which might require you to return the software with the entire device on which the
software is installed for a refund or credit, if any.
1. Overview.
, a. Applicability. This agreement applies to the Office software that is preinstalled on your
device, or acquired from a retailer and installed by you, the media on which you received the
software (if any), any fonts, icons, images or sound files included with the software, and also any
Microsoft updates, upgrades, supplements or services for the software, unless other terms come
with them. If this agreement contains terms regarding a feature or service not available on your
device, then those terms do not apply.
b. Additional terms. Additional Microsoft and third party terms may apply to your use of
certain features, services and apps, depending on your device’s capabilities, how it is configured,
and how you use it. Please be sure to read them.
(i) Some features of the software provide an access point to, or rely on, online services, and
the use of those services is sometimes governed by separate terms and privacy policies, such as
the Microsoft Services Agreement at https://aka.ms/msa. You can view these terms and policies by
looking at the applicable service terms of use. The services may not be available in all regions.
(ii) The device manufacturer or installer may include additional apps, which will be subject
to separate license terms and privacy policies.
(iii) The software may include third-party programs that are licensed to you under this agreement,
or under their own terms. License terms, notices, and acknowledgements, if any, for the third-
party programs can be viewed at https://aka.ms/thirdpartynotices.
(iv) While the software is running, you may use its fonts to display and print content. You
may temporarily download the fonts to a printer or other output device to print content, and you
may embed fonts in content only as permitted by the embedding restrictions in the fonts.
2. Installation and Use Rights.
a. License. The software is licensed, not sold. Under this agreement, we grant you the right
to install (if you acquired the software from a retailer) and run one instance of the software on
your device (the licensed device), for use by one person at a time, so long as you comply with all
the terms and restrictions contained in this agreement. Please see Sections 13-15 below for
licenses and conditions that are specific to limited rights versions, certain geographic regions and
special editions of the software. Updating or upgrading from non-genuine software with software
from Microsoft or authorized sources does not make your original version or the
updated/upgraded version genuine, and in that situation you do not have a license to use the
software.
MICROSOFT SOFTWARE LICENSE TERMS
OFFICE 2021 DESKTOP Last updated September 2021
IF YOU LIVE IN (OR IF YOUR PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS IN) THE UNITED STATES, PLEASE
READ THE BINDING ARBITRATION CLAUSE AND CLASS ACTION WAIVER IN SECTION 10. IT
AFFECTS HOW DISPUTES ARE RESOLVED.
Thank you for choosing Microsoft!
Depending on how you obtained the Office software, this is a license agreement between (i) you
and the device manufacturer or software installer that distributes the software with your device; or
(ii) you and Microsoft Corporation (or, based on where you live or, if a business, where your
principal place of business is located, one of its affiliates) if you acquired the software from a
retailer. Microsoft is the device manufacturer for devices produced by Microsoft or one of its
affiliates, and Microsoft is the retailer if you acquired the software directly from Microsoft. If you
are an employee of a Volume License customer, use of Office software is subject to your
employer’s Volume License agreement rather than this agreement.
This agreement describes your rights, obligations, and the conditions upon which you may use
the Office software. You should review the entire agreement, including any supplemental license
terms that accompany the software and any linked terms, because all the terms are important and
together create this agreement that applies to you. You can review linked terms by pasting the
applicable link into a browser window.
By accepting this agreement or using the software, you agree to all of these terms and consent to
the transmission of certain information during activation and during your use of the software as
per the Privacy Statement described in Section 4. If you do not accept and comply with these
terms, you may not use the software or its features. You may contact the device manufacturer or
installer, or your retailer if you purchased the software directly, to determine its return policy and
return the software or device for a refund or credit under that policy. You must comply with that
policy, which might require you to return the software with the entire device on which the
software is installed for a refund or credit, if any.
1. Overview.
, a. Applicability. This agreement applies to the Office software that is preinstalled on your
device, or acquired from a retailer and installed by you, the media on which you received the
software (if any), any fonts, icons, images or sound files included with the software, and also any
Microsoft updates, upgrades, supplements or services for the software, unless other terms come
with them. If this agreement contains terms regarding a feature or service not available on your
device, then those terms do not apply.
b. Additional terms. Additional Microsoft and third party terms may apply to your use of
certain features, services and apps, depending on your device’s capabilities, how it is configured,
and how you use it. Please be sure to read them.
(i) Some features of the software provide an access point to, or rely on, online services, and
the use of those services is sometimes governed by separate terms and privacy policies, such as
the Microsoft Services Agreement at https://aka.ms/msa. You can view these terms and policies by
looking at the applicable service terms of use. The services may not be available in all regions.
(ii) The device manufacturer or installer may include additional apps, which will be subject
to separate license terms and privacy policies.
(iii) The software may include third-party programs that are licensed to you under this agreement,
or under their own terms. License terms, notices, and acknowledgements, if any, for the third-
party programs can be viewed at https://aka.ms/thirdpartynotices.
(iv) While the software is running, you may use its fonts to display and print content. You
may temporarily download the fonts to a printer or other output device to print content, and you
may embed fonts in content only as permitted by the embedding restrictions in the fonts.
2. Installation and Use Rights.
a. License. The software is licensed, not sold. Under this agreement, we grant you the right
to install (if you acquired the software from a retailer) and run one instance of the software on
your device (the licensed device), for use by one person at a time, so long as you comply with all
the terms and restrictions contained in this agreement. Please see Sections 13-15 below for
licenses and conditions that are specific to limited rights versions, certain geographic regions and
special editions of the software. Updating or upgrading from non-genuine software with software
from Microsoft or authorized sources does not make your original version or the
updated/upgraded version genuine, and in that situation you do not have a license to use the
software.
