How to get Free Upgrade from Office 2007 to Office 2010

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Voila! of the rare exemptions from Microsoft, we found one for you. This time its a free upgrade from Office 2007 to Office 2010. We had done with exclusive coverage of Office 2010. Microsoft Office 2010 Technology Guarantee is a program allows consumers to buy. As per the , Microsoft Office 2010 Engineering blog, Office 2010 Technology Guarantee will allow consumers who purchase and activate Office 2007 will be eligible to download Office 2010 at no additional cost when it is available in June 2010. However, it will require you to fulfill an eligibility criteria.

In order to qualify for the free upgrade from Office 2007 to Office 2010 as per Technology Guarantee program you need fulfill the requirements given below

• Purchase Office 2007 (with or without new PC) and activate it between March 5 and September 30, 2010.
• However, you must purchase the Office 2007 from an authorized reseller.  Buying cheap or resale Office 2007 from eBay or others might not qualify for free upgrade to Office 2010.

Here’s a list of the qualifying Office 2007 product

Office 2007 Qualifying Product     Office 2010 Upgrade Product
Office Ultimate 2007     Office Professional 2010
Office Professional 2007     Office Professional 2010
Office Small Business 2007     Office Professional 2010
Office Standard 2007     Office Home and Business 2010
Office Home and Student 2007     Office Home and Student 2010
Office Basic 2007     Office Home and Business 2010
Word 2007     Word 2010
Excel 2007     Excel 2010
PowerPoint 2007     PowerPoint 2010
OneNote 2007     OneNote 2010
Access 2007     Access 2010
Outlook 2007     Outlook 2010
Outlook with Business Contact Manager 2007     Outlook 2010
Project Standard 2007     Project Standard 2010
Project Professional 2007     Project Professional 2010
Publisher 2007     Publisher 2010
Visio Standard 2007     Visio Standard 2010
Visio Professional 2007     Visio Professional 2010

• Install and activate the qualifying Office 2007 within September 30, 2010.

• Request for Office 2010 free upgrade on or before October 31, 2010 by requesting here

• The Office 2010 Technology Guarantee will be accessible online, via download at no additional cost.

• User must have or create a Windows Live ID.

Note: The only limitation is that you can upgrade to the same language version of Office 2010 as per the Technology Guarantee upgrade program.

Some important notes

• Each customers will be limited to one Office 2010 product for each corresponding qualifying Office 2007 product purchase.
• Each customer is limited to maximum of twenty-five Office 2010 Tech Guarantee upgrades