Non-Volume license Microsoft office deployment

[b3nn]

My company is not large enough for the volume license to be at all worth it.
Has anyone come up with a creative way to use Casper to make this a less painful process?

Is there a way to use one file for deployment as long as we purchase the right amount of licenses?

[jarednichols]

Use the downloadable trial. Install it and package it up. When it's launched on an imaged system, it'll say the trial is over and prompt for the license key immediately.

[tomt]

I seem to recall (back in my consulting days) that you could get a pre-licensed version of Office with as little as five or ten seats. It's been a few years but you might want to look into it.

[hkim]

@tomt

You can get it as little as a few computers. The problem is it costs more than the retail version because it includes Lync and a few other features that small shops don't use. It may make deployment easier, but it costs more than buying retail copies off the shelf.