Security News > 2021 > December > Microsoft offers 50% subscription discounts to Office pirates
Microsoft is offering discounts of up to 50% on Microsoft 365 subscriptions to those using pirated versions of Microsoft Office willing to switch to a genuine version.
The message displayed is a call to action for those likely using a pirate copy of Microsoft Office: "GET UP TO 50% OFF. For a limited time, save up to 50% on a genuine Microsoft 365 subscription."
The 50% discount is applied at checkout for the first year of an annual subscription on Microsoft 365 Family subscriptions for up to six users with 6TB of cloud storage and Microsoft 365 Personal subscriptions for one person with 1TB of storage.
While some of those using non-genuine Microsoft Office software will likely not budge and will keep using it, others will probably find the discounted prices appealing enough to get a subscription and join Redmond's customer base.
Microsoft also links to a separate page on its support website with details on measures to be taken by those whose Office software who paid for a license but still had it tagged as non-genuine.
Microsoft also provides a short video highlighting the risk Office users expose themselves to when using pirated software.
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