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Availability: Microsoft software is available to Uniting Church congregations, members and ministers (and some agencies, upon verification) through a Microsoft ‘Open Charity’ agreement at pricing levels significantly below retail. Information on the products available, terms of license, and an online ordering system all appear on this site.

To order software:

1. Select products below (or from the Office orWindows pages) and pay for them securely using your credit card or PayPal account.
2. Enter your licensee details using the online form.

Common applications Price includes license + media, postage and GST Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 (includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook; requires Mac OSX 10.5.8+) $163.90 Microsoft Office Standard 2010 (includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Publisher; requires WindowsXP-SP3 or later) $163.90 Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 (includes Access, InfoPath, SharePoint Workspace and Lync, as well as the Standard applications; requires WindowsXP-SP3 or later) $196.90 Microsoft Windows 7 Pro Upgrade Upgrade your existing computer to 32-bit Windows 7 (Note: this is not Full/Retail or OEM license) $192.50 Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise Upgrade & Software Assurance Check out the features of Enterprise. Windows 7 Enterprise comprises Windows 7 Pro license plus Software Assurance (SA; SA renewal required after 2 years at approx $100.10). Software Assurance entitles installation of the Windows 7 Enterprise edition. (Note: this is not a Full/Retail or OEM license) $258.50 Review your cart or finalise purchase (all prices include GST), and remember to enter your licensee details.

For more options, including Microsoft Office 2010 system requirements, check out the Microsoft Office products page.

Electronic fulfilment: at this stage ‘electronic fulfilment’ (software download) is NOT available. Please purchase the license + media, unless you are buying more than one license in which case buy one license + media plus the number of additional licenses you need.

Trial versions: please note that Microsoft have advised us that the trial versions of Office and other software available online are not compatible with the product/license keys that are available through the Uniting Church’s ‘Open Charity’ license arrangements. If you’re happy with the trial software and want to purchase a legitimate license, you’ll need to uninstall the trial version and re-install the software from the media that is distributed through Uniting.biz.

Agency: Uniting.biz acts only as an independent third-party agent to provide special pricing on Microsoft software for the Uniting Church, is not part of the Uniting Church in Australia, and cannot guarantee the suitability or technical support for these products in any way. We do however do our best to ensure that you can install and use the software as you expect to, and have been providing this service to congregations of the Uniting Church for over a decade.

This is not the way everyone will choose to buy Microsoft software (see the Pros and Cons on the FAQ page), but it can provide substantial discounts on much of the common software people use.