Software giant starts Microsoft Office pilot verification program
Microsoft has introduced a new program that will test to see if customers have a genuine version of its Office productivity suite, according to the company.
The move is part of Microsoft's continued efforts to prevent software piracy and the distribution of counterfeit copies of its software.
Microsoft launched a pilot of the Office Genuine Advantage (OGA) program in seven languages, including Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Greek, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Russian and Spanish, according to Microsoft. The program will determine if pilot users have a genuine installation of Microsoft Office installed on their computers.
The company declined to disclose where the pilot users are located and how many there are, according to a statement from its public relations firm Waggener Edstrom. Microsoft will expand OGA beyond the pilot phase at some point in the future, but declined to say exactly when.
