Hi guys, Sorry if this is posted in the wrong forum. In regards to Security Essentials licensing, I know it can be used in a business of up to 10 users, but the license doesn't seem to make any reference to franchises. I have recently taken over the IT operations of a postal franchise, and they desperately need antivirus. Does the franchise count as part of the master company, and is thus considered bigger than it really is, or are franchises considered as an individual business? thanks, hamrat

Hi Hamrat, Please refer to here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security_essentials/eula.aspx. Since this forum is focused on Windows 7 related-isses, please ask this question in Security Essentials forum: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/protect/forum/start-mse1, and for the liscensing questions, I also suggest you contact local Microsoft customer services: http://support.microsoft.com Thanks for your understanding and cooperation! Regards, Miya TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tnmff@microsoft.comThis posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. | Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Hi Hamrat, Please refer to here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security_essentials/eula.aspx. Since this forum is focused on Windows 7 related-isses, please ask this question in Security Essentials forum: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/protect/forum/start-mse1, and for the liscensing questions, I also suggest you contact local Microsoft customer services: http://support.microsoft.com Thanks for your understanding and cooperation! Regards, Miya TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tnmff@microsoft.comThis posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. | Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Since this question is related with Security Essentials Liscensing, please contact the local Microsoft Customer services for more information. If you have any other questions about Windows 7, please feel free to ask in this forum. Thanks. Regards, Miya TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tnmff@microsoft.comThis posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. | Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.