It appeared to be a second-party partner which I did not recognize and I was originally skeptical, but optimistic given that all my other varied purchases on Amazon had turned out great.The product arrived on-time and was everything as advertised - NIB MS Small Business Office 2007. All hologrphic labels, S/N, etc. and installation was quick and flawless.I'm still running MS XP Pro SP3 and it performs great on my PC, but since Office 2007 all the layout/navigation as moved toward the 'ribbon' and I needed to get familiar with that format. The additions to PowerPoint and Outlook were what drove me to make the upgrade. PowerPoint has added many layout/format/graphic additions (Themes) that are really attractive, and this version of Outlook includes Business Contact Manager, which provides many extended features to Outlook.