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COA stands for Certificate of Authenticity and is a label that helps identify genuine Microsoft software. According to Microsoft, “A COA is not a software license, it is a visual identifier that assists in determining whether or not the Microsoft software you are running is genuine. However, without it, you will not have a legal license to run Microsoft software.
