Microsoft Academic Licensing
Microsoft Academic Licensing is created to be:
Simple
Flexible
Available
Compliant
Simple: Open License for Academic is easy to understand and administer with simple, clear terms for acquiring software licenses.
Flexibile: Open License for Academic is flexible enough to meet the needs of a broad range of institutions. You can choose from a wide selection of products. After an initial order of five or more licenses, you may reorder as few as one license, so you order only what they need.
Availabile: You can acquire Microsoft products through Software Express Inc. an Authorized Education Reseller (AER).
Compliant: With eOpen, you receive license confirmation information electronically and can quickly and easily view your license purchase history—so there's never any question about what licenses you own.
Open License for Academic offers one license agreement and a “pay-as-you-go” approach to volume licensing for academic institutions of all sizes. Open License for Academic customers may choose to grant Work at Home rights to faculty and staff. In addition, Open License for Academic offers you the option to include Software Assurance which allows you to stay current with the latest versions of your licensed software.
The Open License Academic agreement provides an easy way to acquire and administer five or more copies of software and receive license confirmations quickly and conveniently. With an initial order of just five or more licenses, you can obtain the most current Microsoft software products while managing overall costs and staying compliant.
Which VOLUME LICENSING PROGRAM is right for my SCHOOL OR UNIVERSITY ?
Created for educational institutions, schools,
colleges, and universities that want to acquire five or more licenses.
For educational institutions purchasing software licenses in quantity and
managing software across multiple computers, Volume Licensing programs are
an effective way to reduce the total cost of software ownership.
programs for education customers.
Transactional Licensing
With transactional Volume Licensing programs, customers acquire perpetual software licenses (meaning the institution owns the licenses) while eliminating the costs and packaging of retail software.
Microsoft has two transactional Volume Licensing programs for education customers: Microsoft Open License for Academic and Microsoft Select License for Academic.
Open License for Academic
Open License for Academic is a widely accessible and cost-effective way for education institutions of all sizes to easily license Microsoft software, starting with as few as five licenses.
You simply determine the number of software licenses your institution wants to acquire and place the order with an Authorized Education Reseller (AER). After obtaining your licenses, you can order media from a Microsoft approved fulfillment source, eliminating bulky boxes and the associated expense. License
confirmations are distributed electronically and posted on a secure site on the Internet.
This easy, user friendly licensing program includes benefits such as:
Flexibility. Get exactly what your institution needsas many or as few licenses as you want. This program also gives you a wide choice of some of the best Microsoft software products. And you can begin with an order of only five licenses; then you can order as few as one license at a time at your convenience.
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