Microsoft OVS-ES Agreement

The Microsoft OVS-ES or Microsoft Open Value Subscription Education Solution Agreement is for schools and higher education with FTE employee count of less than 1000.

Enrollment for Education Solutions (EES) is an easy, cost-effective offer that provides qualified academic customers a simplified way to acquire Microsoft software and services under a single, subscription agreement. It offers benefits such as assured coverage for desktop platform products with one annual count of employees, the ability to easily add additional products in any quantity, self-service tools for simplified asset management, and immediate access to benefits such as product upgrades through Microsoft Software Assurance so you can boost the productivity of your faculty and staff and optimize the return on your technology investments.

How do I subscribe?
There are two ways to participate in the EES subscription offering. The best option for your organization depends primarily upon whether you have five (5) or more FTE employees (OVS-ES option) or 1000 or more FTE employees (CASA+EES option).

Are there minimum requirements to participate?

Yes. To participate in EES, you must meet these minimum requirements:

An organization-wide count of five (5) or more FTE employees.

License at least one desktop platform product for the organization-wide count defined in your enrollment or agreement.

Client Access License or CALs

If you cover CALs FTE wide, you will cover all the devices in the institution, so it does not matter which you order, if you are covering FTE wide, you are covering all the devices rather than users.

You may define your “organization” as:

· Your entire Institution including all of its affiliates, departments and school locations
· Your Institution only (including all of its departments and school locations, but not including any affiliates)
· Your Institution plus named affiliates, departments, school locations, and/or clearly defined user groups.
· A selected list of departments, school locations, and/or clearly defined user groups, if your Institution is a school without departments or school locations.
Please refer to your contract documents for legal definitions for defining your organization.

Is my primary/secondary organization eligible to license through the EES?
Yes, primary/secondary as well as higher education and further education organizations are eligible to license products through EES. Please see the Qualified Educational User definition for a complete description of who is eligible to license through this program.

What products can I get through my EES?
You can license the most current versions of most available Microsoft products. Please refer to the Microsoft Volume Licensing Product List to see the available products. You can choose as many products as you like. (Minimum order requirements apply.)

Can I add products during my licensed period?
Yes. You can add products to your coverage during the licensed period by ordering them from your reseller. The license term for your additional products expires when your initial annual licensed product order expires.

Please note: When customers with the CASA+EES contracts place an additional order, they will be charged a pro-rated price based on the number of months remaining in the annual term, with a minimum price of 50 percent of the full annual per-product price. For instance, if you order a product at month three, you will pay for nine months (.75 x the annual per-product price). If you order a product at month nine, you will pay for six months (.5 x the annual per-product price). Pro-ration is not available under the OVS-ES contract, therefore customers with the OVS-ES contract will be charged the full annual per product price when placing additional order mid-term.

Can I add Online Services during my licensed period?

Yes. You can add Online Services to your coverage during the licensed period by ordering them from your reseller. Microsoft Online Services are available for licensing through your EES. All Microsoft Online Services licensed through the EES have the same expiration date as the EES. When adding Online Services mid-term, the User Subscription License (USL) is pro-rated to the month. The minimum term length for the services is one month. Placeholder note here pending re: pro-ration of OLS in OVS-ES.

What is the pricing for EES?
Pricing for desktop platform products is tiered and depends on the number of FTE employees within your organization. Additional desktop applications, CALs, Online Services, and Server products are priced individually.

Software Assurance Benefits

Software Assurance benefits on the OVS-ES and EES are the same as they were in the CASA agreement including the Work At Home Rights.