Microsoft Subscription Licensing Program

Academic Volume Licensing programs put Microsoft software in the hands of educators and students so they can interact, collaborate, and learn.

Microsoft offers subscription and transactional licensing options for education customers. Subscription licensing gives you rights to use the products you license—plus covered upgrades and downgrades—over a one-year or three-year license period. Students can use selected products on personally owned computers or on institution-owned computers checked out to them.

In transactional licensing programs, you purchase the software licenses—giving your organization rights to the software after the licensing term ends.

The Academic Volume Licensing program that is best for you depends on the size and type of your institution and how you want to acquire Microsoft licenses.

Campus Agreement

Specifically created to address the unique needs of higher educational institutions. With the Campus Agreement, you can license your entire institution or just a single department.

School Agreement

Designed for primary and secondary schools and districts, the School Agreement makes it easy for you to license all of your computers with the simplicity of counting computers just once per year.

Solutions that work the way people do

In the past decade, the world we live in has been transformed by the Web. At the same time, how we use our PCs and mobile devices has become increasingly sophisticated, with on-demand information at our fingertips at all times. This radical shift in how we use technology led to the concept of in-the-cloud computing in which people have instant, online access to software and services.

Microsoft is committed to combining the best aspects of cloud-based services with the best aspects of software. We call this approach Software-plus-Services, and it is the next logical step in the evolution of computing that helps organizations manage IT costs and drive business results that combine the value of software and services on-premise, hosted, or partner-hosted. Across the industry, Software-plus-Services is ever-present as a strategy for business success. It is a shift toward designing IT infrastructure that works the way people do: online, on-demand, and on the go.

Microsoft Online Services is a set of services that can help you incorporate Software-plus-Services in your business. As your IT strategy evolves to include the many benefits of in-the-cloud computing, Microsoft can help you extend the capabilities and functionality of your existing technology investments.