Microsoft Volume Licensing Pricing
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Microsoft Volume Licensing
How Microsoft Volume Licensing Works
Simply stated, volume licensing of software makes it easier and more affordable to run software on multiple computers within an organization.
By acquiring software licenses through Microsoft Volume Licensing programs, you only pay for the software license. Boxed software, on the other hand, includes media (the CD-ROM or DVD), a user's guide and other packaging items. Eliminating these physical costs and purchasing in volume often reduces cost and provides more customized purchasing options and improved software management.
Depending on the Microsoft Volume Licensing program you choose, you may receive media, and you have the option to acquire media (or supplemental media), documentation, and product support separately as needed.
In the case of some Microsoft Volume Licensing programs, you may also purchase Software Assurance. This comprehensive maintenance offering can help you get the most out of your software investment. It combines the latest software with phone support, partner services, training, and IT tools. You can choose Software Assurance at the time of purchase and begin using your benefits immediately for the term of your license agreement.
Keys to Understanding Microsoft Volume Licensing
To choose the optimal approach for your organization, you must first understand the major characteristics of Volume Licensing policies and programs. Areas for consideration:
The size and type of your organization
The products you want to license
The way in which you want to use those products
Microsoft tailors some of its programs to meet the needs of specific industries, depending on the primary function of the organization. For example, public sector organizations such as schools and universities.
For smaller organizations, the Open programs provide a simple, cost effective way to acquire the latest Microsoft technology.
Get Started with Microsoft Volume Licensing
Options by Organization Size
Programs for Public Sector
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If you plan to buy five or more software licenses, Microsoft offers price advantages for volume purchasing. Discover how Microsoft Volume Licensing can help your organization realize its goals and read what customers and analysts have to say.
Licensing Options for Organizations
Microsoft Volume Licensing provides a cost effective way to acquire software and services, providing greater flexibility for your business while simplifying license management.
Big savings for small businesses
With price advantages for volume purchasing, these Microsoft Volume Licensing programs provide convenience and flexibility for small organizations:
Open Value: Optimal for organizations that want to standardize their IT infrastructure and maximize their investment with Software Assurance. You can also upgrade at any time—no need to track versions or open new agreements.
Open Value Subscription: Get the benefits of Open Value with lower up-front costs and the ability to increase or decrease license count on an annual basis to accommodate changes in desktop PC count.
Open License: Entry-level program that allows you to start using software immediately and pay as you go.
Microsoft Volume Licensing Simplicity and Manageability
With a customizable platform and price advantages for volume purchasing, Open programs provide a simple, cost effective way to acquire the latest Microsoft technology:
Open Value
Open Value is the recommended program if you have a small to midsize organization with five or more desktop PCs and want to simplify license management, manage software costs, and get better control over your investment. It also includes Software Assurance, providing access to valuable benefits such as training, deployment planning, software upgrades, and product support help you boost the productivity of your entire organization.
Open Value Subscription
Open Value Subscription provides the lowest up-front costs of the Open Program options with the flexibility to reduce the total licensing costs in years when the desktop PC count declines This option gives your organization the rights to run the software throughout your organization only during the term of the agreement with Microsoft. You also have the ability to add the single platform option to an Open Value Subscription agreement.
Open License
Open License is a good choice if you are a corporate, academic, charitable, or government organization that wants to pay as you go. You must have a minimum initial purchase of five software licenses for an Open License agreement, but you can acquire additional licensed products through Open License in any quantity at any time during the two-year agreement term.
Eligibility
With an initial purchase of five or more licenses, you can acquire products as you need them over the term of your agreement.
In addition to commercial business, Microsoft offers Open programs for the following industries:
- Government organizations
- Health organizations
- Educational institutions
- Qualifying 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations
- Multinational organizations
Find resources to help you deploy and manage the assets associated with your Microsoft Volume Licensing agreement.
Volume Licensing Service Center
You can use the Volume Licensing Service Center (VLSC) to download licensed products, access product keys, and manage your Volume Licensing agreements and license acquisition activity—all in one online location.
Microsoft Software Assurance Benefits
Activating your organization's Software Assurance benefits is easy. Most benefits can be activated and accessed through the VLSC. The Software Assurance Web site provides everything you need to know.
More choices, more value
Get the software you need and simplify license management with the following Microsoft Volume Licensing programs for midsize organizations:
Open Value: Optimal for organizations that want to standardize their IT infrastructure and maximize their investment with Software Assurance.
Open Value Subscription: Offers the lowest cost for the first three years.
Select Plus: Acquire software licenses and services by business unit while realizing volume purchasing advantages as one organization. The agreement never expires and has an optional 36 months of Software Assurance.
Enterprise Agreement: Provides cost savings beyond standard license pricing, helps your business standardize IT across the enterprise, and includes comprehensive Software Assurance benefits.
Maximize the return on your IT investment
Discover how these Microsoft Volume Licensing programs can support your dynamic IT infrastructure and simplify software license management:
Enterprise Agreement: Provides cost savings beyond standard license pricing, helps your business standardize IT across the enterprise, and includes comprehensive Software Assurance benefits.
Enterprise Subscription Agreement: Provides the benefits of an Enterprise Agreement with lower up-front costs and additional flexibility.
Select Plus: Acquire software licenses and services by business unit while realizing volume purchasing advantages as one organization. The agreement never expires and has an optional 36 months of Software Assurance.
Enterprise Agreement
Get the most from your Microsoft volume licensing purchases, whether on-premises or in the cloud.
What the Enterprise Agreement offers:
The Basics
The Microsoft Enterprise Agreement (EA) is the best licensing program for organizations that want to standardize IT across the enterprise yet retain the flexibility to choose from on-premises and cloud services.
The EA brings you:
- Attractive volume pricing
- Full benefits of Software Assurance
- Flexibility to transition to cloud services at your own pace
- Simplified license management though a single company-wide agreement
- Flexible, cost-effective, manageable licensing
Volume Pricing
At the onset of your three-year agreement, pricing is based on a tiered volume structure, meaning the greater the size of your organization the less you’ll pay for individual licenses.
You can realize additional purchasing benefits when you:
- Choose Enrollments to license combinations of Microsoft’s application, system and infrastructure products
- Choose a subscription program option to lower initial licensing costs since you do not own, but rather subscribe to, the rights to use Microsoft products and services
- Use Spread Payments to pay for purchases in three annual installments without incurring additional financing charges
- Choose Microsoft Financing to help finance a complete range of technology needs, including software, services, partner products, and hardware.
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