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Open Value Program
Above and beyond Microsoft
Open License, Microsoft Open Value offers many benefits. With 3
years of software assurance and the ability to spread payments over the
term of the agreement, your organization wins. You also get the
added bonus of technical support and training options. As a
Microsoft Software Advisor, we are happy to set up pricing information
under this program for any products you may be interested in.
Microsoft Open Value is a
premium volume licensing offer available under the Open License family.
Designed for organizations with as few as five computers, Open Value
offers simpler license tracking, greater control over the software
upgrade cycle, and better software cost management.
Open Value also offers the advantages of
Software Assurance
(SA), which includes new version upgrades, technical
training, user training, partner services, and product support. These
benefits are available through the term of the agreement to improve
software resource planning, ROI measurement, and IT professional and
user productivity.
Open Value Benefits
Track licenses more easily.
Open Value provides a single agreement to track all
licenses on all your desktops, run the same software version on all your
PCs, upgrade to the next version at any time, or run a mix of software
versions without having to track what is deployed on each desktop.
Gain control of your upgrade cycle. Open Value
grants you the rights to run any version of the licensed software and to
upgrade at any time, when it is most convenient for you.
Budget more effectively and save money. Open
Value offers predictable annual payments, so you can make
better-informed decisions about what IT projects need to happen each
year. In addition, volume pricing helps stretch software budgets further
than retail purchase options.
Get easy access to all the software you need.
A broad worldwide reseller channel ensures you have convenient access to
thousands of software titles.
Spread payments. Open Value lets you spread
your software costs over three annual payments so you can more
effectively manage your software budget and get the software you need
now.
Open Value Options
Open Value Company-wide Option.
With the Company-wide option, you can receive significant
cost savings over other Open License options and secure a single price
per desktop (five desktop minimum) for your entire organization. To help
with cost management, you have the option to spread the payment for your
license annually. You'll have control over software deployment with the
rights to deploy the latest software as needed or the option to deploy
as a standard desktop across your organization. And you'll have access
to your licenses for as long as you need them (perpetual). To simplify
management of your licenses, you can add licenses onto this agreement
for other Microsoft software you deploy on a non-company-wide basis.
Software Assurance benefits that are part of the Open Value
offering—such as training, partner services, and product support—help to
maximize your return on investment.
Non-Company-wide Option.
With the Non-Company-wide option, you can license software on a portion
of your desktops or servers and manage your software costs by paying for
your license in three annualized payments. If you have a Company-wide
agreement, you can simplify management of your licenses by adding
Non-Company-wide licenses onto your Company-wide agreement.
Compare Open Value
Review the Microsoft Volume Licensing
Comparison table to determine if Open Value is the right volume
licensing program for you.
Acquiring Microsoft Open Value
Open Value is sold through authorized resellers. When
you want an Open Value agreement:
1.Reseller collects information on customer requirements regarding the
agreement and order.
2.Reseller enters order information into eAgreement and places the
order.
3.E-mail is sent to the customer with instructions to log on and
electronically sign the agreement. The order is held until the agreement
is processed.
4.Customer signs the agreement electronically and Microsoft processes
the agreement.
5.Microsoft accepts the agreement and processes the order.
6.Confirmation is sent to the customer and reseller.
Can't find the answer?
Call 888.275.8850 for free software license
consulting.
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