Microsoft Volume Software Licensing Program

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Microsoft Licensing Program Comparison Chart

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Commercial Programs

	Open License Program (OLP)	Select License Program (SLP)	Enterprise Agreement
Program type?	Transactional (noncontractual)	Contractual	Contractual or subscription options available
Organizations served?	Any size. Choose business, value or volume to suit your organization	Medium to large organizations	Large organizations
Key benefits?	Gives midsized organizations simplified license management; flexible payment program; volume purchasing for savings	Flexible way to purchase; forecast purchases for increased savings	Acquire latest Microsoft® technology, standardize IT across the enterprise; simplify license management
Signed contract required?	Value: Yes Business: No Volume: No	Yes	Yes
Term?	Value: Three years Business: Two years Volume: Two years	Three years	Three years
Forecasting required?	No	Yes	Yes
Minimum purchase requirement?	Five licenses	1,500 points	250 desktops
Minimum reorder?	One license	One license	No
Upgrade protection?	Software Assurance is included	Software Assurance is included	Software Assurance is included
Technical support?	Software Assurance is included	Software Assurance is included	Software Assurance is included
Media?	Value: Provided for initial product order; additional media available for purchase business or volume — media must be purchased separately	One media kit included per enrollment; updates provided throughout program term	One media kit included per enrollment; updates provided throughout program term

Academic Programs

	Academic Open	Academic Select	School Agreement and Campus Agreement
Program type?	Noncontractual	Contractual	Subscription
Organizations served?	Small education organizations with five or more desktops	Medium to large education organizations with 250 or more desktops	School: K-12 schools Campus: Higher education organizations
Key benefits?	Flexible program allows you to pay for the software licenses you need as you need them	Flexible and cost-effective way to purchase; ideal for organizations that can forecast purchasing in one or more product pools to get increased savings	Subscription-based agreements allow lower costs and predictable budgeting
Signed contract required?	No	Yes	Yes
Term?	Two years, nonrenewable	Three years, renewable	Option of one or three years, renewable
Forecasting required?	No	Yes	No
Minimum purchase requirement?	Five licenses	1,500 points per product pool over three years	300 units over three years
Minimum reorder?	One license	One license	No
Upgrade protection?	Assurance available at the time of license acquisition	Assurance available at the time of license acquisition term	Included; every license covered by Software Assurance may be upgraded to latest version
Technical support?	Software Assurance is available at the time of license acquisition	Software Assurance is available at the time of license acquisition	Software Assurance included
Media?	Media must be purchased separately	One media kit included per enrollment; includes CDs for pools and language groups selected	Media ships upon agreement

Government and Charity Programs

	Open Government	Open Charity
Program type?	Noncontractual	Noncontractual
Organizations served?	State and local government organizations with five or more desktops	Qualified charitable organizations 501c (3) with five or more desktops
Key benefits?	Flexible program allows you to pay for the software licenses you need as you need them with pricing discounts that benefit your organization	Flexible program allows you to pay for the software licenses you need as you need them with pricing discounts that benefit your organization
Signed contract required?	No	No
Term?	Two years	Two years
Forecasting required?	No	No
Minimum purchase requirement?	Five licenses	Five licenses
Minimum reorder?	One license	One license
Upgrade protection?	Software Assurance available at time of license acquisition	Software Assurance available at time of license acquisition
Technical support?	Software Assurance available at time of license acquisition	Software Assurance available at time of license acquisition
Media?	Media must be purchased separately	Media must be purchased separately

Enterprise

Designed for organizations with 250 or more desktops, Microsoft Enterprise Agreement allows you to standardize on products at discounted prices based on a three-year agreement term.

Microsoft’s Open License Program brings the benefits of volume software licensing to organizations of all sizes. With any Open License program, you get discounted prices on all orders placed during the term of your agreement.

Public

The Microsoft Public Licensing program allows organizations to purchase multiple software licenses at reduced prices by placing an initial order for five or more licenses.

Select

Microsoft Select License Program was designed for corporate, government and academic customers with 250 or more desktops and mixed product and purchasing requirements.

Select-plus

Microsoft Select Plus is for large organizations with multiple affiliates that want to purchase their software licenses and services at any affiliate level, while realizing advantages as one organization.