Licenses for the vast majority of the on-premises products are available through the Open Value Subscription agreement. Here’s a summary of the broad categories of products that are available through the Open Value Subscription agreement; as usual, check out the…
The Open Value Subscription agreement is the third member of the Open Value family. Along with the other agreements it has a 3-year term and includes Software Assurance, but the licenses are subscription licenses rather than perpetual ones.
An Open Value Organization-Wide agreement customer can renew their agreement by renewing the SA on their Enterprise Products for all of their Qualified Devices. They own these licenses so will just pay for 3 years of SA in the new…
The Microsoft 365 Admin Center is used by Open Value Organization-Wide agreement customers to manage SA benefits, download software, access product keys, activate Online Services, and make License Reservations. The Volume Licensing Service Center (VLSC) was historically used by Open…
All of the SA benefits are available to customers purchasing through an Open Value Organization-Wide agreement.
There is price protection for the Enterprise Products in an Open Value Organization-Wide agreement. If additional licenses for existing Enterprise Products are ordered they must be paid for during the month of first installation and the price will be the…
Once the Enterprise Products’ requirements have been met for an Open Value Organization-Wide agreement, customers can also choose to license all of the other available on-premises products as Additional Products. Organizations may buy as many, or as few, of these…
An Open Value Organization-Wide agreement requires a customer to commit to the desktop products – they must count all the Qualified Devices in their organization, and then choose an Enterprise Product that they are prepared to license for all of…