Check these places to find big discounts on Microsoft software.
Designed to reduce the costs of acquiring, upgrading, maintaining, and managing
software for multiple computers, the latest Academic Volume Licensing programs provide
simple, yet flexible volume-based pricing. Find the program to fit your budget and
needs.
Microsoft Campus Agreement is a subscription licensing program specifically created
to address the unique needs of higher educational institutions. With this program,
you can license your entire institution or just a single department.
A subscription licensing program specifically created 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.
Designed for educational institutions of all sizes desiring a simple, transactional
process, Academic Open License allows you to obtain the most current Microsoft software
products while managing overall costs and staying compliant.
Microsoft Select License for Academic offers medium-to-large educational institutions
a flexible, volume-based program designed to help reduce your total cost of software
ownership.
Select Plus for Academic is the newest transactional program for medium and large institutions with approximately 250 or more PCs. Select Plus for Academic offers the advantages of a non-expiring agreement, the flexibility to acquire licenses as needed, a single customer ID to streamline account management across multiple affiliates, and the ability to add value with a full 36 months of Software Assurance.
Student Select and Student Select Plus provides a way for education customers to share the tremendous discounts
of the Select License for Academic and Select Plus for Academic programs with their students and teachers.
You may already have a licensing agreement
Your institution may already have a Microsoft Volume Licensing agreement in place,
either directly or through an educational consortium. Check with your IT administrator's
office to find out.
Microsoft sells academically priced software and services through resellers who
are trained and authorized to work with education customers.
Microsoft AERs can sell software to education users via Academic Edition full-packaged
product (FPP), Academic Open License, Campus Agreement, and School Agreement.
In addition to selling software through the same channels as other AERs, LARs can
also sell via the Academic Select License and Student Select programs.
Manage your Microsoft Academic Select agreement, Campus Agreement, or School Agreement—and
get license purchase history, administer Software Assurance benefits, and more.
Review your Microsoft Academic Open License agreement and Product Use Rights, update
your license contact information, and review Academic Open License purchases made.
Get information about the Volume Licensing installation media that is available
in the various Comprehensive and Subscription Kits and in the individual Volume
Licensing Disk Kits.
