Education : Licensing for the Public Sector

As part of our commitment to making Microsoft software licensing more transparent, this online tool makes it easy to check eligibility criteria and quickly compare licences to find the optimum agreement for your organisation.

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Select your organisation type:

Students, Faculty and Staff

Check the description that applies to you:

Higher Education

I am a full and/or part time faculty or staff of a higher education institution.
I am a full and/or part-time enrolled student of a higher education institution?

K – 12 and preschool

I am a full and/or part time faculty or staff of a K -12 institution or early childhood centre?
I am a full and/or part-time enrolled student of a K -12 institution or early childhood centre?

Select your organisation type:

Please confirm your organisation type and eligibility

Education Department
Board of Studies
Non-government K-12 Administrative Office (CEO or AIS)

To be eligible for education licensing, please confirm that the institutions you administer meet all of the following criteria by checking the boxes below:

1. Offers courses of study that lead to a certification that is recognised as part of a country’s mainstream educational progression. (Examples of such certifications include: International Baccalaureate; School Certificate); and
2. Is accredited by the Ministry/Department of Education or appropriate recognised education accreditation agency within the country. In the absence of direct accreditation, there must be accreditation by proxy (i.e. the certification offered by the school or institution must be acceptable for credit or placement in a traditionally accredited educational institution locally or overseas); and
3. Substantially all of the institution’s student enrolments (>90%) must be in educational courses leading to an accredited certification recognised under subparagraph 1 above, with only incidental enrolments in non-accredited programs.

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Please confirm your organisation type and eligibility

Pre-school
Early Childhood Centre

To be eligible for education licensing in pre-schools and early childhood centres, please confirm that you meet all of the following criteria by checking the boxes below:

(i) is an early childhood program incorporated for the purpose of providing educational services to children between two and five years of age and which serves minimum of ten such children;
(ii) is lawfully established, authorised, created, licensed, chartered, registered and/or accredited by the Ministry/Department of Education or appropriate recognised accreditation agency within the country; and
(iii) has been in operation for at least one year.

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Eligibility – Public Library

To be eligible for education licensing, please confirm that you meet all of the following criteria by checking the boxes below:

(i) provide general library services without charge to all residents of a given community, district or region;
(ii) supported by public or private funds;
(iii) make its basic collections and basic services available to the population of its legal service area without charges to individual users, but may impose charges on users outside its legal service area; and
(iv) may or may not provide products and services, beyond its basic services, to the public at large with or without individual charges.

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Eligibility – Public Museum

To be eligible for this licensing option, please confirm that you meet all of the following criteria by checking the boxes below:

(i) are a public or private agency or institution organised on a permanent basis for essentially education or aesthetic purposes;
(ii) utilise a professional staff; and
(iii) own or utilise tangible objects, care for them and exhibit them to the public on a regular basis.

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How do you want to purchase your software?

Buying Microsoft products – Higher Education

There are three ways to obtain educational pricing:

It’s not piracy, a program that lets you buy a Microsoft® Office Ultimate 2007 perpetual licence at education pricing.

Education pricing on Microsoft® Office Home and Student 2007 is available from your local Microsoft® retail outlet – more details

The higher education institution you attend may be able to provide you with further options to buy under their Academic Volume Licensing agreement. Ask your IT Services.

Buying Microsoft products – K – 12

You have two choices:

Education pricing on Microsoft® Office Home and Student 2007 is available from your local Microsoft® retail outlet – more details

The education institution you attend may be able to provide you with further options to buy under their Academic Volume Licensing agreement. Ask your IT Services

Microsoft School Agreement

Microsoft School Agreement is a subscription licensing program specifically created to address the unique needs of primary and secondary schools and districts. With the simplicity of counting computers just once per year, School Agreement makes it easy for you to license all of your computers, whether in a single school or an entire district.

To qualify, I confirm that:

My school is prepared to license a minimum of 300

units

. To calculate the number of units, add together the

point values

and multiply by the number of

eligible computers

. You must license all eligible computers at your school.
We are willing to sign a Microsoft School Agreement or are a member school of an organisation that has signed one.

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Microsoft Campus Agreement

Microsoft Campus Agreement is a subscription licensing program specifically created to address the unique needs of higher educational institutions. Along with the flexibility of a streamlined agreement and subscription process, you'll appreciate the simplicity of counting people instead of computers, making it easy to license your entire institution or just a single department.

To qualify, I confirm that:

My education institution is prepared to license a minimum of 300

units

. To calculate the number of units, add together the

point values

and multiply by the

FTE Count

at your institution. You must license all of your FTEs in an entire department or institution.

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Identify the number of PCs you wish to license

Transaction licensing

You have two options, please select your preference below. At-a-glance comparison

I want to license 250 or more PCs, notebooks and servers and can forecast our needs for 36 months
I want to license 250 or more PCs, notebooks and servers but cannot forecast our needs for 36 months.

Select your industry sector then follow the step-by-step directions to review your licensing options.

As part of our commitment to making Microsoft software licensing more transparent, this online tool makes it easy to check eligibility criteria and quickly compare licences to find the optimum agreement for your organisation.

Select your organisation type:

Students, Faculty and Staff

Higher Education

K – 12 and preschool

Select your organisation type:

Please confirm your organisation type and eligibility

To be eligible for education licensing in K-12 schools, please confirm that you meet all of the following criteria by checking the boxes below:

Please confirm your organisation type and eligibility

To be eligible for education licensing, please confirm that your institution meets all of the following criteria by checking the boxes below

Please confirm your organisation type and eligibility

To be eligible for education licensing, please confirm that the institutions you administer meet all of the following criteria by checking the boxes below:

Please confirm your organisation type and eligibility

To be eligible for education licensing in pre-schools and early childhood centres, please confirm that you meet all of the following criteria by checking the boxes below:

Eligibility – Public Library

Eligibility – Public Museum

How do you want to purchase your software?

How do you want to purchase your software?

How do you want to purchase your software?

Buying Microsoft products – Higher Education

Buying Microsoft products – K – 12

Microsoft School Agreement

To qualify, I confirm that:

Microsoft Campus Agreement

To qualify, I confirm that:

Identify the number of PCs you wish to license

Transaction licensing

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School Agreement

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