Partners in Learning: School Agreement
Updated: March 26, 2004
Microsoft's School Agreement program provides academic pricing on our most popular learning tools, and it enables schools to better manage the technology resources they use for teaching and administration.
The Value of School Agreements
Designed specifically to address the needs of primary and secondary schools, our School Agreement program offers:
| • | Low administration costs – With subscription licensing, you do not have to track licenses for individual School Agreement products on every computer. This is especially helpful for managing software assets in a decentralized environment. |
| • | Current technology – Subscription licensing programs license users to run the most current versions of software products included in the agreement. Institutions automatically receive upgrades on products during the agreement term. |
| • | Simple budgeting and purchasing – You can manage software investments over time easily. Now one annual payment covers all of the School Agreement products you selected for the year. |
This version of the School Agreement program is part of Microsoft's Partners in Learning initiative and it also supports our goal to invest in local education priorities and make software accessible to everyone.
Key Benefits
| • | Easy compliance – Because all of a school's computers and users are licensed for the term of the agreement, it's easy to make sure that the selected products are fully licensed. |
| • | Excellent value – By standardizing on a platform of products, you reduce your total cost of software ownership and increase your productivity and access to current technology. |
