The School Desktop package includes:

The School Desktop with Enterprise CAL includes:

As with all products licensed through your School Agreement, you have the option of deploying downgrade versions (previous versions) in place of the current licensed version. For instance, you may choose to deploy the Windows XP Professional operating system instead of the Windows Vista Enterprise operating system.

*Includes right to deploy Windows XP Professional in place of Windows Vista Business.

Please note: Because BPOS and Deskless Worker Suite licensing is not based on your PC count, as you add new users, they are not automatically licensed for the services (as they are for your application, system, and CAL products). You must order an additional USL for each additional user who will access the service.

Microsoft School Agreement is a subscription that gives you the rights to run the licensed software for a specified period. On your subscription enrollment, you designate whether you want a one-year or three-year licensed period. Your temporary licenses allow you to run upgrades and downgrades of the software throughout the licensed period.

At the end of the licensed period, you may extend the temporary licenses by submitting an extension order or start a new subscription by signing a new subscription enrollment.

With the three-year option, you submit an anniversary order for years two and three. Microsoft will not increase the per-unit pricing to your distributor for your anniversary orders above the prices for the initial software order. After the three years, you can continue your subscription by submitting a new subscription enrollment. Actual annual pricing is determined by your reseller. Reseller prices may vary. For this reason, we are unable to guarantee that the final per-unit pricing for years two and three will not change. Please discuss pricing details with your reseller. With the three-year option, you submit an anniversary order for years two and three. Microsoft will not increase the per-unit pricing to your distributor for your anniversary orders above the prices for the initial software order. After the three years, you can continue your subscription by submitting a new subscription enrollment. Please note that your actual annual pricing is determined by your reseller (not Microsoft). For this reason, Microsoft cannot guarantee that the final per-unit pricing for years two and three will not change. Please discuss pricing details with your reseller.

At the end of your licensed period, you also have the option of canceling out of the subscription model either by purchasing perpetual licenses for the products you want to continue using or by removing the software from your computers. For details, see the School Agreement Program Guide (497 KB Microsoft Word document).

Pricing for School Agreement application, system, and CAL products is based on the number of eligible PCs in the participating school or district. Eligible PCs include all of the Pentium III, iMac G3 or equivalent or better computers. You must also include any other computers (such as older Pentium computers) on which any software will be run.

Please contact us or your Microsoft Authorized Education Reseller for more pricing information.

The minimum requirement for the initial order you place under a subscription enrollment is 300 units. Total units per order are determined by combining your application, system, and CAL units with your server units. You can choose any individual product or combination of products to meet this requirement. To determine your application, system, and CAL units, multiply the total number of application, system, and CAL products selected by your total number of eligible PCs. Unit values for application, system, and CAL products are not weighted—each has a unit value of one.

For example, a school licensing 100 eligible PCs for Windows Upgrades, Microsoft Office Professional, and Microsoft Core CAL would calculate their application, system, and CAL units as follows:

For server products, you multiply the unit value for the server product by the number ordered. Each server product is assigned a specific unit value. Please refer to the Microsoft Volume Licensing Product List for unit values. If the same school as in the example above orders two SQL Server Standard Edition Processor Licenses, they would calculate their server units like this:

By combining their application, system, and CAL units with their server units, they reach a total of 400 units-exceeding the 300 unit minimum requirement.

For each School subscription enrollment, Microsoft provides one complimentary MSDN Academic Alliance (MSDNAA) High School membership. This membership may be used for a single school. The MSDNAA High School membership entitles you to install Microsoft Visual Studio and other tools on every instructional computer within your school and check out the software to students. You also get access to special training tools and resources for your teachers and students. Learn more.

You can activate your membership online. You'll need your institution's School Agreement Subscription Enrollment number and a special promotional code that is included on your School Agreement enrollment acceptance letter. If you want to purchase annual memberships for additional schools, you can do so from the MSDN AA Web site.

Once your registration has been processed, you will receive an initial Welcome Kit that contains all of the software. After the initial shipment, you will receive regular CD updates approximately every month.

The Microsoft Live@edu program provides educational institutions with a set of free hosted and co-branded collaboration and communication services for students, alumni, and applicants—including Windows Live Hotmail and Office Live Workspace.

Prior to June 1, 2008, customers who wished to participate in the program signed a separate agreement. As of June 1, 2008, that agreement is included as an option with the Campus and School Agreement. This integration allows School Agreement customers to have a single legal review and signing event that incorporates both agreements, streamlining the experience. Learn more about Microsoft Live@edu.

With School Agreement, you can provide your students with the software they need. Through the Student Option, you may license your students for use of one or more of the available School Agreement application, system, or Client Access License (CAL) products on a personally-owned computer or a school-owned computer designated for a student's exclusive use (that is, a computer checked out to a student for the school year). The products selected do not have to match products selected for your institution computers. When selecting the Student Option, you choose a specific number of students to license. This number cannot be changed over the course of the licensed period.

If your school includes the Student Option, your student count and the respective product selection for those students must meet a minimum requirement of 300 units. You cannot combine your faculty and staff and/or server acquistions with your student acquisitions to meet the 300 unit minimum. Both minimums must be met individually. You calculate your total units for students by multiplying the number of students by the number of products selected.

For example, a school that enrolls 100 students in the Student Option for three products meets the minimum requirement of 300 units (100 students x 3 products = 300 units). Likewise, another school that enrolls 300 students in the Student Option could meet the minimum requirement by selecting just one product (300 students x 1 product = 300 units).

Students are only licensed to use the software for the licensed period. These licenses are non-perpetual (temporary). Upon leaving the institution or expiration of the licensed period, students are required to remove the software. Your institution is responsible for communicating the appropriate use rights to students when distributing the software. Guidelines for communicating this information to facilitate compliance are outlined in the Campus and School Agreement terms and conditions. Provided that your institution follows these guidelines, you will not be held responsible for students' failure to remove the software.