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Licensing options for education institutions
With the various discounts and licensing options available to students, teachers, and academic organizations, you can get more software, services, and solutions for your money.
Buying on behalf of an academic group, school, district, or institution? We offer five academic Volume License agreements. Here’s how they compare. For more details about each program, click an agreement name.
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How Volume Licensing programs work
By acquiring software licenses through Microsoft Volume Licensing programs, you pay only for the software license—not the CD-ROM or DVD, user's guides, or packaging. Eliminating these physical costs and purchasing in volume can often reduce costs and provide more customized purchasing options and improved software management.
Depending on the Volume Licensing program you choose, you may receive media, and you have the option to acquire media (or supplemental media), documentation, and product support separately, as needed.
License terms
There are two categories of Microsoft Volume Licensing agreements for academic customers:
- Subscription. With subscription licensing programs, enrolled institutions have the right to run a selection of products, and any upgrades or downgrades of those products, for a designated term. For application, system, and Client Access License (CAL) products, even if the number of computers or users grows, enrollees remain fully licensed throughout their designated term and only need to report increases on their computers or full-time equivalent (FTE) employees on their annual order.
- Transactional. With transactional Volume Licensing programs, customers acquire perpetual software licenses (meaning that the institution owns the licenses) while eliminating the costs and packaging of retail software.
Maintenance option
With some Volume Licensing programs, you may also purchase Software Assurance. (Software Assurance is included with Campus and School Agreements.) This comprehensive maintenance offering can help you get the most out of your software investment. It combines the latest software with phone support, partner services, training, and IT tools. You can choose Software Assurance at the time of purchase and begin using your benefits immediately for the term of your license agreement.
Purchasing options
To get the best combination of software, services, and solutions to meet your needs—and to get it for the best price—we suggest you contact a reseller that we’ve authorized to license our software. These resellers (also called “partners”) are specially trained to help academic customers identify the best license for your organization’s needs. If you need five or more licenses, a reseller can help you decide which of the agreements best fits your needs. Find a reseller in your area, or choose one online.
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