Digital by Choice—Your Software Download Option
Digital by Choice is a software download option for many Microsoft Volume Licensing customers who today receive Microsoft software updates on CD or DVD media. You may now be eligible to receive digital downloads as your default method of software delivery through the Volume Licensing Service Center.
Join Digital by Choice and enjoy these benefits:
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Get software updates faster than with kit shipments.
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Save time and effort managing media.
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Reduce waste and support a more sustainable future.
To learn more, visit the Digital by Choice Web site
View software products to download based on Volume Licensing entitlements (sign in with your Windows Live ID)
Schedule for Product Subscription Kit Shipments - September 2009-May 2010
Following the September 2009 kit shipment, Volume Licensing customers who have active media subscriptions will receive their next product subscription kit in May 2010. Affected customers are Enterprise Agreement (EA), EA Subscription, and Select License. The kits scheduled for November 2009 and February 2010 have been deferred. (Only customers subscribed to N editions of the Windows 7 operating system will receive a special shipment in November 2009.) The May 2010 kit will include updates to applicable subscription kit products released since the September 2009 kit shipment.
For more details visit the Microsoft Volume Licensing Fulfillment User Guide.
All product updates continue to be available as software downloads from the Volume Licensing Service Center (VLSC).
Special N Editions of Windows 7 Operating System Limited Shipment - November 2009
Product Subscription Kit subscribers to N editions of Windows operating system products will receive a special limited shipment in mid-November 2009 with the new N editions of the Windows 7 operating system. Following the November 2009 kit shipment, the next product subscription kit will be in May 2010.
How to Get Updates for Microsoft Products
Updates for Microsoft products, including those products not included in kits, are available as follows:
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By Download: To download products from the Volume Licensing Service Center (VLSC) site, sign in to VLSC, and then click Downloads. Note: To access VLSC, you must be a registered user on the site and have access to agreement data. If you need assistance accessing the site, visit the Help section to contact the Microsoft Support Center.
As Software Product Disk Kits: You can purchase disk kits (CDs or DVDs) from your Microsoft reseller for products that are not included in your product subscription kits.
