Discover How Volume Licensing Has Simplified License Management
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In the past year, Microsoft has made improvements to Volume Licensing based on customer feedback. Microsoft is working to make it easier for you to do business by simplifying license management to help ensure that your company is more productive.
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 | Microsoft Agreement Updates |
| Pricing Updates |
| Volume License Service Center |
| Microsoft Volume Licensing Fulfillment User Guide |
| Other Improvements |
| Feedback |
Microsoft Agreement Updates
Microsoft has improved the Enterprise, Select License, and Open License agreements to help simplify the licensing process. A simplified process enables you to spend less time on administrative tasks and more time growing your business.
Changes to the license agreements include:
| • | Fewer pages. Depending on the program, your agreement will be shorter. You can spend less time on the agreement process and more time exploring related business opportunities. |
| • | A new and more efficient signature form. This also helps reduce the amount of time you spend on each agreement. |
| • | Updates to language and content. Volume Licensing agreements have been updated for simplicity and consistency. |
Pricing Updates
In October, the number of price points and SKUs for each Volume Licensing program will be reduced. Individual language SKUs that have the same pricing will be replaced by one term: Single Language. For example, SQL Server English will become SQL Server Single Language. Consolidating the SKUs into a single SKU will make it easier for you to find the right price point.
Learn more about Microsoft Single Language Price Points
Volume License Service Center
The Microsoft Volume License Service Center (VLSC) is an online tool that makes it easy to manage your Volume Licensing agreements, download licensed products, and access product keys—all in one place. Use the VLSC to view your Microsoft License Statement, an easy-to-use report that provides a real-time calculation of Volume Licensing entitlements across agreements and programs. You can also quickly identify active Microsoft Software Assurance upgrade coverage, easily download the licensed products you need, and retrieve product keys for your Volume Licensing software.
The VLSC provides secure access and is available to registered users of the Microsoft Volume Licensing Services (MVLS) and eOpen Web sites.
Learn more about the Volume License Service Center (Portable Document Format file, 592 KB)
Get answers to frequently asked questions about the Volume License Service Center (Microsoft Word file, 73 KB)
Microsoft Volume Licensing Fulfillment User Guide
Enterprise Agreement and Select Agreement Volume Licensing customers who have active media subscriptions will receive monthly product subscription kits that include updates for only the most widely used Microsoft products. You will continue to receive these product updates in the languages of your choice. These product families include Microsoft Exchange Server, Operations Manager Server, the 2007 Microsoft Office system, Office SharePoint Server, Office Project, SQL Server, Systems Management Server Enterprise Edition, Office Visio, Visual Studio, Windows Server, and Windows Vista.
Updates for all other products will be available either by download from the Microsoft Volume License Services (MVLS) Web site or by purchasing media (CDs or DVDs) from your Microsoft reseller.
Go to the Microsoft Volume Licensing Fulfillment User Guide
Other Improvements
Other changes that improve and simplify the Volume Licensing agreement process include:
| • | Reducing the product licensing models from 74 to 9. |
| • | Reducing the number of Volume Licensing programs worldwide from 108 to 26 to standardize program offerings and assist multinational companies in managing their licenses. |
| • | Reducing the agreement size from 241 to 44 pages for Enterprise Agreement. |
| • | Reducing the agreement size from 23 to 5 pages for Open Value. |
| • | Improving the readability of the agreements by simplifying the content and language and by creating a format that is easier to understand. |
Feedback
Microsoft is always working to improve and welcomes your feedback about Microsoft Volume Licensing and the Microsoft Volume Licensing Web site. Your comments, suggestions, and feedback are important in helping us continue to improve the site, licensing models, and our products.
Microsoft is also interested in hearing about your experiences. Let us know if you would like to participate in a Volume Licensing case study.
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