Microsoft Select Plus Overview
Published: July 1, 2008 | Updated: November 12, 2008
You asked. We listened. Based on customer research, Microsoft is now offering a new way to purchase, track, and manage your software licenses through Select Plus. Select Plus is a new program offer designed for large commercial, government, and academic customers who want purchasing flexibility, better software license management, and a way to balance growing technology needs with predictable costs. An Enterprise Agreement is the optimal way for enterprise organizations to standardize the desktop environment. Select Plus complements the Enterprise Agreement because you can consolidate purchases across business units to take advantage of volume pricing and improved asset management.
Select Plus builds on the existing Select License program with enhancements that give you more value and improved features, including:
| • | Accessible, flexible purchasing | • | A single, organization-wide agreement supports both centralized and decentralized purchasing of licensed products on an as-needed basis. | | • | Your agreement never expires, and it allows for consistent, predictable pricing to simplify purchasing and budgeting for short- and long-term projects. |
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| • | Better manageability | • | Far fewer agreements to track and manage. | | • | Unique customer IDs for all affiliate purchases provide a clear view of your entire license and software asset portfolio in comprehensive reports that contain all affiliates, and also individual reports that let you drill down into specific affiliates. | | • | New self-service tools let you easily register and access all your agreement information. |
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| • | Maximized value | • | Simple, automated, volume-based pricing is based on software license and services purchases across the entire organization, including the purchasing affiliate locations. | | • | Price-level adjustment is based on actual purchase volume across the organization and is applied instantly because you no longer need to wait for the agreement anniversary date as you do with Select License. | | • | A full 36 months of Software Assurance for licenses purchased—without proration or regard to purchase timing. |
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Compare Select Plus and Select License
Review the following feature comparison to help you determine whether Select Plus or Select License is right for your business.
Ordering | | • | Unique customer ID represents a single business entity/affiliate. |
| | • | Enrollment number represents one or more businesses; enrollment number expires. |
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Asset management | | • | All assets across the organization are tracked with a single agreement and Lead Affiliate customer ID. | | • | Licenses and Software Assurance benefits can be managed across all affiliates under one business entity. |
| | • | All assets are managed under one agreement number. |
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Term | | • | Agreement never expires. |
| | • | Three-year enrollment. | | • | Three-year Master Agreement. |
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Program qualification per pool | | • | Qualify with an existing Enterprise Agreement, Enterprise Subscription Agreement, or Campus and School Agreement. | | • | Qualify with a Select License or other Volume Licensing agreement. | | • | New customer purchase is a minimum of 500 points. |
| | • | Provide a forecast. | | • | Qualify with an existing Enterprise Agreement; price level is set and compliance is waived. |
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Purchase minimum and compliance | | • | Purchase minimums are waived for customers with an active Enterprise Agreement, Enterprise Subscription Agreement, or Campus and School Agreement. | | • | Compliance: | • | Level A (and academic and government customers): Meet 500-point minimum to continue purchasing in a given pool. | | • | Level B–D: If minimum is not met, price is lowered by one level. |
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| | • | Purchase minimums are waived for customers with an active Enterprise Agreement or Enterprise Subscription Agreement. | | • | Compliance: | • | 1,500 points per pool over three years. | | • | Price can be lowered multiple levels in a single compliance check. |
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Compare Volume Licensing Programs
Microsoft offers several Volume Licensing programs that are designed to meet the needs of different organizations. You can compare Select Plus with the other programs to find the one that is right for your organization.
Compare Open License with other Volume Licensing programs (PDF file, 740 KB)
How to Acquire
United States and Canada
For more information about Select Plus, contact your Microsoft partner or find an authorized reseller near you. If you are currently not working with a Microsoft partner, contact an authorized Microsoft reseller to learn more about acquiring Microsoft Select Plus.
Find an authorized reseller near you
Worldwide
For information about Volume Licensing offerings available in your area, visit the Microsoft Volume Licensing Web site for your country/region.
Find the Microsoft Volume Licensing Web site for your country/region
