Windows Vista Enterprise includes all the security and compliance, infrastructure optimization, productivity, and mobility features in Windows Vista Business.
But it also offers extra capabilities that can reduce your IT costs while helping your employees find information faster and use it better:
Optional Subscription Licenses
Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack for Software Assurance
The Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) for Software Assurance is a suite of Windows virtualization and manageability technologies that decrease desktop TCO by making users productive anywhere, giving IT greater control of desktops, and simplifying PC manageability. Regularly updated, MDOP helps customers continuously enhance desktop manageability practices and user experiences.
MDOP includes tools that can accelerate operating system and application management to enhance IT responsiveness and user uptime. When combined with Windows Vista Enterprise, the result is an optimized desktop—the most cost-effective, flexible way to manage Windows desktops.
Windows Vista Enterprise Centralized Desktop
Microsoft provides several alternatives for deploying Windows. Windows Vista Enterprise Centralized Desktop (VECD) is a flexible, subscription-based option for enterprise customers and early adopters who want to deploy Windows Vista in virtual machines that are running on servers. Part of the Windows Vista Enterprise family, VECD enables you to centralize storage or execution of Windows.
Solutions for Multimedia Scenarios in Enterprise Environments
DVD Playback Pack for Windows Vista
As a Windows Vista Enterprise customer, you can purchase the DVD Playback Pack, which enables playback of DVD, MPEG-2, and 5.1-channel Dolby Digital files. Together, Windows Vista Enterprise and the DVD Playback Pack provide the most manageable version of Windows and the most suitable media experience for enterprise users.
Windows Vista Ultimate
Although Windows Vista Ultimate is not designed for broad enterprise deployment, it may be useful in conference and training rooms. To support these scenarios, Windows Vista Enterprise customers can obtain a license for Windows Vista Ultimate. For every 100 Windows licenses covered by Software Assurance, you can obtain one Windows Vista Ultimate key. If your organization has 599 or fewer licenses, you can obtain five Windows Vista Ultimate keys.
Customer Success Stories
See what customers are saying about the Windows Vista benefit.
"Windows Vista is more than just an individual product; it’s a critical part of a more complete solution. It integrates naturally with our other IT systems, providing both the IT professional and the end user with the best experience."
Chouaib Oultache, Project Director, Algerian National Police| Read full story
"With [Windows Vista] Application Virtualization, we give users the flexibility to run the applications they need without any risk of conflicts. And IT has accelerated application packaging and time-to-delivery."
Joerg Umland, IT Administrator, TÜV NORD | Read full story
For each Windows Client License covered under Software Assurance, you are entitled to one Windows Vista Enterprise upgrade license.
The following Volume Licensing programs are eligible for this benefit:
Open License
Select License
Select Plus
Open Value
Open Value Company-Wide/Subscription
Select License with Software Assurance Membership
Select Plus with Software Assurance Membership
Enterprise Agreement/Subscription
Campus, School and Select Academic Agreement
Campus, School and Select Academic Agreement with Software Assurance Membership
Steps for the Notices Contact:
Sign the Microsoft Volume License Agreement.
Microsoft will send you a welcome e-mail message that introduces you to Microsoft Volume License Services (MVLS).
Go to the Microsoft Volume License Services Web site.
Click the Sign In button. On the next screen, enter your Windows Live ID credentials. If you do not have a Windows Live ID, click Sign Up Now and follow the instructions on your screen to obtain an ID.
Create an MVLS account.
Assign a Benefits Administrator(s) to manage Software Assurance benefits (see table above for suggestions as to who in your organization to designate). Microsoft will send a welcome e-mail message to the Benefits Administrator(s).
After the Benefits Administrator(s) registers on MVLS, assign permissions to manage specific Software Assurance benefits.
Steps for the Benefits Administrator:
Ensure that you have administrative rights to activate this benefit, or contact your Notices Contact.
Go to the Microsoft Volume License Services Web site.
Click the Sign In button. On the next screen, enter your Windows Live ID credentials. If you do not have a Windows Live ID, click Sign Up Now and follow the instructions on your screen to obtain an ID.
Click on the Software Assurance link. This will take you to the Software Assurance Benefits Summary page.
Click on Windows Vista Enterprise.
Enter contact information and media fulfillment preferences.
Click to activate benefit.
Promote this benefit to your CIO and IT Managers. Refer to the Promote section for more information.
