> As Simple as 1-2-3

Getting Started

Taking advantage of Microsoft Open Value Subscription for your business is as easy as this:

1. Count the total numbers of computers in your company

2. Choose the Enterprise product(s) you want to subscribe to:

Microsoft^® Office Professional Plus 2007
Microsoft^® Office Small Business 2007
Windows Vista^® Business Upgrade with Vista Enterprise
Small Business Server (SBS) CAL
Core CAL
Small Business Desktop Suite
Desktop Professional Suite

3. Place your order with any Microsoft Reseller

You can receive up to a 50%* first year discount for select licenses you own today that you transition to subscription licenses.

After Subscribing

> After the subscription agreement is in place, go about your business. Add computers anytime you'd like during the year and you can install your Enterprise subscription license(s) on them for no additional fee.

> On the first year anniversary date of your Open Value Subscription, recount your total number of computers. This new count determines your license fee for the second year of your subscription. Since the Open Value Subscription provides one fee per computer, if your count is the same, you pay the same as year one. If it's higher, you pay more. If it's lower, you pay less.

> Repeat the process on your second anniversary.

> On the third anniversary you count again and have the option to renew the subscription, buy-out your licenses or remove the software from your machines.

Adding Products to Your Subscription

> You may add Enterprise products to all your computers at any time. The process is the same: count your computers, pay for licenses for the next 12 months based on that count. Add/remove computers during the year at no additional charge. Recount in 12 months and pay fees due based on the new count.

> You can also add non-Enterprise products to your subscription at any time. For the non-Enterprise products (called "Additional products"), you pay a one-time fee the month you install the product(s) and then once a year on your annual anniversary along with your Enterprise product(s).

How Company-wide Open Value Subscription Works

Start of Subscription: March 1, 2008

1. Company X counts their total number of computers: 30 PCs
2. Company X chooses Microsoft^® Office Professional Plus as the Enterprise product they want for their company
3. Company X places order and pays annual subscription for 30 Microsoft® Office Professional Plus licenses (one per computer in the company)
4. On April 15 Company X buys 8 new computers
5. Company X now has Microsoft^® Office Professional Plus licenses for the 8 new computers — NO CHARGE!

1st Anniversary: March 1, 2009

1. Company X counts their total number of computers: 38 PCs (Initial 30 + 8 new PCs)
2. Company X pays annual subscription fee for all 38 computers
3. On November 30 Company X gets rid of 3 computers
4. No credit or refund is issued for removal of 3 licenses during the year two agreement

2nd Anniversary: March 1, 2010

1. Company X counts their total number of computers: 35 PCs (38 + 3 removed PCs)
2. Company X pays annual subscription for all 35 computers
3. No computers are added or discarded during the year

3rd Anniversary: March 1, 2011

1. Company X counts their total number of computers: 35 PCs
2. Company X now chooses to:
a. Renew the subscription for 35 licenses
b. Convert the 35 Microsoft^® Office Professional Plus licenses to perpetual licenses by buying out their subscription licenses
c. Remove software from computers

See Savings to see how the Open Value Subscription Up-to-Date Discount of up to 50%* off can have a dramatic effect on first year license fees for Company X.

*Prices based on Estimated Retail Prices. Reseller pricing may vary.