Under this agreement you can license a single school, multiple schools or the entire school system. You can count computers once per year, so you don't have to track every single computer purchase or lease throughout the 12-month term.
Key benefits of this programme include:
- Counting computers once per year
- One annual payment for all software at academic prices
- Access to the most current version of licensed software
- Ability to downgrade to an earlier version of software
- Broad product selection available in all languages
- Microsoft Windows or Apple Macintosh platform
- Optional student licensing for use at home
- Automatic media fulfilment
| Subscription features |
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| Customer Profile |
Primary and Secondary schools looking for a simple, flexible subscription licensing agreement. |
| Minimum Requirements |
50 units (Total units = # of products x # of PCs) |
| Products Availability |
Customer may order subscription licences for a wide selection of Microsoft software through the School Agreement programme.
The School Desktop package includes:
- Windows Vista Enterprise Upgrade
- Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007 and Microsoft Office for Mac 2004 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Core CAL Suite
The School Desktop with Enterprise CAL includes:
- Windows Vista Enterprise Upgrade
- Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007 and Microsoft Office for Mac 2004 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Enterprise CAL Suite
Server Products:
- Exchange Server Standard (and Enterprise Edition)
- Exchange Server External Connector
- Office SharePoint Server
- SharePoint for Internet Sites
- SQL Server Standard (and Enterprise Edition)
- Systems Management Server
- Windows Server Standard (and Enterprise Edition)
- Project Server
- Project Server External Connector
- BizTalk Server Standard (and Enterprise Edition)
- Operations Management (MOM) Base Processor Licence
- MOM Application Management Pack Processor Licence
- Live Communications Server Standard (and Enterprise Edition)
- Windows Server Standard (and Enterprise Edition)
- Windows Server External Connector
- Windows Terminal Server External Connector
Please refer to the Microsoft Volume Licensing Product list for complete details of currently available products.
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| Term |
Master Agreement has no expiration date |
| Renewing Agreement |
Once a Master Agreement is in place, Subscription Enrolments are submitted for 12 or 36 months of licence coverage
Your options are:
- extend your subscription enrolment under the one-year licensed period
- submit a new subscription enrolment under the three-year licensed period
- exercise the buy-out option (see below)
- allow the subscription enrolment to expire, and stop using the software
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| Pricing Levels |
Tiered price for non-perpetual licences covering all institution computers based on counting the PCs
Level A – Minimum 50 Units
Level B – 2500 PCs or more
Contact your Reseller for specific pricing.
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| Student Licensing |
Student Option licenses all of your students to use products on their personally-owned computers. Minimum requirement of 100 units. Student and faculty/staff orders cannot be combined to meet the minimum requirement |
| Staying Current on Software |
Customers are licensed to run any version of products, including product upgrades released during the designated agreement/order term |
| Product Fulfilment |
Institutions automatically receive one complimentary Product Welcome Kit containing CDs for all products, and also receive CDs for product upgrades occurring during the subscription term |
| Access to Software Assurance Benefits |
Yes |
| Work at Home Rights |
Yes, for faculty and staff users |
| Sales Channel |
View a list of Microsoft Education Large Account Resellers
View a list of Microsoft Authorised Education Resellers
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| Additional Requirements |
Organisation-wide coverage is required. All of the eligible PCs in the participating school(s) must be included. Where multiple schools are covered, a list of participating schools is required |
Customers wishing to convert their subscription licences (School Agreement) to perpetual licences can do so through buy-out licences. It should be noted that the costs of this can be significant and should be fully understood as part of the decision to choose School Agreement licensing. Please contact your reseller for more information on buy-out licences.
There is a reduced price for buy-out licences of 1.75 x the annual subscription fee for the main products (Windows, Office, Servers and CALs) if the school has held subscription agreement(s) for three years or more.
