Software Assurance - Maximising the value of your licences

Maximising the value of your licences

Software Assurance is a support and maintenance package that offers a comprehensive suite of benefits. These help you to increase staff productivity, improve business performance and get a faster return on your software investment. Benefits include deployment planning, software upgrades, training, home use programme and product support.


Find out how Software Assurance can help you get the most out of your software. Select the software lifecycle stage(s) below that are relevant for you.

Stage 1: Plan

Build your business around the technology, budget more effectively and simplify the software procurement process

Stage 2: Deploy

Get the most value out of your software with planning services that help you design solutions for your business

Stage 3: Use

Take advantage of the latest technology and develop better technology deployment, migration and management skills

Stage 4: Maintain

Maintain a stable IT environment by using our services, tools and reference materials to support your networks and desktops

Stage 5: Transition

For customers who need to upgrade or extend their software, Microsoft offers technology and support benefits

Which benefits are you entitled to?

Software Assurance benefits range from new version rights, home-use licences and 24x7 business-critical support to cold back-up server licences and extended hot-fix support. Discover which benefits you're entitled to.

How to buy

Find out how and where to buy Software Assurance membership - and where you can go to get your questions answered.

Activating your Software Assurance benefits

It's easy to access and activate your benefits online. If you're an Open Licence Agreement customer with Software Assurance, please visit our eOpen site; if you have any other licence agreement, simply visit the Microsoft Volume Licensing Services (MVLS) site.

Software Assurance guides and reports

Want to know more about how Software Assurance can support your business? Look no further than our practical guides, reports and case studies.

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