What's included in the NHS EA for England?
Here you can review the comprehensive list of licenses available to NHS organisations as part of the NHS ENterprise Agreement for England.
You will also find some more information about Software Assurance (SA) and Client Access Licensing (CAL).
Licensing framework
Enterpise Agreement covering client (desktop) software as detailed below.
Software Assurance (SA) on the products detailed below.
Licences included as part of the agreement
Windows Vista
Windows Vista Business Edition
Windows Vista Enterprise Edition on all qualifying desktops with Software Assurance
Four Virtual Operating Systems
Windows Bit Locker Drive Encryption
Multi Lingul User Interface
Desktop Optimisation Pack
Softgrid
Ofiice Professional Plus Edition
Access
PowerPoint
Word
Excel
Outlook
Publisher
communicator
Intergrated Enterprise Content Management
Integrated Electronic Forms
Information Rights & Policy
Enterprise Edition also includes:
OneNote
Groove
N.B Please contact your SHA to determine whetehr your Trust qualifies for the above two licences.
Core Client Access Licensing (CAL)
Windows Server CAL
Office Exchange Server Standard CAL
Office SharePoint Server Standard CAL
Systems Management Server CAL
N.B Server licences are not included as part of this agreement and are required to be purchased separately.
Enterprise CAL also includes
Office Communications Server Enterprise CAL
Windows Rights Management CAL
Office SharePoint Enterprise CAL
Office Exchange Enterprise CAL
Office Communications Server Standard CAL
Operations Manager Client OML
ForeFront Security Suite (Anti Virus)
Sql Server 2005 CAL
N.B Please contact your SHA to determine whether your Trust qualifies for the above licences.
What is Software Assurance (SA)?
Microsoft Software Assurance is a comprehensive maintenance offering that helps you get the most out of your software investment. Effectively SA allows you to "upgrade" to the latest software version throughout the length of the agreement.
It combines the latest software with phone support avilable 24 hours a da, partner services, training, and IT tools that help customers deploy, manag, and migrate software.
Software Assurance benefits increase worker productivity, accelerate organisational performance, and more rapidly realise a return on software investment.
Find out more about Software Assurance and what it means for your trust.
What is Client Access Licensing (CAL)?
If your organisation's workstations are networked, you will be using a network server and the workstations on the network will access that server(s) software to perform certain functions such as file and print sharing.
In order to legally access this server software, a client access licence or CAL may be required. A CAL is not a software product; rather it is a license that gives a user the right to access the services of the server.
N.B. Server Licences are not included as part of this agreement, however these can be purchased through Microsoft (Catalist) resellers.
Software Assurance Benefits?