What's included in the NHS EA for England?
Here you can review the comprehensive list of licences 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
- Enterprise 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 Lingual User Interface
- Desktop Optimisation Pack
- Softgrid
Office Professional Plus Edition:
- Access
- PowerPoint
- Word
- Excel
- Outlook
- Publisher
- Communicator
- Integrated Enterprise Content Management
- Integrated Electronic Forms
- Information Rights & Policy
Enterprise Edition also includes:
N.B Please contact your SHA to determine whether 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)
N.B Please contact your SHA to determine whether your Trust qualifies for the above licences.
- SQL 2005 CAL is also included.
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 available 24 hours a day, partner services, training, and IT tools that help customers deploy, manage, and migrate software.
Software Assurance benefits increase worker productivity, accelerate organisational performance, and more rapidly realise a return on software investment.
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 Licenses are not included as part of this agreement, however these can be purchased through Microsoft (Catalist) resellers.
Software Assurance Benefits?
There are a number of benefits available to NHS employees through the Enterprise Agreement. Staff benefits comprise of the Home User Programme, Employee Purchase Programme, free e-learning courses and training vouchers.