Microsoft Volume Licensing 5
By choosing Open Value Organization-wide, you receive the rights to the latest Microsoft licensed products with a single
platform option. With the single platform option, you can customize your device as you choose components from the
Windows operating system, Microsoft Office, Office 365 / CAL product pools, plus additional products selected in your
agreement that include the latest version of following platform product options:
Microsoft Office: Microsoft Office Professional Plus
Operating Systems: Windows E3
Client Access License (CAL) Suites: The Enterprise CAL Suite or Core CAL Suite, Office 365 E plans
Open Value Subscription option
Similar to the Organization-wide option, the Subscription option allows you to pay a single price per desktop PC to deploy
Microsoft technology as the standard across your organization. Open Value Subscription provides the lowest up-front costs of
the Open Program options with the flexibility to reduce the total licensing costs in years when the desktop PC count declines.
This option gives your organization the rights to run the software throughout your organization only during the term of the
agreement with Microsoft. You also have the ability to add the single platform option to an Open Value Subscription
agreement.
For Government customers: A one-year Open Value Subscription option is available for eligible government customers. This
option better aligns with government procurement requirements by giving you the flexibility to choose from a one-year or
three-year term. The up-to-date (UTD) discount is not available for the one-year option, and you must have purchased Open
Value Subscription for a continued period of three or more years at the time of buyout.
Note: Open Value for Government is not available in all regions. Please contact your Microsoft reseller for availability in your
country.
Open License
Open License is an excellent choice if you are a corporate, academic, government, or nonprofit organization that wants to pay
as you go. Because you pay for licenses as you need them, you get maximum flexibility to grow with your organization’s
increasing and changing business needs. You must have a minimum initial purchase of five software licenses for an Open
License agreement, but you can acquire additional licensed products through Open License in any quantity at any time during
the two-year agreement term. Many Online Services such as Office 365 do not have a minimum initial purchase requirement.
Software Assurance can be purchased at the time of the license purchase, and the benefits end with the expiration of the
agreement Authorization Number. In order to maximize the benefit period of Software Assurance, Open License customers can
order Software Assurance as a new order (not as an additional purchase under an existing Authorization Number).
Open License also offers a volume discount with an additional price break for larger purchases. This additional price point is
offered to commercial organizations that purchase 500 points or more of software and/or Online Services in a single product
pool.
Microsoft Online Services
As your IT strategy evolves to include the many benefits of cloud computing, Microsoft can help you extend the capabilities
and functionality of your existing technology investments with Online Services delivered as a subscription service hosted by
Microsoft. With an Open agreement, you can enjoy the flexibility of choosing software and services for different user types,
optimize technology spend by purchasing subscriptions that map to IT and user needs, and streamline software compliance
and asset management across all Microsoft software and services.
Popular Microsoft Online Services such as Office 365 and Microsoft Azure are available through Open agreements. After you
place an order, both you and your reseller will receive email information of how to activate the Online Services. For more
information, please refer to the Online Services Terms.