Microsoft Select Plus
We heard you! Starting in October 2008, Microsoft will offer a new licensing program: Select Plus. Based on customer research, Select Plus is designed for large organizations with multiple affiliates that want to purchase software licenses and services at any business unit level while still getting the advantages of being a single organization.For example, if your company has several affiliates in different locations, Select Plus enables your affiliates to take advantage of price-level adjustments that are based on the actual purchase volume for your entire organization. The affiliate registration form is just one page, so it is fast and simple to register each affiliate. With Select Plus, your company and its affiliates can purchase software licenses any time, easing IT planning and deployment as your business needs change. In addition, the Select Plus agreement never expires.The top five reasons to choose Select Plus include:
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Superior value. A single, enterprise-wide contract offers the same pricing level for all business units. |
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Excellent benefits. Add Microsoft Software Assurance to your agreement for a full 36 months and receive an annual payment plan. |
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Perpetual agreement. Keep renewals at the IT budget level rather than the boardroom level. |
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Flexible structure. Purchase the software licenses you need, when you need them, so that you can start using the software immediately. |
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Better insight. Clearly see your entire license portfolio so it's easy to support asset management and reporting for all business units. |
Compare Select Plus and Select License
Review the following feature comparison to help you determine whether Select Plus or Select License is right for your business.
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Customer ID represents a single business entity |
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Enrollment number represents one or more businesses; enrollment number expires |
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| Asset management |
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All assets across the enterprise are tracked by using a single Customer ID |
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Licenses and Software Assurance benefits can be managed across all affiliates under one business entity |
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All assets are managed under one agreement number |
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| Term |
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Agreement never expires |
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Three-year enrollment |
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Three-year Master Agreement |
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| Program qualification per pool |
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Qualify with an existing Enterprise Agreement, Enterprise Subscription Agreement, or Campus and School Agreement |
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Qualify with a Volume Licensing agreement |
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New customer purchase is a minimum of 500 points |
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Provide a forecast |
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Qualify with an existing Enterprise Agreement; price level is set and compliance is waived |
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| Purchase minimum and compliance |
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Purchase minimums are waived for customers with an active Enterprise Agreement, Enterprise Subscription Agreement, or Campus and School Agreement |
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Compliance:
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Level A: Meet 500-point minimum to continue purchasing in a given pool |
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Level B-D: If minimum is not met, price is lowered by one level |
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Purchase minimums are waived for customers with an active Enterprise Agreement or Enterprise Subscription Agreement |
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Compliance:
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1,500 points per pool over three years |
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Price can be lowered multiple levels in a single compliance check |
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