Volume Licencing
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From the experience I have had licensing Microsoft products, I don't think you can just go and ask for a license for 100 users. You have to sign up to purchase enough points per year (each different item is worth different amounts of points). If you don't purchase enough points then the volume agreement reverts back to a normal one.
Your best off contacting the Microsoft Licensing department or a large reseller (I know Dell do them) to ask about specific details or if you are even elligible for one.
Your best off contacting the Microsoft Licensing department or a large reseller (I know Dell do them) to ask about specific details or if you are even elligible for one.
The microsoft site is terrible for finding out information on this and if you phone MS you'll probably end up speaking to someone in India reading off a script.
I'd second speaking to a software reseller. Most large consultancy firms and hardware/software vendors will have someone dedicated to this area.
I'd second speaking to a software reseller. Most large consultancy firms and hardware/software vendors will have someone dedicated to this area.
Depends how many users you need.
If it is up to 100 then Open License is the way forward, which you pay for the license outright and then you have the opportunity to purchase Software Assurance (the ability to upgrade the license to the latest product, usually an annual payment ) With OL you can purchase as little as 5 office licenses to kick it off, it supports all forms of Microsoft products.
If you have more than 100 but less than 250, then Open Value is your best option. Here you purchase licenses and spread the cost over 3 years, then you can just pay annually for SA after that, so for instance you have 125 users and you want Exchange and Windows Server CAL's plus server licenses it works out to around £14,000 PA for the first 3 years, then £3000 for each year after year 3 and you can upgrade to each new version of the license you have SA on.
This is what we have done at work, as over 9 years, it was much cheaper than doing OL. If you are really big, then Enterprise Licensing is your bag, but thats mega money and 000's of licenses, which you really should speak to MS direct or a large reseller.
If it is up to 100 then Open License is the way forward, which you pay for the license outright and then you have the opportunity to purchase Software Assurance (the ability to upgrade the license to the latest product, usually an annual payment ) With OL you can purchase as little as 5 office licenses to kick it off, it supports all forms of Microsoft products.
If you have more than 100 but less than 250, then Open Value is your best option. Here you purchase licenses and spread the cost over 3 years, then you can just pay annually for SA after that, so for instance you have 125 users and you want Exchange and Windows Server CAL's plus server licenses it works out to around £14,000 PA for the first 3 years, then £3000 for each year after year 3 and you can upgrade to each new version of the license you have SA on.
This is what we have done at work, as over 9 years, it was much cheaper than doing OL. If you are really big, then Enterprise Licensing is your bag, but thats mega money and 000's of licenses, which you really should speak to MS direct or a large reseller.
I have used these guys many, many times.
Very helpful people and will be able to give you all your options:
http://www.phoenixs.co.uk/
Also Dell sell licenses too.
Our last batch of licenses came from Dell as Phoenix couldn't actually match the quote.
You don't need to buy Dell hardware - they have their own licensing department.
Very helpful people and will be able to give you all your options:
http://www.phoenixs.co.uk/
Also Dell sell licenses too.
Our last batch of licenses came from Dell as Phoenix couldn't actually match the quote.
You don't need to buy Dell hardware - they have their own licensing department.