Licensing Suggestions

Use this chart to help determine the best option(s) for your licensing and software needs,
and then contact an authorized Microsoft reseller to acquire your software.

Program Customer Customer Most likely How the program works Benefits Where to buy For more information
name size type customers

Retail Product Fewer than Home, Customers with Acquire in single-unit quantities at retail Quick and easy Retail outlets and
5 PCs Corporate, small-volume outlets Microsoft resellers
Academic software needs

OEM Product Any Home, Customers When you purchase a new PC, make sure it Easy and Available only with
(software Corporate purchasing new comes preinstalled with an operating system convenient new PC hardware
preinstalled on PCs such as Microsoft Windows. Note: full
new PCs) versions of Microsoft Operating systems are
only available through OEM and Retail
channels and not through Microsoft Volume
Licensing programs.

Open License 5 or more Corporate, Customers You determine the number and type of Easy to use and Any Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com
6.0 PCs Academic, wanting an easy, software you need, place an order with a understand, reseller. Microsoft /licensing
Charity, one-time participating reseller and obtain the right offers volume Large Account
Government transaction licenses. You can then install software by savings with Resellers (LARs)
process ordering media directly from Microsoft. minimum license
requirements

Select License 250 or Corporate, Organizations After you sign your Select License agreement, Better pricing Microsoft Large http://www.microsoft.com
6.0 more PCs Academic, with mixed you'll receive Microsoft software CDs based levels and larger Account Resellers /licensing
Government Microsoft on the product pools you have selected. On a volume forecasts and/or direct
license monthly basis, you will submit an order to your relationship with
requirements, Large Account Reseller (LAR) for the number Microsoft,
decentralized of units of Microsoft software that you have supported by
licensing and installed during the past month. The LAR will Enterprise
the ability to then pass the order on to Microsoft. Software Advisors
forecast license (ESAs) based on
purchases geographic region

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Licensing Suggestions (continued)

Program Customer Customer Most likely How the program works Benefits Where to buy For more information
name size type customers

Enterprise 250 or Corporate Customers who Enterprise Agreement (EA) customers Recognizes customer's Microsoft, http://www.microsoft.com
Agreement 6.0 more PCs want to choose to standardize their selection of high-volume supported by /licensing
standardize their Microsoft products for the three-year commitment with Enterprise
enterprise and term of their EA, with payments made better savings. Software Advisors
can centralize annually. You can then run the chosen Increases budgeting (ESAs) based on
licensing products on all desktops, subject to an certainty and helps geographic region
annual "true-up" requirement. ensure compliance.
Allows you to run the
latest versions of
nominated Microsoft
products at all times
during the agreement.

Enterprise 250 or Corporate Customers who The Enterprise Subscription Agreement Ability to minimize Microsoft Large http://www.microsoft.com
Subscription more PCs want to gives you the ability to lease software cash flow with lower Account Resellers /licensing
Agreement 6.0 standardize their licenses. With the subscription, you do annual payment than and/or direct
enterprise, can not own the product license but rather for a new Enterprise relationship with
centralize the rights to use the software for as Agreement; pricing Microsoft,
licensing and long as you maintain the subscription. flexibility to supported by
acquire non- accommodate Enterprise
perpetual This option recognizes the customer's acquisitions and Software Advisors
licenses on a high-volume commitment with better divestitures. Allows you (ESAs) based on
subscription savings, increased budgeting certainty to run the latest geographic region
basis and continued compliance. The versions of nominated
customer also can minimize cash flow Microsoft products at
with lower annual payment than for a all times during the
new Enterprise Agreement gets pricing agreement.
flexibility to accommodate acquisitions
and divestitures, and is allowed to run
the latest versions of nominated
Microsoft products at all times during
the agreement.

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