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Microsoft Educational Licence programmes
Full details of all education licensing programmmes
Microsoft Enrollment for Education Solutions (EES) - annual subscription for all users
Microsoft Enrollment for Education Solutions (EES) is a commitment-based Microsoft Volume Licensing agreement for academic organizations with 1,000 or more users (known as Education Qualified Users) or students that want to license one or more Education Platform Products organization-wide. Student use benefits are available, and Software Assurance is included for some on-premises products.
Microsoft Open Value Subscription for Education Solutions (OVS-ES)- annual subscription for all users
Microsoft Open Value Subscription for Education Solutions (OVS-ES) is a commitment-based Microsoft Volume Licensing agreement for academic organizations with 5 to 999 full-time employees or students that want to license one or more desktop platform product or platform cloud service organization-wide. Software Assurance is included and student use benefits are available.
Microsoft Select Plus for Academic - upfront perpetual purchase for products as needed
Microsoft Select Plus for Academic is a transactional Microsoft Volume Licensing agreement for academic organizations with 250 or more users/devices that want to license on-premises software only with no organization-wide commitment and improved asset management for affiliates and departments. Software Assurance is optional.
Microsoft Open License for Academic - 2-year agreement for products as needed
Microsoft Open License for Academic is a transactional Microsoft Volume Licensing agreement for academic organizations with 5 to 499 users/devices that want to license Microsoft cloud services and/or on-premises software. Software Assurance is optional.
Microsoft Cloud Agreement - pay-as-you-go monthly cloud services
The Microsoft Cloud Agreement is a transactional licensing agreement for academic institutions with one or more users/devices seeking to fully outsource management of their cloud services through a cloud solution provider (CSP). CSPs offer an easy way to license the cloud services you need through the Microsoft Cloud Agreement for Microsoft licensing
EES and OVS-ES
Under these agreements you can license a single school, multiple schools or an entire school system, such as a local authority. You count your Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) staff once per year, so you don't have to track every single computer in your establishment. Full-Time Equivalent staff are those who work more than 200 hours per year in your school (this equates to around five hours a week during term time). There is no need to include staff members (e.g. maintenance, grounds keeping, and cafeteria staff) or volunteers (e.g. parent helpers) who do not use a computer in the school.
Key benefits of this programme include:
- Counting FTE staff once per year covers all staff and shared-use computers
- One annual payment for all software at academic prices
- Access to the most current version of licensed software
- Ability to downgrade to an earlier version of software
- Broad product selection available in all languages
- Microsoft Windows or Apple Macintosh platform
- Optional inclusion of computers exclusively dedicated to one student, and students' own home computers
Subscription Features
Customer Profile
Any qualifying academic institution, typically a School, College or University with 5 FTEs or more, looking for a simple, flexible subscription based volume licensing offer.
Minimum Requirements
5 FTEs is the minimum requirement to take advantage of the OVS-ES programme
Product Availability
The customer may order subscription licences for a wide selection of Microsoft software through OVS-ES or EES
The Education Desktop with Core CAL Suite includes:
- Windows Enterprise Upgrade (including downgrade rights to, e.g. 8.1 instead of 10)
- Microsoft Office Professional Plus and Office for Mac
- Microsoft Core CAL Suite (Windows Server CAL, SharePoint Server Standard CAL, Exchange ServerStandard CAL, System Center Configuration Manager Client Management License, System Center Endpoint Protection, and Lync Server Standard CAL.)
The Education Desktop with Enterprise CAL Suite includes:
- Windows Enterprise Upgrade
- Microsoft Office Professional Plus and Office for Mac
- Microsoft Enterprise CAL Suite (Includes all Core CAL Suite components plus Exchange Server Enterprise CAL with Services [includes Data Loss Prevention and Exchange Online Protection], Exchange Online Archiving, SharePoint Server Enterprise CAL, Lync Server Enterprise CAL, Windows Server Active Directory Rights Management Services CAL, and System Center Client Management Suite)
Additional Products
A broad selection of software and services are available as additional products under your EES. Additional products may be licensed in any quantity, ranging from one licence to organisation-wide.
Examples of software products available include:
- Server Standard
- Server Enterprise
- Server Data Center
- Visual Studio Pro
- Project Pro
- Expression Studio Ultimate
- Expression Studio Web
- MapPoint
- SQL CAL
- Visio Premium
- Windows Multipoint Server CAL
- Remote Desktop Services CAL (must match the FTE amount)
Renewing Agreement
One time 3-year extension option.
At the end of your agreement, you have the following options:
- extend your subscription enrolment under the one-year licensed period
- submit a new subscription enrolment under the three-year licensed period
- allow the subscription enrolment to expire, and stop using the software
Pricing Levels
Contact Precedence Technologies for details.
Student Licensing
Student Option licences are required for computers exclusively dedicated to one student, and available for students' own home computers. Student and faculty/staff orders cannot be combined to meet the minimum requirement.
Staying Current on Software
Customers are licensed to run any version of products, including product upgrades released during the designated agreement/order term.
Access to Software Assurance Benefits
Yes, including the Microsoft VDA allowing virtual desktops and thin-clients to be included. This is a must for any desktop virtualisaton or provisioning project.
Work at Home Rights and Home Use Programme
Yes, for faculty and staff users counted within your FTE count.