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Windows Server
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Windows Server 2016 Open License
Open License is a good volume licensing option if you are a corporate, academic, charitable, or government organization that wants to pay as you go.
Pay for licenses as you need them
Because you pay for licenses as you need them, you get maximum flexibility to grow with your organization’s increasing and changing business needs.
Open Programs has several variations to fit customers' diverse way of purchasing. Under the Open License Program, customers can acquire licenses only, or licenses with software assurance. They can also renew software assurance upon the expiration of existing volume licensing agreements.
corporate organization
academic organization
charitable organization
government organization
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Manage Your Licenses More Easily
The Open License program offers many benefits, including the following:
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A flexible pay as you go model
Place an order and start using Microsoft licensed products immediately through a flexible pay as you go model, eliminating the need for forecasting.
Reuse and share Authorization Identification Number
Once an order is placed, receive a single Authorization Identification Number that you can reuse and share with qualified affiliates used when placing future orders to ensure the two-year price level throughout the two-year agreement.
Online tracking tools
Manage licenses easily and conveniently through online tracking tools. With the Volume Licensing Service Center (VLSC), you can electronically manage your license orders, review purchase history, download purchased software, obtain Volume License Keys (VLKs) to activate software, and track compliance.
Get Microsoft’s enterprise solutions
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If your organization requires Microsoft’s enterprise
solutions, Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010,
Enterprise CAL, and Microsoft® Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) are now available.
Access to the latest Microsoft technology
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You have easy access to the
latest Microsoft technology through a broad worldwide reseller channel,
helping ensure that you have convenient and fast access to thousands of software titles.
Share agreements and accompanying benefits
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Transfer license throughout a Defined Region.
You can transfer perpetual licences, abiding Microsoft’s transfer guidelines for the appropriate agreements.
The Microsoft Open License allow customers to share agreements and accompanying benefits — such as price levels, centralized license management, and license transfer—with their legal Affiliates throughout a Defined Region.
Acquire additional licensed products
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In any quantity during the two-year agreement term
The Open License agreement requires a minimum initial purchase of five software licenses, but you can acquire additional licensed products through Open License in any quantity at any time during the two-year agreement term. Microsoft® Software Assurance for Volume Licensing can be purchased at the time of the license purchase to help you get the most out of your software investment.
Take Control of Your IT Investment
License and deploy software products as you need with a flexible purchasing
process.
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Stay within your budget
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You can upgrade licensed product organization-wide while staying
within your budget.
One-time transaction
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Pay at the time you acquire software licenses with a
one-time transaction.
Manage Your Software Costs More Efficiently
Offers discounts off the retail price of software product licenses to stretch software procurement budgets farther. With a simple one-time transaction, you can pay for what you need when you need it, giving you flexibility in managing your software needs
Software assurance
Designed primarily for small-to-medium organizations, Open Programs allows customers to acquire
perpetual or subscription licenses and, at the customer's election, rights to future versions of software products
over a specified time period (two or three years depending on the Open Programs used).
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Convey rights to future versions
The offering that conveys rights to future versions of certain software products over the contract period is called software assurance. Software assurance also provides support, tools, and training to help customers deploy and use software efficiently.
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Contact us
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