Licensing agreements comparison for academic organizations
Microsoft offers commitment-based and transactional options for academic institutions that want to purchase Microsoft cloud services, on-premises software, and/or Software Assurance through Microsoft-assisted, partner value-added, or self-service web options. Compare the academic Microsoft licensing agreements below or compare licensing options for commercial and government.
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 and Open Value Subscription for Education Solutions are for
organizations with 5 to 999 users. Open Value Subscription for Education Solutions is a commitment-based 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. Open
Value is a transactional agreement for 5-499 users and Software Assurance is included and student use benefits aren't available.
The Microsoft Customer Agreement is a transactional licensing agreement for academic institutions with one or more users/devices seeking to acquire cloud services through selfservice purchases or fully outsource management of their cloud services through a partner in the
Cloud Solution Provider program. Cloud Solution Provider partners offer an easy way to license the cloud services you need in combination with the value-added services offered by your systems integrator, hosting partner, or reseller partner. Student use benefits are available. On1
Volume Licensing Comparison Academic and Partner premises software without Software Assurance is also available through partners in the Cloud
Solution Provider program.
The Microsoft Online Subscription Agreement is a transactional licensing agreement for commercial, government, and academic organizations with one or more users/devices that want to subscribe to, activate, provision, and maintain cloud services seamlessly and directly via the web, through the Microsoft Online Subscription Program. On-premises software and Software
Assurance aren't available through the Microsoft Online Subscription Agreement.
Microsoft academic licensing agreements comparison
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