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Software Assurance Benefits: Entitlement Summary
Commercial and Government Offerings
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interactive chart:
Click on any Software
Assurance benefit name
for a brief description.
Typical Size (# of devices)
New Products
Use this chart to compare
Software Assurance benefits
across Microsoft Volume
Licensing programs.
Benefit
Software Assurance
Open License
Open Value Non
Company-Wide
5-250
5-250
Optional
Included
Open Value
Company-Wide
and Subscription
5-250
Included
Select/
Select Plus »
>250
Optional
Microsoft
Products
and Services
Agreement
>250
Optional
Enterprise
Agreement/
Subscription
>250
Included
New Version Rights
Step-Up Licensing Availability
Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack
Enhanced Edition Benefits
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to see
entitlement descriptions
for individual benefits.
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Planning Services
License Mobility Through Software Assurance
Microsoft provides this material
solely for informational purposes.
Eligibility for Software Assurance
benefits varies by offering and
region and is subject to change.
Customers should refer to the
Terms and Conditions of their
Volume License Agreement for a
full understanding of their rights
and obligations under Microsoft’s
Volume Licensing programs.
(Publication 0815)
Deployment
Windows RT Companion VDA Rights
Windows To Go Use Rights
Windows Thin PC
Office Roaming Use Rights
Office Multi-Language Pack
Training
To learn more about
Software Assurance through
the Microsoft Products and
Services Agreement (MPSA)
visit http://
www.microsoft.com/en-us/
Licensing/MPSA/softwareassurance-mpsa.
Windows Software Assurance per User Add-on
Windows Roaming Use Rights
Support
Visit the Microsoft
Software Assurance
website www.microsoft.com/
softwareassurance or
contact your Microsoft
Volume Licensing Reseller
to find out more about
Software Assurance benefits.
Windows Virtual Desktop Access Rights
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Training Vouchers
E-Learning
Home Use Program
Extended Hotfix Support
24x7 Problem Resolution Support
Back-up for Disaster Recovery
Specialized
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Passive Secondary Instance for SQL Server
System Center Global Service Monitor
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Enterprise Source Licensing Program
Spread Payments
»Select Plus commercial agreements will no longer be sold starting July 1, 2015
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Available for Select/Select Plus Agreements with Software Assurance Membership
Software Assurance Benefits: Entitlement Summary
For more details about Software Assurance entitlements through the MPSA, visit Software Assurance through MPSA.
New Products
Benefit
Licensed products with Software Assurance coverage can be upgraded to the latest version of that Product made available during
the covered period.
Step-Up Licensing Availability
Enables you to migrate your software from a earlier edition to a higher-level edition, such as
Office Standard to Office Professional Plus, at a low cost.
To get a Step-up license, you need a license for the qualifying, earlier product. For current details, refer to the Microsoft Product
List at http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/productlist/.
Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack
Provides a suite of innovative technologies including virtualization, policy control, and diagnostics
and recovery tools.
If the underlying Windows Software Assurance or Windows VDA is licensed per device, then MDOP covers the licensed device.
If the underlying Windows Software Assurance or Windows VDA is licensed per user, then MDOP extends across all of the licensed
user’s devices.
Enhanced Edition Benefits
Run current or prior editions of Windows or Windows Embedded Industry (part of the Windows
Embedded family of products).
You may utilize the necessary use rights and product keys when you have active Software Assurance coverage for the Windows desktop
or Windows Embedded Industry operating system.
Planning Services
Provides structured planning services from Microsoft partners to enable efficient deployments
of Microsoft application, system and server products, and cloud services.
You receive a number of Planning Services days based on the number of qualifying Office Application, CAL Suite and Server products
with Software Assurance coverage.
License Mobility Through Software Assurance
Enables you to deploy certain server application licenses on-premises or in the cloud by assigning
your existing licenses to an authorized service provider’s server farm.
You may utilize License Mobility when you carry Software Assurance on eligible server application products.
Enables users to access virtual instances of Windows in a variety of user scenarios.
You may utilize Windows VDA Rights when you have active Software Assurance coverage for the Windows desktop operating system.*
Windows Software Assurance per User Add-on
Adds Windows Software Assurance per User rights for a primary user with a primary device that
is licensed for Windows Software Assurance, or Windows per User Virtual Desktop Access (VDA)
rights for a primary user with a primary device that is licensed with Windows VDA.
You may add Windows Software Assurance per User Add-on for a primary user with a primary device that is licensed for Windows
Software Assurance or Windows VDA subscription.
Windows RT Companion VDA Rights
Allows a corporate-owned Windows RT companion device to access a Windows virtual instance
running in the data center.
The primary user of a device covered by active Software Assurance for Windows may access a VDI on a corporate-owned Windows RT
companion device.
Windows To Go Use Rights
Enables IT administrators to provide users with a bootable corporate Windows image that can
include line of business apps, settings, and corporate data on a compatible USB storage device.
Windows Roaming Use Rights
Allows the primary user of the licensed device to access a corporate desktop either remotely
through a VDI or via Windows To Go from noncorporate devices such as personally owned PCs.
You may utilize Windows To Go Rights on any device with active Software Assurance coverage for Windows desktop operating system.*
Users licensed for Windows Software Assurance per User or Windows Virtual Desktop Access per User may utilize Windows To Go on
any supported device.
You may utilize Windows Roaming Use Rights when you have active Software Assurance coverage for the Windows desktop
operating system.* Note: Roaming Use Rights apply only to Windows Software Assurance and Windows VDA when licensed per device.
Windows Software Assurance per User and Windows VDA per User licenses grant the same rights, but from any device, anywhere.
Windows Thin PC
Helps you to lower the end point cost for VDI by providing an enterprise ready platform to
repurpose existing PCs as thin clients.
You may utilize Windows Thin PC when you have active Software Assurance coverage for the Windows desktop operating system.*
Office Roaming Use Rights
Allows the primary user of a licensed device to remotely access Office, Project, and/or Visio via a
virtual environment from a third-party device such as a home or contractor-owned PC.
You may utilize Office Roaming Use Rights when you have active Software Assurance coverage for Office, Project, and/or Visio
on qualified devices.
Enables IT to deploy a single Office image with support for 37 languages.
You may use the latest version of the Office Multi-Language Pack for the Office system products you have with Software Assurance.
Training Vouchers
Provides in-depth technical classroom training for IT professionals and developers.
You receive a number of Training Days based on the number of qualifying Office and/or Windows operating system licenses covered
with Software Assurance.
E-Learning
Offers self-paced interactive training designed for end-users and IT professionals, delivered via
Internet or Intranet.
For every qualifying license (such as Word or Windows operating system) covered by Software Assurance, one person in your
organization may access E-Learning courses for that product.
Home Use Program
Provides employees with the latest version of Microsoft Office for their home computer, via
low-cost download.
For each Office Application you have covered with Software Assurance, a user of the licensed PC or device may acquire at a low cost
one copy of that product for use at home.
Extended Hotfix Support
Provides specific product fixes on a per customer incident basis, beyond the standard
product support.
While annual fees normally charged as part of an Extended Support agreement are waived, to receive this benefit you must have
Software Assurance coverage for the related product pool and a Premier Support Agreement in place.
24x7 Problem Resolution Support
Provides around-the-clock phone support for business critical issues or business hours phone
support for non-critical. Unlimited email support can be used for non-critical problems.
The number of support incidences and type (phone and web) for which you’re eligible is based on the type of Volume Licensing
agreement and qualifying products. For details refer to the Microsoft Product List at http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/productlist/
For each licensed instance you run under qualifying licenses with Software Assurance and related CALs, you may run one instance of
the software on a backup server for disaster recovery purposes.
Passive Secondary Instance for SQL Server
Provides licensing for backup servers dedicated to disaster recovery. Permits quarterly patching
and testing as well as ongoing virtual machine replication from production servers to backup/
disaster recovery servers.
For paid editions of SQL Server a Passive secondary instance is only permitted with
Software Assurance.
System Center Global Service Monitor (GSM)
System Center Global Service Monitor is a cloud service that extends the application monitoring
capabilities in System Center 2012 beyond your organization’s own network boundary.
The GSM benefit is available to any customer with active Software Assurance coverage on the ‘System Center Standard Server ML’ or
‘System Center Datacenter Server ML’.
Provides access to Microsoft Windows source code for internal development and support.
To receive this benefit you must have Software Assurance coverage for all of your purchases under the systems product pool and have at
least 1,500 desktops covered with Software Assurance.
Payment for license and Software Assurance may be spread across three equal, annual sums.
Available on all Volume Licensing programs, except Open License.
Deployment
Training
Office Multi-Language Pack
Support
Eligibility Summary
Provides new software version releases so you have access to the latest technology.
New Version Rights
Windows Virtual Desktop Access Rights
Back-up for Disaster Recovery
Specialized
Benefit Summary
Enterprise Source Licensing Program
Spread Payments
You may run a Passive secondary instance only if you have Software Assurance attached to paid editions of SQL Server.
*Indicates benefits that may also be available to customers licensed for Microsoft Intune and/or Windows VDA subscription.