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For example, you purchase a new computer with a microsoft office oem license. Your software assurance coverage must be renewed every two or three years, depending on your type of volume license agreement. Software assurance is available to organizations that support as few as five devices. When purchasing a product with software assurance online with a credit card, renewal is automatic and you will see a note about that in the license email you receive after the purchase. Sell software subscriptions through csp partner center. People who bought into microsofts controversial threeyear software assurance scheme in july 2001 will now be ready for their third renewal. Microsoft license terms may change upon software assurance. Software assurance spans microsoft s range of software products and services, helping you get the most out of your microsoft investment. When purchased through one of our reseller, partner, software integrator channels or via a purchase order then manual subscription renewal is required. Software assurance can be purchased on retail or oem licensed products if done within 90 days of acquiring the retail or oem license. Customers with active software assurance as of december 1 will get rights to the new dynamics 365 onpremises release. Software assurance is only available through volume licensing and is purchased when you buy or renew a volume licensing agreement.
Using software assurance benefits can help you take full advantage of your investments in it. These benefits include free software upgrades, office multilanguage packs, office suites for use at home, elearning courses, and more. You have 90 days from the date of computer purchase to acquire software assurance for this oem license. A comprehensive program that includes a unique set of technologies, services, and rights to help deploy, manage, and use microsoft products efficiently, software assurance helps keep your business up to date and ready to respond quickly to change and opportunity. Software assurance and support renewal reinstatement. The core premise behind sa is to give users the ability to spread payments over several years, while offering free upgrades to newer versions during that time period. You will continue to be eligible to upgrade to any new versions of your products that were released within the twoyear period of the benefit, but you will not be eligible for upgrades to versions that were released later. What is the grace period for renewing software assurance after the license agreement expires. This is why your sa renewal will cost only a fraction of what you paid. To buy software subscriptions on behalf of a customer. After the initial order, customers can benefit from volume pricing for all licenses for the remainder of the term of their open license authorization number.
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Upon your next renewal once the 3 years of the license cost are paid, assuming you wish to keep this license, you would renew just the one item as exchange server enterprise sa, also known as a software assuranceonly sku for your exchange server enterprise license. You can use software assurance to upgrade your software for free. These standalone offers provide two years of software assurance or software assurance renewal for a microsoft license. Assure software support is a subscription service that gives you one year of assisted technical software support on up to five personal devices, and oneonone inperson training, as often as you need it. Software assurance, announced on may 10, 2001, radically changed the rules. For products that come with microsoft software assurance, your organisation will receive benefits for two years from the time of your original donation request. How to use or renew your software assurance benefits techsoup. When you buy a license with sa, it is important to remember that the license usually is perpetual but the sa will expire after two or three years. Please reference your agreement summaries for your software assurance agreement renewal date.
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What is microsoft software assurance and how do i access it. Sign into the partner center dashboard from the partner center menu, select customers, then choose a customer from the list from the customers detail page, select add products, and then follow the onscreen instructions to create and pay for your order. Software assurance benefits across microsoft volume licensing programs. Software assurance benefits help you take full advantage of your investments in it. Are my microsoft product licenses still valid after software assurance expires. Buy microsoft sql server standard 2 core pack software assurance 1 year renewal open value 7nq00071 for only 811. Half of the platforms licenses are covered with software assurance. Eliminating sa on some products can lead to savings of 20, 30 or 40 percent of your annual maintenance spend. Microsoft dynamics 365 onpremises faq updated 252017 what happens to customers with active sa for dynamics crm on premises before renewal. These offers are especially suited for organizations that want to renew their expiring software assurance coverage or decide that software assurance benefits are. One of the major benefits customers have seen from microsofts software assurance sa is the ability to migrate from a lower to higher edition software without incurring full licensing costs for both editions by using what is called a stepup license. Microsoft includes two years of software assurance with all volume licensing products it donates through techsoup south africa. Visit microsoft software assurance or contact your microsoft volume licensing reseller.
Can i renew my microsoft software assurance benefits through the donation program. How and why would i want to renew a microsoft open license. Do microsoft customers really need software assurance. June 14, 2016 upperedge no comments share i recently conducted a meeting with a cio to discuss his companys options going into its microsoft renewal negotiation, and he acknowledged that he, like most of my clients, was largely in the dark about the costs and benefits of software. If you do not contact your license provider and renew prior to your agreement expiration date, your software assurance. Software assurance is a comprehensive volume licensing program that includes a unique set of technologies, services, and rights to help you deploy, manage, and use your microsoft products more efficiently. The software assurance benefits calculator is an online tool to calculate estimated software assurance benefits that customers may be entitled to. Software assurance is easier to understand, manage and use through the mpsa and provides a comprehensive range of benefits to help organizations plan, deploy and use the latest microsoft software and services. Maximizing your microsoft partner network membership. However, its not an easy decision and its not the right move for every microsoft customer. Microsoft microsoft 24x7 support microsoft sa planning services microsoft sa training vouchers microsoft software assurance software assurance benefits about rich gibbons rich has been in the world of it and software licensing since 2003, having been a software sales manager for a var, a microsoft licensing endorsed trainer. Many companies will face a serious decision once their software assurance sa license comes up for renewal later this.
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Click on any software assurance benefit name for a brief description. You can get support at a microsoft store, or call microsoft, or contact us online. Software assurance is the microsoft program that gives corporate customers software upgrade rights and other benefits during a multiyear contract in exchange for a flat annual fee. For more information, see the microsoft product list and product use rights.
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