The software assurance benefits calculator is an online tool to calculate estimated software assurance benefits that customers may be entitled to. Microsoft offers various programs and benefits to help you get the most value from licenses onpremises and in the cloud. What is software assurance and what benefits it provides. Request payment from microsoft existing partners after redeeming planning services vouchers, you must invoice microsoft for payment. With software assurance elearning, you can help your employees gain skills to be more productive with their.
Software assurance benefits help you take full advantage of your investments in it. The first step is understanding what software assurance is, so in this post i will try to explain it in a clear and concise manner. Review the vlsc software assurance guide for stepbystep. Software assurance helps keep your business up to date with a unique set of technologies, and services, and rights to maximize your microsoft investment. Software assurance benefits are available throughout the software management life cycle, so you can access them when you need them.
Since august 1, 2018 microsoft premier support customers have seen a significant and steady decline in both the quality and time to resolution when microsoft announced their transition from microsoft premier to the unified model. Software assurance for volume licensing includes a range of benefits that span microsoft software and services. Get firsthand knowledge of microsoft product features and capabilities with internaluse rights iur cloud services and onpremises software. The self hosting benefit allows customers with software assurance to provide their own software as a hosted service using a combination of microsoft software and their own software to create a unified solution unified solution, subject to the terms outlined in the microsoft product terms.
Learn more about planning services and other software assurance benefits. Cases in which windows 10 enterprise with software assurance was purchased as part of a microsoft agreement, but the sa was not extended, will impact the deployed windows 10 enterprise version as well. Software assurance benefits include new product version rights, deployment planning, technical and enduser training, support, and a unique set of technologies and services and spans a broad range of microsoft software and services products, including the windows operating system, microsoft office, exchange, system center, sql server, microsoft. Each 2processor license or each set of 16core licenses, datacenter or standard editions, are entitled to two instances of up to 8 cores, or one instance of up to 16 cores. Get to know which benefits your organization is entitled to. The core premise behind sa is to give users the ability to spread their payments for the software over multiple years, while offering free upgrades to newer versions in that time period. These benefits are specific to the microsoft products offered through techsoup and might be different from software assurance benefits. Option to add the enrollment for application platform or the enrollment for core infrastructure. Microsoft described the changes in its software assurance by benefit page and in an overview document pdf download.
If you do not have your access id, contact your software assurance benefits administrator or microsoft sales representative. If the administrator has not yet activated the 24x7 benefit in vlsc, there may be a delay of up to 48 hours before your 24x7 benefit can be used. These benefits are specific to the microsoft products offered through techsoup and might be different from software assurance benefits obtained through other channels. Software assurance elearning overview elearning overview. The terms and conditions of your volume license agreement and the terms and conditions under which any specific software assurance benefits are offered will take precedence in the case of any conflict with the information provided here. The exception is microsoft office, which is licensed for one desktop. Sep, 2019 microsoft announced today changes to their software assurance sa benefits offerings that will be gradually rolled out starting in february 2020 and fully implemented by january 2022.
Planning, training, and home use are popular benefits, but software assurance doesnt stop there. Unique technologies, services, and rights help you deploy, manage, and use microsoft products efficiently. Customers may purchase depending on the program, a license without software assurance, software assurance only but only to be used in combination with an existing license, both a license and software assurance together. Microsoft compensates partners for delivering training, planning, and other services to enterprise customers who have software assurance. Microsoft windows server software assurance r1800196. Learn how to activate and use your software assurance elearning benefit today. It can combine the latest software with telephone support available 24 hours a. The phased retirement of software assurance deployment planning services benefit. Using software assurance benefits can help you take full advantage of your investments in it. You make significant investments in it, and software assurance from microsoft helps you take the fullest advantage of the value your investments can bring. Failover servers for high availability allows customers to install and run passive sql server instances in a separate operating system environment ose or server for.
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Windows 10 enterprise with or without software assurance, an. Software assurance benefits included with microsoft donations. The answer depends on your situation and what you want to achieve with your purchase. Software assurance includes a range of benefits that helps boost your organizational productivity. Sign in to access the volume licensing service center. Should i buy software assurance with my microsoft licenses. Dec 23, 2014 if you are in the market for microsoft licenses, one question you should be asking is. Microsoft business center mpsa customers to identify current software assurance benefits. As an approved software assurance training partner, microsoft compensates you for providing technical training to enterprise customers in exchange for vouchers they get with software assurance. It provides the greatest flexibility for how your organization uses windows because it includes access to enterprise offerings and use rights that are not available through other licensing programs. You get a broad range of benefits that help you make the most of your windows, office, and server products. The full list of benefits, effective march 2006, are as follows. As a software assurance training vouchers partner, microsoft will compensate you to provide instructorled, technical classroom training.
Microsoft software assurance benefits changes impacting. For customers with software assurance, azure hybrid benefit for windows server allows you to use your onpremises windows server licenses and run windows virtual machines on azure at a reduced cost. New high availability and disaster recovery benefits for. To submit an invoice to microsoft through savb, follow the instructions in step 8 of the workflow. Software assurance planning services helps guide your customers through the deployment and business value planning stages of software implementation. Microsoft partner network software licensing benefits faq. Starting november 1st, 2019, every software assurance customer of sql server will be able to use three enhanced be. If your organization has or plans to invest in sa, you will need to understand how these changes will impact your ability to accrue, redeem, and consume these benefits moving forward.
Microsoft differentiates license and software assurance. Volume licensing guide enrollment for education solutions ees. Customers should refer to their agreements for a full understanding of their rights and obligations under microsoft s volume licensing programs. The value and benefit gained under microsoft volume licensing programs and through use of microsoft software and services may vary by customer. Microsoft volume licensing is the most costeffective, flexible.
In partner center you have access to a wide range of different benefits, as part of the active enrollment offer you have in your account maps, silver andor gold. By delivering planning services engagements, you have the opportunity to generate more leads, drive enterprise agreement renewals, and get paid by microsoft. Azure hybrid benefit for windows server azure windows. Sep 04, 2009 in the windows 7 era, we are once again offering a specific version of windows 7 for software assurance holders specifically called windows 7 enterprise. Software assurance promotes all three with training that helps you empower employees, design process, and plan your it deployments. To use the azure hybrid benefit for sql server, you need to have active software assurance. May 25, 2018 the sql server software assurance benefits overview can be referenced in the sql server 2016 licensing guide.
Starting nov 1 st, every software assurance customer of sql server will be able to use three enhanced benefits for any sql server release that is still supported by microsoft. Microsoft this month described benefits changes coming next year to its software assurance program for organizations, with a shift more toward its fasttrack program for training. Microsoft volume licensing microsoft software assurance. The self hosting benefit allows customers with software assurance to provide their own software as a hosted service using a combination of microsoft software. Microsoft recently announced a common endofsupport date for its microsoft desktop optimization pack tools, which also is a software assurance benefit. Oct 14, 2011 organizations that expect to deploy every version of microsoft office without skipping should be able to justify software assurance on office fairly easily. Microsoft partners software assurance benefits chart software assurance software assurance overview volume licensing service center vlsc vlsc software assurance guide vlsc sign in to microsoft business center. Microsoft software assurance benefits overview access valuable resources at each stage of the software lifecycle.
Software assurance benefits were introduced by microsoft as a way of delivering greater value to its customer base outside of the commonly perceived version upgrade use cases. Combine online services with onpremises software licenses to implement solutions for productivity, demonstration, development, testing, and internal training purposes. To renew your software assurance benefits, request a standalone software assurance product through techsoup up to 90 days before your original benefits expire. The software assurance benefits interactive chart pdf, 768 kb provides an overview of software assurance benefits as well as basic eligibility information. Microsoft announced retirement of software assurance deployment planning services and software assurance training voucher benefits on september, 2019. As an approved software assurance training partner, microsoft compensates you for. 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. Microsoft software assurance to offer fasttrack instead of.
If your software assurance expires and you dont renew it, you will be moved to the licenceincluded pricing of the respective service tier. One of the most popular software assurance benefits for sql server customers is the ability to deploy sql server high availability and disaster recovery architectures with the best tco. With software assurance, you receive access to new versions of licensed software released during the term of your agreement to deploy at your own pace. Microsoft software assurance yourstudent gemini wiki fandom.
An independent view of microsoft software license agreements. Software assurance benefits help organizations and. Save up to 40 percent on windows server virtual machines using your existing licenses and software assurance, and get all the benefits of cloud computing. Microsoft software assurance sa is a microsoft maintenance program aimed at business users who use microsoft windows, microsoft office, and other server and desktop applications.
The hosted software must fit the definition of a unified solution, and only certain microsoft products are eligible. Ninety days prior to expiration, your vlsc account owner should receive an email from microsoft saying that the benefits are expiring soon. Payments are handled through the software assurance voucher benefit savb online payment tool. Understanding visual studio standard subscriptions msdn. Microsoft software assurance changes to favor fasttrack. 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. Microsoft announced today changes to their software assurance sa benefits offerings that will be gradually rolled out starting in february 2020 and fully implemented by january 2022. Participation in software assurance programs, including software assurance training vouchers satv and planning services, provides you an opportunity to grow your business with microsoft enterprise customers. Software assurance includes a core set of benefits to help improve workforce productivity, streamline software deployment, and reduce costs in a variety of ways across devices. Microsoft software assurance support incident submission.
Microsoft desktop optimization pack mdop can help you deploy and manage customer environments effectively, and earn the following competency. Azure hybrid benefit helps you get more value from your windows server licenses and save up to 40 percent on virtual machines. Organizations that skip every other version need to examine their need for roaming use rights and the other benefits. Software assurance planning services in partner center. Software assurance benefits microsoft volume licensing. Review microsoft product terms for information on eligibility criteria and current benefit program rules.
Your organizations software assurance benefits administrator receives an access id after clicking activate on the 24x7 benefit in the volume licensing service center vlsc. Software assurance by benefit microsoft volume licensing. Microsoft s software assurance gives you automatic access to new technology and provides productivity benefits, support, tools, and training to help deploy and use software efficiently. Software assurance by product microsoft volume licensing. You can use azure hybrid benefit for windows server to. Windows 7 enterprise the benefits of having software. Software assurance elearning offers selfpaced interactive training designed for endusers delivered via internet or intranet. Reduced training costs user training is already included under your software assurance coverage. Microsoft offers a range of product specific benefits such as the ones outlined for sql server below in table 1 sql server software assurance benefits overview. See the table below for a summary of benefits provided by products that include software assurance.
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