Microsoft Licensing Programs

These are licenses designed for the computing equipment manufacturers, for those who assembly or sell computers (System Builders) in order to preinstall them on the hardware systems.

• The licence is professionally pre-installed by experienced System Builder companies/computing equipment manufacturers.
• Minimum price for the operating system, i.e. much lower than in other licensing methods.
• The Windows OEM licensed PCs/laptops allow the integration of the respective PCs in Microsoft Volume Licensing Agreements, whose main advantage is the possibility to add Software Assurance benefits.
• According to the licence, the operating system in the OEM licensing form may not be transferred to a different computer.

IMPORTANT: According to the Licensing Agreement, the OEM license cannot be used to authorise the base installed on PCs. The OEM licence is strictly designed for the use by the beneficiaries who purchased new computers with preinstalled software.

If PCs running incorrectly licensed Windows operating systems are identified in the company, respectively the company is the victim of licensing mistakes, there are several solutions for the remedy of such situations: 

• Get Genuine Kit - GGK (perpetual license, non-transferable licence, no downgrade rights; media support included) and 
• Get Genuine License Agreement - GGWA (nominal licensing agreement for a 2-year period, minimum initial purchase: 5+; non-transferable perpetual license; downgrade right; no media support included). 

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Is the simplest volume licensing method designed for companies of all sizes and from any segments (corporate, academic, gov) that wish to acquire 'pay as you go' type licenses, so that purchases are made as company technological needs occur.

The initial purchase shall be of minimum 5 licenses (any combination allowed) or '1 seat' for online services purchase (cloud). During the 2-year contractual period, multiple software and online services (cloud) purchases can be made, and the order may even consist of a single license / seat.

The whole payment for the licenses can be made upon purchasing them. For online services, payment shall be made at the time of the purchase, covering a 1 year service period.

The software rental or leasing agreement type full volume licensing program is ideal for the enterprises that wish to standardize their IT infrastructure and to maximize their investments via licence-associated Software Assurance benefits. The beneficiary may opt for a mix of classic licensing and cloud/online Microsoft services (hosted in the Microsoft Data Centres) within the same agreement.

OVS provides maximum flexibility, allowing, during the contract period, both adding PCs (always legally licensed) and reducing their number.

OVS allows the minimization of the initial costs and a predictable budgeting, by freezing the price and distributing the payments throughout the contractual period (3 years).

Volume licensing program dedicated to the large enterprises, which gives them the flexibility to buy licenses for cloud based services and software licenses under one agreement, in response to the dynamic technological environment. It allows the dedicated customers to adopt as a standard, at company level, one or several user Microsoft technologies.

Enterprise Agreement allows the minimization of the initial costs and a predictable, proper budgeting, by freezing the price and allocating the payments throughout the contractual period (3 years).

A volume licensing program dedicated to the large enterprises, offering the subscription option to decrease the initial licensing costs, allowing the beneficiary to pay a subscription for the right to use Microsoft products and services, without having to bear the total cost for the right to property.

Enterprise Agreement Subscription allows a predictable budgeting, by freezing the price and allocating the payments throughout the contractual period (3 years). Similarly to the OVS volume licensing program, EAS offers the Beneficiaries maximum flexibility, hence subscription also includes the possibility to annually add or eliminate subscriptions.

Is a volume licensing agreement that doesn't expire; a simplified and flexible purchasing framework to incorporate both online services purchasing and on premises and Software Assurance purchasing.

It offers a better purchase control, on the basis of a new self-support type tool for simplified asset management in the acquiring company.

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