Licensing Options for Various Industries | Microsoft Volume Licensing

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Licensing options for industries

Microsoft Volume Licensing agreements for government, education and non-profit organizations provide flexible and affordable solutions tailored to the size of the organization and procurement preferences.

Microsoft Philanthropies works with non-profit organizations and other non-governmental organizations to enable them to use technology in an affordable way. Determine whether your organization meets the requirements 。

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Agreements for Government Organizations

Microsoft provides qualified organizations with government licensed products/services at special prices and terms more suitable for government organizations to purchase software licenses and cloud services.

download Comparison Chart To determine the best agreement for your organization. For more information about government license agreements, see Document Library 。

For small and medium-sized government organizations


Open value licensing for the government	Provides simplified asset management, predictable software costs, and installment payments. Software Assurance is included.
Open value subscription for government	Equity is the same as "open value for government", but the upfront cost is lower. By purchasing this program, you can access Microsoft software licenses and cloud services through subscription based licenses during the term of the agreement. Eligible government customers can also choose the one-year open value subscription option.
Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider	Purchase cloud services and software licenses with the help of Microsoft cloud solution providers through the pay as you go model. Cloud solution providers can help you determine the best cloud solution, providing support from purchase to deployment to use. Find a cloud solution provider 。

For large and medium-sized government organizations


Government oriented enterprise agreements	Standardize technology across the organization using the latest Microsoft products and cloud services. Provides simplified license management in a single agreement, predictable software and service costs, and installment payments. Including software assurance. Subscription options have lower upfront costs and are only accessible for the duration of the agreement.
Microsoft Product and Service Agreement	The Microsoft Product and Service Agreement (MPSA) integrates all purchases of online services and software into a simplified agreement. The purchase account structure provides flexible purchase options and greater control over purchase methods. Software Assurance is an optional service.
Select Plus for Government	If the Microsoft product and service agreement is not suitable for your organization, you can use Select Plus to purchase Microsoft software licenses at any affiliated company or department level, and gain various advantages as an organization. Select Plus allows customers to flexibly purchase licenses as needed, provide an agreement without a specific expiration date, and a competent affiliate customer ID to simplify account management. Software Assurance is an optional service.

Software Assurance

Microsoft Software Assurance is a comprehensive maintenance product that can help customers make full use of software investment. It combines the latest software with 24x7 telephone support, partner services, training, and IT tools to help customers deploy, manage, and migrate software.

Learn more about Software Assurance

qualifications

Volume licensing qualification requirements for government organizations vary from region to region. Please refer to the following link for details:

Global Qualification Requirements

Some health care organizations meet the conditions of government permission, including any government organization or agency with the following characteristics:

Provision of health care services and insurance
Make or decide on the health care policy of the whole country/region or state/province
Fund health care services and insurance
Play a regulatory role in healthcare services and insurance

Purchase or renewal

Are you ready to purchase or renew your Volume Licensing Agreement? Please perform the following steps according to the location:

United States and Canada

Contact your Microsoft reseller. For more information or to find a nearby Microsoft dealer, please call the Microsoft Sales Information Center at (800) 426-9400. In Canada, call Microsoft Resource Center at (877) 568-2495.

Find options for U.S. government organizations

Global

Please contact a Microsoft subsidiary or software and service dealer.

Programs for educational institutions

The volume license agreement that best suits your organization depends on the size and type of organization, and the way you purchase Microsoft licenses and cloud services.

download Comparison chart of academic organizations In order to find the right agreement for your organization. see Document Library For more information about academic organization license agreements.

For small and medium-sized academic organizations


Open value for academic organizations	Provides simplified asset management, predictable software costs, and installment payments. Software Assurance is included.
Open value subscription solution for educational organizations	Enjoy lower prepaid fees and access to Microsoft software licenses and cloud services and the accompanying student use benefits through subscription based licenses.
Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider	Purchase cloud services and software licenses with the help of Microsoft cloud solution providers through the pay as you go model. Cloud solution providers can help medium-sized organizations determine the best cloud solutions, providing support from purchase to deployment to use. Find a cloud solution provider 。

For large and medium-sized academic organizations


License Registration Form Solution for Educational Organizations	Obtain the guaranteed license range of education platform products through annual user count, order additional products as needed, and enjoy free license options and enhanced student use rights. Using the license registration form solution for educational organizations can access cloud services in a variety of ways, more accurately control technology spending, manage their institutions with enhanced tools and resource advantages, and support the innovation of teachers.
Select Plus for academic organizations	Use Select Plus to purchase Microsoft software licenses at the level of any affiliated company or department, while gaining various advantages as an organization. Select Plus allows customers to flexibly purchase licenses as needed, provide an agreement without a specific expiration date, and a competent affiliate customer ID to simplify account management. Software Assurance is an optional service.

License Registration Form Solution for Educational Organizations

Obtain the guaranteed license range of education platform products through annual user count, order additional products as needed, and enjoy free license options and enhanced student use rights. Using the license registration form solution for educational organizations can access cloud services in a variety of ways, more accurately control technology spending, manage their institutions with enhanced tools and resource advantages, and support the innovation of teachers.

Select Plus for academic organizations

Use Select Plus to purchase Microsoft software licenses at the level of any affiliated company or department, while gaining various advantages as an organization. Select Plus allows customers to flexibly purchase licenses as needed, provide an agreement without a specific expiration date, and a competent affiliate customer ID to simplify account management. Software Assurance is an optional service.

Learn more

download License Registration Form Solution for Educational Organizations Volume Licensing Guide (PDF file, 1.18 MB)
download School License Registration Form Volume Licensing Guide （PDF，459 KB）
download Select Plus Volume Licensing Guide for Academic Organizations （PDF，307 KB）
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Software Assurance

For an overview of the value that Software Assurance can bring to your organization, see Chart of academic rights and interests of software guarantee （PDF，2.2 MB）。

Learn more about Software Assurance

qualifications

The following types of educational entities are generally eligible to purchase products/services through the Microsoft Academic Volume Licensing program:

educational services
Administrative Office and Education Committee

Eligibility may vary by geography. Download from Qualified Education User Definition To verify qualification.

Purchase or renewal

Are you ready to purchase or renew a license or cloud service through a volume license agreement?

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Plans for non-profit organizations

Qualified non-profit organizations can purchase multiple software licenses (rather than multiple software packages), Office 365 and other cloud services at a lower price through volume licensing. For software, the organization only needs to purchase a complete software package and enough licenses to cover the remaining computers.

Learn more about Office 365 for non-profit organizations

Enterprise Agreement

If organizations want to flexibly purchase cloud services and software licenses under an agreement with a minimum duration of three years through an easy to manage volume licensing program, enterprise agreements provide the most value for such organizations. Products and services can be added and adjusted over time, and changes can be calculated through the annual calibration process.

Enterprise protocols are designed to provide the agility necessary to respond to current and future trends. The Enterprise Agreement provides comprehensive software assurance benefits for local licenses. Learn more about enterprise agreements 。

Open Value Licensing

For small and medium-sized organizations that have five or more desktops and want to simplify license management, manage software costs, and better control investment, it is recommended to choose open value licensing *. The licensing plan also includes software assurance, which enables customers to enjoy important benefits such as training, deployment planning, software upgrade and product support, and helps improve the productivity of the entire organization. Learn more about open value 。

^{*Not available in all countries/regions.}

Software Assurance

Software assurance is not limited to upgrading, but also provides a powerful combination of productivity advantages, support, tools and training, so that organizations can get the maximum value from the latest technology.

For an overview of the value Software Assurance can bring to your organization, see Software Assurance Benefit Chart （PDF，2.2 MB）。

Learn more about Software Assurance