Open Subscription License OSL

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Microsoft Open Subscription Licence
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Open Subscription Licence

• The purpose of this presentation is to
  clarifyMicrosoft Open Subscription Licence
  (OSL)
• what is required
• what it offers
• what it provides
• It outlines qualifying products, pricing levels,
  discount structures and Software Assurance
  benefits and what these mean to customers

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Licensing For Business
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Open Subscription Licence (OSL)

• Positioning
• Software Programs
• Procurement
• Available Discounts
• Fulfillment and Media
• Route to Market
• Support
• Renewal
• Software Assurance
• Summary

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Positioning

• Annuity-based Volume Licensing
• Low entry level of just five PCs
• Annual ordering and payments
• Easy to budget three-year price protection
• Based on non-perpetual licences
• Discounts available
• Standardisation ease of management
• Free technical support
• Possible tax efficiency

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Price Levels for Open Subscription Licence
Price protection prices are frozen for 3 years
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Software Programs
Core CAL
Windows Professional Upgrade
Office Professional
Windows CAL
Exchange CAL
SMS CAL
SharePoint CAL
Desktop Platform
all with Software Assurance
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Additional Products

• Microsoft FrontPage
• Microsoft ISA Server
• Microsoft ISA Enterprise Server
• Microsoft Project
• Microsoft Project Professional
• Microsoft Project Server
• Microsoft Project CAL
• Microsoft Visio Professional
• Microsoft Developer Network

• Microsoft Windows Advanced Server
• Microsoft Windows Server
• Microsoft SBS Server Microsoft SBS 5 CAL add-on
• Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise
• Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise 1 Processor
  licence
• Microsoft SQL Server

• Microsoft SQL Server 1 Processor licence
• Microsoft SQL Server CAL
• Microsoft Exchange Conference Server
• Microsoft Exchange Server
• Microsoft Exchange Server Enterprise
• Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server
• Microsoft Systems Management Server
• Microsoft Host Integration Server

This list may change from time to time without
notice
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Payment and True Up/down - OSL
Month Zero
Month 12
Month 24
Month Zero
Additional Products Pay at anniversary for
additional products being used
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Discounts

• 15 cheaper than a perpetual licence
• 15 for the full platform
• 50 up to date discount

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Up-to-Date Discount

• Customer concern
• Some perpetual licences are present
• Now need to lease licences for all PCs
• Solution Up-to-date discount
• 50 discount on invoice for the 1st year for
  every current licence ( current or previous
  version)

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Media and Fulfilment

• If agreement covers Windows
• Windows Professional included in welcome pack
• Major new versions
• If agreement covers Office
• Office Professional included in welcome pack
• Major new versions
• 2 disk sets each, e.g. 2 languages

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Route to Market
eOpen
Order
Invoice
Order
Order
Invoice
Invoice
Distributor
Reseller
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Telephone Support for Windows and Office
Incidents schedule based on purchases
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Renewal Options

• Renew OSL Agreement
• Buy out
• Non-perpetual licence buy-out fee perpetual
  licence
• Buy-out fee 1½ x annual fee
• Do Nothing
• De-install all OSL licences

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Transferring OSL Licences

• OSL licences can only be transferred after they
  have been made perpetual
• Non perpetual licences may not be transferred

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Software Assurance Desktop Offerings
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Software Assurance Server Offerings
SA required on both Server and CAL
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Open Subscription Licence Summary