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A LICENSING PROGRAM OVERVIEW FOR RESELLERS

MicrosoftOpen Value SubscriptionMicrosoft Volume LicensingCost-effective Licensing with Room to Grow

Open Value Subscription Program

Who isOpen ValueSubscriptionfor?

Small and mid-size organizations with as few as vedesktop PCs that want: Flexibility to spread subscription payments annually. Savings for standardizing on platform products. Reduction in total licensing costs for years if desktop P

count declines.

Software Assurance benets. Benets of subscribing to, rather than owning, licensesthe term of the agreement.

WhyrecommendOpen ValueSubscription tocustomers?

Because they are able to: Pay a single price per desktop PC to deploy Microsof

technology across their organization. Spread out payments annually during the three-year

agreement (additional one-year option for governmecustomers).

Receive substantial savings for subscribing andcommitting to a platform product.

Acquire a perpetual rights buy-out option at the endthe agreement.

Receive a rst year up-to-date discount for recentlyacquired FPP or OEM platform-licensed products.

Add company-wide licensed products at no additioncost the same year they acquire new desktop PCs.

Receive complimentary media for all licensed produc Improve their experience with easy, online transactio

and license management. Receive Software Assurance benets, including suppo

partner services, training, and IT tools. Benet from the included downgrades and re-imagin

rights.

How long isthe agreementterm?

Three-year, non-perpetual agreement term (additionone-year option for government customers).

Open Value Subscription agreements are renewable an additional three years.

Customers may buy out perpetual licenses to own licenses when their agreement ends.

Customers can make incremental license purchases aany time during their agreement term.

What is theminimum initialorder?

As few as ve desktop PC licenses with SoftwareAssurance (initial agreement must be company-wide

All desktop PCs must be standardized on at least onechosen platform product.

Licenses may be added or subtracted annually asneeded.

Any number of additional products may be includedwith the desktop PC license order.

When you acquire new desktop PCs during the year, can add the company-wide licensed products that yohave selected at no additional cost that year.

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Overviewhe MicrosoftOpen Value Subscription option is a cost-effective, flexible way formall to mid-size commercial and government organizations (minimum of fiveesktop PCs) to receive benefits and savings. They can do this by acquiring licensesnd Microsoft Software Assurance for Volume Licensing on a company(organization)-

wide, subscription basis. Open Value Subscription customers can simplify licensemanagement, have more control over their IT investments, and better manage theiroftware costs by subscribing to the latest Microsoft technology, rather than by

urchasing perpetual software licenses. Customers also get substantial savings byommitting to platform products and subscribing to licensed products for thegreements term (non-perpetual rights). This helps with substantial up-front savings

while delivering predictable annual costs.

Customer ValueCreate a more secure and manageable IT environment and save even moreon your licensed products with a standardized desktop PC for the Windowsoperating system, the Microsoft Ofce system, or server Client Access Licenses(CALs).

Take advantage of Software Assurance, a comprehensive maintenance programoffering new version rights, technical training, end-user training, desktopdeployment planning services, home use rights, employee purchase program(EPP), partner services, and more.

You only need ve desktop PC licenses to start an Open Value Subscriptionagreement. (Initial agreement must be company (organization)-wide.)

Simplify your license management with a single three-year agreement (one-year

option for government customers) and annual ordering for licensed products.Use any language across multiple locations without paying for additionallanguage functionality.

Save processing time by signing agreements electronically with theeAgreements tool.

Receive free media kits with the initial order of each licensed product.

Adjust your number of desktop PC licenses annually based on yourchanging needs.

Additional price level (Level C) for license purchases for 250+ desktop PCs.*

Receive up to 50 percent off your rst payment for your current versions ofdesktop PC licenses with the up-to-date discount.**

Resellers set customer prices, which may vary.

* Resellers set customer prices, which may vary.

What is the platform option?or additional savings on the Open Value Subscription option, customers can alsohoose to standardize organization-wide on licensed products on one or all threef the Enterprise products available:

. Microsoft Ofce: Microsoft Ofce Professional Plus, Microsoft Ofce SmallBusiness, Microsoft Ofce Enterprise

. Operating Systems: Windows VistaBusiness operating system upgrade (withrights to Windows Vista Enterprise)

. CAL: Microsoft Core CALs, Windows Small Business CAL Suite, WindowsEssentials Business Server CAL Suite, and Enterprise Business Server CAL Suite

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