Microsoft Open Value - Licensing as simple as 1, 2, 3: Spend more time building your business and less time managing licenses
Microsoft Open Value 2.0 Topics:
OPEN VALUE 2.0 OVERVIES:
• How to choose a licensing program
• What is Open Value 2.0?
• Company Wide Option: Simplest Licensing For All Desktops
• Open Value - How to Buy
VALUE PROPOSITION - MICROSOFT OPEN VALUE:
• Recommending the Right Open Value Program
• Simplified License Tracking
• Spend Less Time Tracking Installations
• More Control Over Online License History
• Better Cost Management
• Save Money on New Licenses
VALUE OF SOFTWARE ASSURANCE
• Software Assurance Desktop Benefits
• Desktop Software Assurance - Existing Benefits
• Desktop Software Assurance - New Benefits
• Software Assurance Server Benefits
• Server Software Assurance - New Benefits
OPEN VALUE 2.0 OVERVIEW
How To Choose a Licensing Program?
Volume Licensing
OEM
FPP
Customer Question
Open Value Three-year agreement with upgrades
Open Business Two-year agreement without upgrades
Pre installed on new computers
Boxed software, acquired through retail
Do you have fewer than five computers?
No
No
Yes
Yes
Do you upgrade software only when purchasing new computers?
No
No
Yes
No
Do you need to create standard images to configure new computers?
Yes
Yes
No
No
Do you have many licensing agreements and find it difficult to track what you own?
Yes
Yes
No
No
Do you want to standardize your desktop software?
Yes
Yes
No
No
Do you prefer to upgrade to the latest Microsoft software?
Yes
No
No
No
Do you need to minimize up-front costs by spreading payments over three years?
Yes
No
No
No
What Is Open Value 2.0?
A three-year agreement with a company wide option that lets you pay annually for the right to run the same version of software across your company and upgrade to the latest versions as they're released.
Two Options:
Open Value - Purchase licenses with Software Assurance for Microsoft solutions as you deploy
Open Value Company Wide - Cover all of the desktops in your organization with the Microsoft platform
Company Wide Option: Simplest Licensing For All Desktops:
Desktop Professional Platform
Small Business Platform
Microsoft Office Professional Edition
Office Small Business Edition
Microsoft Core CAL
(includes: Windows Server, Exchange, SPS, SMS)
Microsoft Windows SBS CAL
Microsoft Windows XP Upgrade
Microsoft Windows XP upgrade
>> Simplest License Tracking
• One license per desktop
>> Easiest way to control upgrade cycle
• Upgrade any desktop at any time
• CALs for Windows server, Microsoft Exchange server, Microsoft Systems Management server (SMS), Microsoft SharePoint Services (SPS) always current >> Best cost management option
• Additional savings over company wide discounts (based on reference price)
• Single per-desktop cost for common Microsoft desktop software Open
Value - How to Buy:
>> Opening an agreement
• Purchase minimum of 5 desktop licenses or 1 server license >> Adding license to agreement
• All other server and desktop licenses can be added at any time and paid for in the month of installation. The software Assurance is pro-rated annually.
• Software Assurance on new hardware with OEM software may be purchased within 90 days of installation
• Can pay up front or spread costs over remaining years in agreement
