Licensing

Microsoft OEM Licensing

• OEM (original equipment manufacturer):
• The OEM license is perpetual and full version license and can be acquisitioned by the End User only together with the device on which was installed and activated by the Reseller. Both the OEM license and de device should appear on the same invoice.
• The OEM license cannot be transferred from a device to a different device.
• One OEM license can be used on one device.
• By buying an OEM license, it is the cheapest way to license your device.

Microsoft FPP/Retail Licensing

• FPP (Full Packaged Product)/Retail:
• The FPP license is perpetual and full version license and can be acquisitioned by the End User with or without the device.
• The FPP license can be transferred from a device to a different device.
• There are no downgrade rights to the FPP licenses. What you buy, is what you use.

One FPP license can be used on one device

Volume Licensing – OVS

• OVS (Open Value Subscription):
• Open Value Subscription provides the lowest up-front costs of the Open program options with the flexibility to reduce the total licensing costs in years when the desktop PC count declines. This option gives your organization the rights to run the software throughout your organization only during the term of the agreement with Microsoft. You also can add the single platform option to an Open Value Subscription agreement.
• How does it work?
• To open an OVS Agreement, the End User needs to declare all the devices from the company. In this case, for example, if the End User have 100 devices (PCs/laptops), he needs to declare all of them and not just 90, 65 or 7.
• The OVS Agreement is active for a period of three years, and in each year the End User declares the number of the devices that the company owns. The payment is made separate for every year of the agreement. For the entire period of the OVS agreement, the prices from the first year for the products that were ordered when the agreement was opened, remain the same. To be more specific, in the second and in the third year, will apply the same prices / unit as in the first year of that OVS agreement.
• For each of the devices that are part of the OVS agreement, the End User needs at least one enterprise product: Windows Enterprise Upgrade, Core CAL, Office Professional Plus 2019 or Office 365 ProPlus. The customer can have two or three of these products as enterprise products at the same time with the mention that he can choose between Office 365 ProPlus or Office Professional Plus 2019.
• Beside the Enterprise products, the customer may choose any quantity of additional products. For example, here we have: SQL Server, Exchange Server, Office Standard 2019, Office 365 Business Premium etc.
• At the end of the OVS agreement, the End User can opt for the following options:
• Renew
• Buy-out (buys the version of the on-premise products that are available at that time)
• Drop (if he chooses this option, he needs to uninstall of the licenses that were part of the OVS agreement from the devices the company owns). In this case, he will need to figure out other licensing option).

Volume Licensing – OV

• OV (Open Value):
• Open Value is the recommended program if you have a small to midsize organization with five or more desktop PCs and want to simplify license management, manage software costs, and get better control over your investment. It also includes Software Assurance, providing access to valuable benefits such as training, deployment planning, software upgrades, and product support help you boost the productivity of your entire organization.
• How does it work?
• There are two options for OV agreement:
• – Company-Wide
• – Non-Company-Wide

Volume Licensing – OV Company Wide

• OV (Open Value) – Company-Wide:
• The OV agreement is similar with the OVS agreement until a point.
• First, to open an OV agreement company-wide, the End User needs at least five devices (PCs/laptops). If the End User it has more than five devices, all of them are needed to be included in the OV agreement.
• The OV Agreement is active for a period of three years, and in each year the End User declares the number of the devices that the company owns. The payment is made separate for every year of the agreement. For the entire period of the OV agreement, the prices from the first year for the products that were ordered when the agreement was opened, remain the same. To be more specific, in the second and in the third year, will apply the same prices / unit as in the first year of that OV agreement.
• If new products are added in the second or third year, the payment for these products will be made at the prices that are available at the time the products are added.
• For all the devices that the customer has and are included in the OV agreement, the End User needs to choose at least one Enterprise product (Windows Enterprise Upgrade, Core CAL, Office Professional Plus 2019 or Office 365 ProPlus).
• At the end of the OV agreement, the licenses remain to the End User and he has the possibility to renew the SA (Software Assurance) for them by opening a new OV agreement.

Volume Licensing – OV Non-Company Wide

• OV (Open Value) – Non-Company-Wide:
• If the End User chooses this option, he can open an OV agreement for at least five products. For this option the rule that the End User should enroll of the devices in the agreement, does not apply.
• The OV Agreement is active for a period of three years, and in each year the End User declares the number of the devices that the company owns. The payment is made separate for every year of the agreement. For the entire period of the OV agreement, the prices from the first year for the products that were ordered when the agreement was opened, remain the same. To be more specific, in the second and in the third year, will apply the same prices / unit as in the first year of that OV agreement.
• At the end of the OV agreement, the licenses remain to the End User and he has the possibility to renew the SA (Software Assurance) for them by opening a new OV agreement.